Campaign : Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Date : March 23, 1862.
Principal Commanders : Col. Nathan Kimball [US]; Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 1,308 total (US 590; CS 718).
The Confederates recieved faulty intelligence that had reported the Union garrison at Winchester at only 3,000.
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson marched north with 3,400 troops.
However, the Union had 8,500 troops, commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, which stopped Jackson at Kernstown.
Jackson was forced to retreat.
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