First Battle of Kernstown
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The First Battle of Kernstown was fought on March 23, 1862, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, the opening battle of Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through t
Decisive Bayonet-Charge of the Federal Troops at Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862
James Shields
Nathan Kimball
Erastus Tyler
Richard B. Garnett
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Richard Brooke Garnett was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was unjustly court-martialed by Stonewall Jackson for his retreat at the First Ba
First Battle of Kernstown
…Turner Ashby on a feint against Kimball's position on the Valley Turnpike while his main force—the brigades of Col. Samuel Fulkerson and Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett (the Stonewall Brigade, Jackson's own first command)—attacked the Union artillery position on Pritchard Hill. The lead brigade under Fulkerson was…
Cenotaph to Richard Garnett in Hollywood Cemetery.
This image, commonly identified as of Richard B. Garnett, is actually of Robert Selden Garnett, as can be noted by the reversed script on the right border of the image.
Library of Congress photograph labeled "Franklin Gardner, CSA, Born N.Y.C.," which may actually be Richard B. Garnett
"Franklin Gardner" picture.