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 The Kernsown Battlefield Association 
is a non-profit
 501(c)3 
all volunteer 
corporation 
whose mission
 is to protect 
and interpret
 this Civil War 
Battlefield 
for the 
benefit of
all future 
generations.

Follow the Kernstown Battlefield walking trails for insights
 into the events of the First and Second Battles of Kernstown ... 
browse the battlefield Visitor Center to learn details of the history ... 
see the 1854 Pritchard House where the family of 
Samuel and Helen Pritchard huddled in the cellar 
waiting for quiet to return to their farm.  
This and more await visitors to this pristine 
388-acre Civil War battlefield park.


Follow the Kernstown Battlefield walking trails for insights
 into the events of the First and Second Battles of Kernstown ... 
browse the battlefield Visitor Center to learn details of the history ... 
see the 1854 Pritchard House where the family of 
Samuel and Helen Pritchard huddled in the cellar 
waiting for quiet to return to their farm.  
This and more await visitors to this pristine 
388-acre Civil War battlefield park.
Above:  Map of First Battle of Kernstown as drawn by 
Jedediah Hotchkiss, Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson's cartographer.
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________CURRENT EVENTS_________________________
June is a busy month at the Kernstown Battlefield. 
Here's the lineup of special events:

June 9th – Kernstown Battlefield Golf Classic
June 11th – Commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the 
Second Battle of Winchter
June 17th – Open House celebrating the grand opening of Sandy Ridge

Details may be found below.

1st ANNUAL KERNSTOWN BATTLEFIELD
GOLF CLASSIC
Friday, June 9, 2023
Rock Harbor Golf Course, Winchester, VA

    The Kernstown Battlefield Association is holding its First Annual Kernstown Battlefield Golf Classic on June 9th at the Rock Harbor Golf Course in Winchester VA.  If you register before May 1st the fee is $100. Thereafter the fee is $125. Included is 18 holes of golf, lunch, and awards. There will be prizes for closest to the pin, longest drive, and various team awards.
    Most sponsorships have been filled. Hole sponsorships are still available at $150 if you or your business would like to sponsor a hole. 
    There is still room to enter a team. If you don't have enough for a foursome don't worry. We will accommodate you.
    The outing is scheduled for Friday, June 9th at the Rock Harbor Golf Course in Winchester, VA. Check-in opens at 7:00 am with tee off at 8:00 am. Lunch included.
    We hope you will join us in our effort to raise money for battlefield preservation. 
Contact George Mangano at 540-877-0753 
or at gmangano134@outlook.com with any questions or to register.

SPREAD THE WORD AND PLAN TO JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING DAY
OF GOLF AND FELLOWSHIP WHILE HELPING TO PRESERVE
THE IMPORTANT HISTORY OF THE KERNSTOWN BATTLEFIELD.

160th Anniversary of the 

Second Battle of Winchester

Sunday June 11, 2023 • 10am–1pm


     The Kernstown Battlefield Association (KBA) will commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Second Winchester, the gateway to Gettysburg, with a KBA docent-led walking and driving tour on Sunday June 11, 2023.  The tour will focus on the initial engagements fought on June 13, 1863 on Pritchard farm and Sandy Ridge. 


     The battlefield will be open at 9:00 with tour sign-in starting at 9:30 at the Artillery Building. The tour will start promptly at 10:00 and is scheduled to end before 1:00 pm. The Kernstown Battlefield is located at 610 Battle Park Drive, Winchester, Virginia 22602, off of Valley Avenue next to Creekside Station and the Subaru dealership.


     We ask that you to register for this event. There is no fee for this or other tours, but donations will be graciously accepted.  


     Please bring water bottles to hydrate and wear comfortable walking/hiking shoes. Finally, this tour can accommodate participants with mobility issues.  Please let us know if you will need mobility assistance when you register. 

REGISTER HERE
Join us on Saturday, June 17th
for a special
OPEN HOUSE 
celebrating the dedication of 
Sandy Ridge
the new land addition to the
Kernstown Battlefield


If you are interested in U.S. history, you won't want to miss this event. On Saturday, June 17, the Kernstown Battlefield will celebrate the recent addition of 37 acres of the important hallowed ground known as Sandy Ridge.  

Since 2016 the Kernstown Battlefield Association (KBA), in conjunction with the American Battlefield Trust, has been working to obtain this piece of land, so very crucial to the Kernstown Battlefield. At last we are now able to open it to the public.  Prior to now, KBA tour guides could only point to the Sandy Ridge skyline and indicate to visitors that “Over there is where the Confederate army deployed to receive the Union army attack.”  Now "over there" is available for your inspection!

For the first time in over one hundred years, you will have the opportunity to walk where brave soldiers from both the Southern and Northern armies, some of whom may have been your ancestors, walked, fought, and too often died for their respective causes.

The Kernstown Battlefield will be open on June 17 from 10:00am through 4:00pm for this special dedication day.  A food truck will be on site for lunch purchases.  The day’s agenda includes:

  • 10:30am:  Presentation by noted author, History Professor Jonathan Noyalas of Shenandoah University.
  • 11:30am:  Presentation by preservationist Keven Walker, CEO of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.
  • 12:30pm – 3:30pm:  Shuttle-van docent-lead tours of Sandy Ridge property begin and run through 3:30pm.
  • 1:15pm:  Cannon firing demonstrations on both Pritchard’s Hill and Sandy Ridge to recreate the artillery duel of the First Battle of Kernstown on March 23, 1862.
  • 10:00am – 4:00pm:  All-day tours of the antebellum Pritchard House, a Civil War hospital, herbal medicine displays, artillery museum and the Visitor Center.

Please register below to attend the speaker presentations. There is no entry fee to the battlefield but we encourage and appreciate donations to help with battlefield donations.

 The Kernstown Battlefield is located at 610 Battle Park Drive, Winchester, Virginia. 
         Second Battle of Kernstown Author’s Tour
Saturday, July 22nd – 9:30am–2:30pm
    Scott Patchan, author of "Shenandoah Summer – The 1864 Valley Capaign", will lead a walking and driving tour of the Second Battle of Kernstown on Saturday, July 22nd. The tour will run from 9:30am to approximately 2:30pm. Sign-in begins at 9am.

    The tour will include a strategic overview followed by a battlefield walking and driving tour.  The battlefield tour will start and finish on the Kernstown Battlefield “main campus”, but will also include a visit to our newly acquired Sandy Ridge property along with a stop in the vicinity of the Confederate flanking attack to the southeast of the main Kernstown Battlefield property.

There will be an hour lunch break; however, lunch will not be provided so plan accordingly. 

Also be advised, this tour can accommodate people with mobility issues.  Please let the Kernstown Battlefield Association personnel know if you need mobility assistance when you sign-in for the tour.

Finally, this tour is free, but donations will be graciously accepted.


REGISTER HERE