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Civil War tale ties Winchester home to Union guard
Winchester Mayor Stewart Bell Jr. hears a grandson of Pvt Evander H Willis tell how his ancestor guarded the Bell home during the 1864 65 winter. The visitor Dr Gordon W Jones of Fredericksburg shared the gun and story from the Civil War era tying local history to the Sheridan and Early campaigns.
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Bell
Cameron St
Rouss City Hall
Pvt
Evander H. Willis
Winchester
Philip Sheridan
Gordon W. Jones
Fredericksburg
Jones
Maude Bell
Maude
Mardie
Sheridan
Bell Grove Plantation
Middletown
Vermont Volunteers
Louisiana
Cedar Creek
Mr. Bell
Jubal Anderson Early
John Newton
Margaretta
Jubal Early
Pleasant Valley Road
Virginia Ave
Early
Woodstock
Belle Grove
Ulysses S.) Grant
Lincoln
Charles Town
Dr. Jones
Evander Willis