Camp Russell
Historical highway marker J-16 · Frederick County
Just to the west was Camp Russell, constructed by Union forces in Nov. 1864. This complex, which included regimental encampments, hospitals, earthworks, and picket positions, extended about four miles along Opequon Creek and was named after Brig. Gen. David A. Russell, who had been killed at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 Sept. 1864. Troops under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, including future U.S. presidents Col. Rutherford B. Hayes and Capt. William McKinley, occupied the camp in Nov.–Dec. 1864. While most of the army departed by the end of Dec., some units remained here until Feb. 1865.
Department of Historic Resources, 2013