The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory That Opened the Door to Gettysburg

June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia pushes north down the Shenandoah Valley toward the Potomac River. Only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps at Winchester and Berryville, Virginia. What happens next is the subject of this provocative bestseller, now available in paperback for the first time.

Few students of the war understand the battle’s complexity and fighting o...