The scene of the Union cavalry charge that ended the Third Battle of Winchester inspired artists in the decades after the Civil War. While numerous depictions of the attack were made, arguably none is more popular than Thur de Thulstrup's "Sheridan's Final Charge at Winchester." This painting, published as a chromolithograph in 1886 by Louis Prang & Co., was part of Prang's "War Pictures" series. For further reading about this image and others in the series, see Harold Holzer, ed., Prang's Civil War Pictures: The Complete Battle Chromos of Louis Prang (New York: Fordham University Press, 2001). Image courtesy Library of Congress.
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 (not pictured) 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.