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Camp Russell stood just to the west, constructed by Union forces in Nov. 1864. The complex included regimental encampments, hospitals, earthworks, and picket positions, and extended about four miles along Opequon Creek. It 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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