Fort Collier: Where History Comes Alive
Visit one of the best-preserved earthwork fortifications in the Shenandoah Valley, the site of the decisive Union Cavalry charge on September 19, 1864, that ended the Third Battle of Winchester and signaled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy in the Valley.
Dr. Brandon Beck along with Preservationist Katherine Solenberger spearheaded the effort to purchase historic Fort Collier. The Fort Collier Civil War Center, Inc. purchased this ten-acre site on April 1, 2002 with the help of a Federal grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, administered by the National Park Service, The Civil War Preservation Trust, the County of Frederick, the American Battlefields Protection Program, and private donations.
May 8th - 9th
Presentations and tours at various locations throughout the Shenandoah Valley