I did run across this archives reference listing for the Jefferson County Museum in Charles Town, WV.  In part it states:



Charles Town Collection....  C-01135 News article:



"  The Martinsburg Journal, Thursday, July 16, 1942; ref: detailing Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's study of general Thomas J. Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign tactics while Rommel stayed in Charles Town in 1936;  tactics used by Rommel during the North Africa campaign.  "



I wonder if there would be such a claim as early as 1942 saying he visited 6 years earlier especially since the war was still going on?



Eric







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Ah, but did we really get an answer? There is also this:



http://members4.boardhost.com/rommel/msg/1304040728.html



It's funny, when I first read your post I remembered reading something about his secret visit that was a first-hand account some time ago, in some book, for some reason. Don't ask me what it was now, because I can't remember. It may have been a book on Stonewall Jackson. I would not even have remembered that had you not posted your question. If I ever run across it, I will send it along here.



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