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Battle of McDowell

Highland County · 1 mile east of McDowell. · location approximate

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Stonewall Jackson, to prevent a junction of Fremont and Banks, took position on the hills just to the south and beat off the attacks of Fremont's advance under Milroy, May 8, 1862. Milroy retreated that night.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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