Winchester, Virginia > Downtown Winchester
The building used as a headquarters by three Union generals during the occupation of Winchester is in downtown Winchester just a short distance from Jackson’s heasquarters. A sign to the left of the entrance, obscured by shrubbery at the time of the photo, provides some details.
This was the startng point of Sheridan’s famous ride to the Cedar Creek battlefield in September of 1864, where he rallied the beaten Union army and turned the battle into a major northern victory.
Building used as a headquarters by three Union generals, Milroy, Banks and Sheridan, during the northern occupations of Winchester
From the sign:
Sheridan’s Headquarters
1861 hdqts. for Gen. R. H. Milroy. 1862 hdqts. for Gen. N. P. Banks who took the town for the first time. Was again used by Gen. Milroy in1863. In the fall of 1864–1865 Gen. Sheridan used it as hdqts. Sheridan left here to rally his troops at the Battle of Ceder Creek on Oct. 19, 1864. After the war it became the Episcopal Female Institute.
Location
The house is on the southwest corner of Braddock and Piccadilly Streets in downtown Winchester, Virginia. (39°11’11.7″N 78°09’59.3″W)