The Union Calvary came across these fields , up this hill and would have shot anybody in their way. Glad I didnt live here then. I always wanted to look for artifacts but was always to busy. Now I have the time I dont have the heath. At lease I wasnt at Ft. Collier on Sept 19th 1864. The following is a cut and paste.
The Third Battle of Winchester culminated at Fort Collier, where on the afternoon of September 19, 1864, Union General George Armstrong Custer led the largest cavalry charge in American history and stormed the Confederate infantrymen positioned at Fort Colliers earthworks. This was the bloodiest and most decisive of the clashes in the Shenandoah Valley campaign that year. It tore the strategic initiative from Confederate hands, laid open the Valley to the Great Burning, and along with the fall of Atlanta (September 2) and Sheridans victory at Cedar Creek (October 19), propelled President Lincoln to reelection in November.
Note: Ive been to Ft. Collier which is still intact. This was a turkey shoot for Custer the Ft. Collier defenders never had a chance.