Henry 's attempts to install Change_of_leadership his daughter , the Empress Matilda , as his successor were unsuccessful and on Henry 's death in 1135 , his nephew Stephen of Blois seized the throne with the help of Stephen 's brother , Henry of Blois , the Bishop of Winchester .

However , on the verge of being crowned queen , Empress Matilda was forced Request to retreat Escaping from London by hostile crowds ; shortly afterwards , Robert of Gloucester was captured Conquering at the rout of Winchester and the two sides agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to swap Exchange their respective captives .

The Third Battle of Winchester ( or Battle of Opequon ) , was fought Hostile_encounter just outside Winchester , Virginia , on September 19 , 1864 , during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War .

The Third Battle of Winchester ( or Battle of Opequon ) , was fought Hostile_encounter just outside Winchester , Virginia , on September 19 , 1864 , during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War .

Earlier in the year , his subordinate Union Gen. George Crook had met Come_together Rebecca Wright , a Quaker schoolteacher and Union sympathizer in Winchester , a commercial center and transportation hub at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley with many Confederate sympathizers and which changed Change hands 75 times during the war .

Slave Thomas Laws of Millwood ( between Berryville and Winchester ) had a Confederate permit to sell Commerce_sell produce in Winchester three days per week , and agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to act as a Union spy .

Slave Thomas Laws of Millwood ( between Berryville and Winchester ) had a Confederate permit to sell Commerce_sell produce in Winchester three days per week , and agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to act as a Union spy .

On September 16 , Laws took Sheridan 's letter ( hidden Hiding_objects in his mouth ) to Wright , who consulted Communication her mother and then replied Response ( in a note which Laws also hid Hiding_objects in his mouth ) that a Confederate officer recovering from his wounds had recently bragged Statement about Confederate artillery and infantry battalions under General Joseph B. Kershaw and Lt. Col. Wilfred E. Cutshaw having left Winchester to raid Attack the B & O Railroad at Martinsburg , in the new state of West Virginia .

Accordingly , Sheridan advanced Self_motion toward Winchester along the Berryville Pike with the VI Corps and XIX Corps , crossing Opequon Creek .

Because of its size , intensity , serious casualties Catastrophe on both sides ( particularly among the general officers ) and its result ( Confederates never again controlling Winchester and President Abraham Lincoln winning re-election ) , many historians consider Statement this the most important conflict Hostile_encounter of the Shenandoah Valley .

The Action at Abraham 's Creek was an engagement Hostile_encounter on September 13 , 1864 between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces during a Union reconnaissance Scrutiny in force toward Winchester , Virginia .

The action occurred Presence during skirmishing , maneuvering and scouting before the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19 , 1864 in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War Hostile_encounter .

The reconnaissance Scrutiny was conducted Action by the 1st Brigade , 3rd Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Union Army of the Shenandoah under the command of Colonel , later Brigadier General , John Baillie McIntosh in order to determine Deciding Confederate strength around the Berryville Pike approaching Arriving Winchester .

Moving Self_motion on to Abraham 's Creek , about from Winchester , McIntosh 's brigade charged Attack and broke Destroying through a line of Confederate infantry from Brigadier General James Conner 's brigade and captured Conquering the entire 8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment under Colonel J. W. Henagan , which scattered Dispersal before the charging cavalrymen , and the regiment 's flag .

On September 17 , 1864 , McIntosh 's force burned Bodily_harm a mill on Abraham 's Creek near the Winchester Pike and Jones Mill on Opequon Creek .

McIntosh was wounded Bodily_harm and lost Earnings_and_losses a leg at the Third Battle of Winchester , two days later .

Suggestions include Cause_to_be_included the borders of the London Borough of Merton , Merton in Oxfordshire , Merdon Castle ( Hursley parish near Winchester ) in Hampshire , Marden in Wiltshire , Marten in Wiltshire or Martin in Dorset .