Jackson's Headquarters

Jackson's Headquarters is a Virginia historical marker in Winchester County, dedicated 1963.

Winchester County · dedicated 1963 · 415 North Braddock Street

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This house was used by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, then commanding the valley district, department of Northern Virginia, as his official headquarters from November, 1861, to March, 1862, when he left Winchester to begin his famous valley campaign.

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Jackson, Thomas J., Headquarters180 ft

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