Buddy Secor
First Kernstown Battlefield
The Kernstown Battlefield Association owns and operates the Kernstown Battlefield on the 1854 Pritchard-Grim Farm 3 miles south of downtown Winchester, Virginia. The 350-acre battlefield park has walking trails and a small museum and visitor's center inside the Pritchard farmhouse. Two battles were fought here, one in March 1862 and again in July 1864.
Preservation
Save 64 acres at Chancellorsville, First Kernstown, Second Kernstown and Ware Bottom Church Battlefields.
The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 388 acres at First Kernstown Battlefield.
Related Battles
Battle Facts
Frederick County, VA | March 23, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Estimated Casualties
1,308
Union
590
590
Confed.
718
718