Play-by-Play From Civil War's Battle of McDowell

The Battle of McDowell, also known as the Battle of Sitlington's Hill, was fought as part of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. It followed Jackson's tactical defeat, but strategic victory, at the Battle of Kernstown (First).
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's columns departed West View and Staunton on the morning of May 7, marching west along the Parkersburg turnpike. Elements of Brig. Gen. Edward Johnson's brigade composed the vanguard. At mid-afternoon, Union pickets were encountered at Rodgers' tollgate, where the pike crosses Ramsey's Draft. The Union force, which consisted of portions of 3 regiments under overall command of Brig. Gen. Robert Milroy, withdrew hastily, abandoning their baggage at the tollgate and retreating to the crest of Shenandoah Mountain.

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