Camp Russell

Camp Russell is a Virginia historical marker in Frederick County, dedicated 2013.

Rte. 522, 4 miles south of Winchester

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Just to the west was Camp Russell, constructed by Union forces in Nov. 1864. This complex, which included regimental encampments, hospitals, earthworks, and picket positions, extended about four miles along Opequon Creek and was named after Brig. Gen. David A. Russell, who had been killed at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 Sept. 1864. Troops under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, including future U.S. presidents Col. Rutherford B. Hayes and Capt. William McKinley, occupied the camp in Nov.–Dec. 1864. While most of the army departed by the end of Dec., some units remained here until Feb. 1865.

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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)
1869 · Colton's West Virginia (1869) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Winchester, West Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches, 1865, covering the location of Camp Russell, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches, 1865, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Camp Russell

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