Battle of McDowell: 2003 Reenactment


 
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Photos and Coverage of Past Events:
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Photographs: Page Three: Confederates Re-Occupy the Town.


General T.J. Jackson (George Moor) advances


Townspeople welcome General Jackson, their liberator.


Maj. Dave Pridgeon, one of the event organizers, surveys troops of the Fifth Battalion at rest (1999).


After the battle, victorious Confederates relax (1999)


...and get fed, and play cards.




The battle wasn't the only close shave!
(Bob Denton gives Chris Graham a trim, 1999)


The Felix Hull House, which served as both Milroy's and Jackson's Headquarters during the McDowell Campaign.
(privately owned)


Organizers Diane Klein (Highland Historical Society) and Joyce DeMatteis (Civilian Coordinator, 1999-2001) chat with Stonewall Jackson (George Moor) after the 1999 event.


McDowell Presbyterian Church played a key role in the battle and served as the field hospital.


One of several bricks at the Presbyterian Church that still show soldiers' inscriptions from the battle


Military justice. Soldiers punished for drunkeness (1999)


..and thievery (1999)
>>Page 4: Faces of McDowell

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Website artwork based on Bradley Schmehl's painting, "Reconnaissance at McDowell, with the kind permission of the artist.