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Late in April 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson marched his army out of the Shenandoah Valley through the Blue Ridge Mountains to deceive Union Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont into thinking he was headed for Richmond. On 3 May, Jackson bivouacked at nearby Mechum’s Station on the Virginia Central Railroad. The next day, part of the army entrained for the Valley while the rest followed on foot. At the Battle of McDowell on 8 May, Jackson defeated the advance of Fremont’s army under Brig. Gen. Robert H. Milrot and Brig. Gen. Robert C. Schenck. Thus began Jackson’s 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Department of Historic Resources 2002
US 250 (sign is on the westbound side) at Mechum's River crossing, before Crozet. Albemarle County Virginia.
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