Fisher’s Hill Battlefield
970 Acres Preserved
“The battle…at Fisher’s Hill, was so quickly ended that it may be described in a few words. Indeed, to all experienced soldiers the whole story is told in one word—‘flanked’.”
Fisher’s Hill is a collection of small knobs and ridges that occupies the narrowest point in the Shenandoah Valley. The distance in between Little North Mountain on its west and Massanutten Mountain on its east is only about 3.9 miles. This naturally strong defensive position was known as “The Gibraltar of the Valley”. This was the site of the Union victory at the Battle of Fisher’s Hill on September 22, 1864, just three days after the Third Battle of Winchester. Today, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District operates Ramseur’s Hill Park on the Fisher’s Hill Battlefield. These grounds were the location of Confederate Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur’s troops during the heavy Union attacks that day.
