Article: Grab your powder, hide the jug! Re-enactors battle for attention.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Gail Stanton

WINCHENDON - The year was 1862. The location was the Shenandoah Valley. The battle was for Murdock Farm. And the winner was ... well, there was no winner according to Robert Zbikowski, a local Civil War re-enactor.

"It was a standoff. There was no clear advantage. We'll try again tomorrow," he said after Saturday's battle off Elmwood Road.

While there may not have been a winner, another battle was scheduled yesterday afternoon and, hopefully, someone won that one, Mr. Zbikowski said.

"This is historical though, there were a lot of battles that had no winners," he said.

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