Regional Commanders - The North-South Skirmish Association, Inc.

Cissy Shull, Execuve Director, Winchester, Frederick County Historical Society
Val Vanmeter, Winchester Star Newspaper Reporter
With the colors posted, Jeanne Lynch sang the Naonal Anthem, Jeanne can sing the Naonal Anthem as
good as I have ever heard that brings a tear to your eye and a proud feeling in your heart.
Aer rering the colors, the invocaon was given by the N-SSA Chaplin, Carl Soine, as shown in Photo # 4 below.
Carl always has the right words and he captured the meaning of the Mill Park when he asked God to bless Fort
Shenandoah and the Mill Park as a link with the heritage that we have inherited from the Quaker selers and
owners of the Fort Shenandoah Property.
Steve Light recognized the efforts of the following individuals who help make the Mill Park possible: Board of Directors
and N-SSA membership; Jackie Venskoske; Mac Rutherford, Tommy Johnson, Sutler Officer; Roger
Bethke, Property Management Commiee; Tim Scanlan, Property Manager; Emory Morgan, 14 th Mississippi; Paul
Hayes, Signal Officer; and, the WBR Work Party. Also, thanks go to Ben Harris, Dismal Swamp Rangers, for
providing most of the photos used in this arcle. A previous version of this arcle was submied to the Skirmish
Line but it was lost in 2010.
The ceremony was aended by a large crowd of skirmishers and officials
from Winchester and Frederick County. Speaking at the ceremony was
Richard Shickle, Chairman of Supervisors, Frederick County. Mr. Shickle
told the group that the skirmishers “energized” the Winchester area when
they were holding a Skirmish. Mr. Shickle showed a lot of interest in Civil
War history and spent me walking through Sutler’s Row. He was the
President of Crossroads of History, a magazine about Civil War human Interest
and preservaon.
Photo #5 below is Cissy Shull, Execuve Director, Winchester, Frederick
County Historical Society speaking to the audience. She expressed her
appreciaon to the N-SSA for helping to document the role of the Fort
Shenandoah mill in the history of Frederick County. I have filed a copy of
my arcle on the Mill and the History of Fort Shenandoah with the Handley
Library in Winchester.
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Steve Light, Master of Ceremony