Please join us for a Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours Lecture Series! Our next lecture will be: Stonewall Jackson's Fog of War During the Heart of the Valley Campaign by Gary Ecelbarger. Cost is $6 per person. Zoom Login details will be sent with your email registration confirmation.

Synopsis

Between May 23 and May 25, 1862, Stonewall Jackson's Valley army routed Nathaniel Banks's Army of the Shenandoah from Front Royal, Middleburg and Winchester, freeing the Virginia populace from Union control and inducing Abraham Lincoln to alter grand strategy in the Virginia theater. For nearly 150 years afterwards the decisions and actions that produced this Confederate triumph have been cloaked in romanticized lore, hiding a much more interesting and revealing history. Gary Ecelbarger has torn away those shrouds and will present this fresh and fascinating story lurking behind it.

Biography

Gary Ecelbarger is a leading authority of the 1862 Shenandoah…