Battle of McDowell

The Battle of McDowell, also known as Sitlington's Hill, was fought May 8, 1862, in Highland County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. It followed Jackson's tactical defeat, but strategic victory, at the First Battle of Kernstown.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of McDowell
• page 484 - Foote, S., 1958, The Civil War, A narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville: First Vintage Books, New York, 936p.