The Third Battle of Winchester

As the Nineteenth Corps tried to reorganize its lines, Union Col. Joseph Thoburn's division of the Eighth Army Corps came up from reserve and took position at the edge of the First Woods behind you. Union Gen. Philip Sheridan soon arrived and directed Thoburn to move forward as soon as the other division of the Eighth Corps, on the other side of Red Bud Run, was ready. About 3 p.m., "a mighty battle yell" from the other side of Red Bud Run announced the arrival of those troops, and the entire Eighth Corps moved forward with elements of the Nineteenth Corps joining in. For thirty minutes the battle that ensued was perfectly terrific, recalled one participant, but then the forces in their front gave way, and in an instant they were over their works and after them with yells and shouts of victory.

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