Lee's Bivouac, Gettysburg Campaign

Lee's Bivouac, Gettysburg Campaign is a Virginia historical marker in Clarke County, dedicated 1997.

Rte. 340, 0.4 miles north of Rte. 7 interchange

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Gen. Robert E. Lee bivouacked near here on 18-19 June 1863, as he began his invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Part of his Army of Northern Virginia marched north toward Winchester, while Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's corps camped here with Lee. On 13 June, a Union force under Col. Andrew T. McReynolds had evacuated Berryville and marched to Winchester to join Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy's division there. Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's corps attacked and defeated Milroy in the Second Battle of Winchester on 13-15 June, thereby clearing the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia of Federal forces.

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1849 · New Map of Maryland and Delaware with their Canals, Roads & Distances (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1857 · Delaware And Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Harpers Ferry, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859), 1859, covering the location of Lee's Bivouac, Gettysburg Campaign, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859), 1859, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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