The Kernstown Battles historical marker is on Opequon Church Lane, south of Winchester, Virginia. (see map below) The Battle of Kernstown Circle Tour set of markers and the Battle of Kernstown A9 Virginia historical marker are nearby.
From the marker:
Kernstown Battles
Around this site and a mile to the west
occurred two major battles of the Civil War.
First Kernstown
March 23, 1862 Stonewall Jackson attacked what appeared to be a withdrawing federal force led by Federal Br. Gen. Shields. Desperate fighting along a stone wall west of here ended with the arrival of Federal reinforcements and Jackson was forced to withdraw. This action opened Jackson’s famous Valley Campaign and succeeded in preventing the withdrawal of federals from the Valley to reinforce an attack underway at Richmond.
Second Kernstown
July 23, 1864 – Federal General George Crooke’s corps was camped to the north of here after pursuing confederate Gen. Jubal Early’s force from its raid on Washington, D.C. Early attacked Crooke’s forward positions around Prichard’s Hill and Hogue Run. The federals withdrew in disorder after heavy fighting and Early followed up with raids on Martinsburg, W.Va. and Chambersburg, Pa. This battle opened the final phases of the 1864 Valley Campaign.
]Erected by
Winchester-Frederick Co.
Historical Society
Sept. 1991
Location
Take the Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south from downtown Winchester or north from Virginia Route 37 (the Winchester bypass) to Opequon Church Lane, which is 150 feet south of Shawnee Drive and 0.4 mile north of Apple Valley Road. Opequon Church Lane heads west 0.2 mile and ends in a turnaround next to the signs, as well as a historic graveyard that holds both Civil War and Revolutionary War veterans. (39°08’24.2″N 78°11’40.6″W)