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	Early's 1864 Valley Campaign
		Never again would the Valley be used as a springboard for a Confederate invasion of the North.
		From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864
		Judge's book recounts the operations in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 from the time of the Union Army's general advance on all fronts in May of 1864, through Early's advance on Washinton, D.C., up until Sheridan arrived to help rescue the situation for the Union in early August.
	www.brettschulte.net /ACWBooks/Valley1864.htm (923 words)

	Rockingham Bibliography - Civil War
		It was especially active in the County during the Valley Campaign of 1864.
		This regiment served briefly in Rockingham County during the winter of 1863-1864 and in the Valley Campaign of 1864.
		The Valley Campaign of 1862 in Rockingham County is noted along with comments on the Cross Keys and Port Republic battles.
	www.lib.jmu.edu /rockbib/bibs/fgha.htm (2202 words)

	Valley Campaigns of 1864 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sigel was intercepted by 4,000 troops and cadets from the Virginia Military Institute under Confederate Maj. Gen.
		Early was operating in the shadow of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, whose audacious 1862 Valley Campaign against superior forces was fabled in Confederate history.
		Gallagher, Gary W., Ed., Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign, Kent State University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-87338-429-6.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valley_Campaigns_of_1864 (1226 words)

	American Civil War Encyclopedia Article @ Sobbing.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By 1864, long-term Union advantages in geography, manpower, industry, finance, political organization and transportation were overwhelming the Confederacy.
		Lee won most of the battles in a tactical sense but on the whole lost strategically, as he could not replace his casualties and was forced to retreat into trenches around his capital, Richmond, Virginia.
		Pope was beaten spectacularly by Lee in the Northern Virginia Campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run in August.
	www.sobbing.net /encyclopedia/American_Civil_War (7510 words)

	Honor America's Veterans
		It was built early in 1864 after Confederate officials decided to move the large number of Federal prisoners kept in and around Richmond, Virginia, to a place of greater security and a more abundant food supply.
		The campaign that brought the armies here began late in June 1863 when General William S. Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland, almost 60,000 strong, moved from Murfreesboro, Tennessee against General Braxton Bragg's 43,000 Confederates dug in 20 miles to the southwest defending the road to Chattanooga.
		One of the objectives of this campaign was to capture Washington, D.C.Although this battle was a military victory for the Confederates, it was also a defeat.
	www.nps.gov /pub_aff/veterans/parks1.htm (4980 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1864 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
		April 22 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
		November 8 - U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George McClellan.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/1864.html (1738 words)

	American Civil War - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The fall of Atlanta on September 2, 1864, was a significant factor in the re-election of Abraham Lincoln.
		In 1905, a campaign medal was authorized for all Civil War veterans, known as the Civil War Campaign Medal.
		The border States of Missouri and Maryland moved during the course of the war to end slavery, and in December 1864, the Congress proposed the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, barring slavery throughout the United States; the 13th Amendment was fully ratified by the end of 1865.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/m/e/American_Civil_War_90af.html (5867 words)

	Civil War Battles: Summary
		At the beginning of 1864, Grant was promoted to lieutenant general and given command of all Union armies.
		After two failed attempts (under Sigel and David Hunter) to seize key points in the Shenandoah Valley, Grant finally found a commander, Philip Sheridan, aggressive enough to prevail in the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
		The capture of Atlanta on September 2, 1864, was a significant factor in re-electing Abraham Lincoln.
	www.civil-war-battles.com /Summary (1679 words)

	Battles and Battlefields of 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley
		Harvests from the farms in the valley were sorely needed by the often hungry Army of Northern Virginia.
		It was there on the morning of June 5, 1864, that the two armies clashed in the Battle of The Piedmont.
		On August 7, 1864, the Federals caught the Confederate cavalry and in a brilliant move caught the Southerners in camp at Moorefield, (West Virginia) and extracted some measure of retribution.
	www.angelfire.com /wv/wasec9/1864.html (1569 words)

	Strasburg Virginia in the Civil War
		Both Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862 and Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864 are easily retraceable using Strasburg as a base of operations.
		Strasburg was an important part of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862.
		Early's Confederates surprised the Federals there at dawn on October 19, 1864 and nearly won a stunning victory only to have their fortunes dashed by a Federal counterattack in the afternoon.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/strasburg (528 words)

	Shenandoah Valley Campaigns - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the American Civil War the Shenandoah Valley was frequently the scene of military operations, and at two points in the war these operations rose to the height of separate campaigns possessing great significance in the general development of the war.
		The Valley operations in 1862 began by a retrograde movement on the part of the Confederates, for Jackson on the 12th of March retired from Winchester, and Banks at the head of 20,000 men took possession.
		The concentration of the Federal forces in N. Virginia in May 1864 for the campaign 'which ultimately took Grant and Lee south of the James involved a fresh series of operations in the Valley.
	www.1911ency.org /S/SH/SHENANDOAH_VALLEY_CAMPAIGNS.htm (3614 words)

	Channing's Short History of the United States
		The plan of the Union campaign is now clear: General McDowell was to attack the Confederates at Bull Run, while General Patterson attacked the Confederates in the Valley, and kept them so busy that they could not go to the help of their comrades at Bull Run.
		At length, in the midst of the campaign, Hooker asked to be relieved, and George G. Meade became the fifth and last chief of the Army of the Potomac.
		Grant's plan of campaign was to move by his left from the Rappahannock southeastwardly.
	www.americanhistory.com /history/ShortHistory/shorthistory12.html (10973 words)

	William Edmondson Jones (1824-1864)
		As the Gettysburg Campaign continued, Jones screened the Army of Northern Virginia's rear guard during the advance north through the Shenandoah Valley, by holding gaps in the mountains that separated them from Union observation and interference.
		In May, Jones assumed command of the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley who were defending against the halting advance of David Hunter towards Lynchburg, Virginia, in the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
		In the Battle of Piedmont on June 5, 1864, Jones was shot in the head and killed while leading a charge against a superior attacking force.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/jonesw.html (771 words)

	Sheridan Rides to Lincoln's Rescue in 1864 Election, Part 1: A Rude Awakening -- From TheWildGeese.com
		Thousands are expected to gather in Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley in October to recall the exploits of Phil Sheridan and his command.
		From Oct. 15–17, 10,000 re-enactors are expected to participate in the 15th Annual Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek, on part of the actual battlefield, in Middletown, Va., 80 miles west of Washington in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
		The sounds of singing birds in the Valley were masked that morning by a fierce, pre-dawn attack on troops of the VII and XIX Corps, in the advance of the rest of Sheridan's army.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/sher-rid.html (1344 words)

	Relative Importance of the Battlefields
		Yet Jackson's successful campaign profoundly shaped the early conduct of the war when the hopes of the Confederacy were high and its armies in the East seemed almost invincible.
		The battle was not decisive in the campaign, yet the crushing victory achieved there may well have contributed to the aura of invincibility that the Confederate army carried with it to Gettysburg.
		Early's and Sheridan's 1864 Valley campaigns initiated the largest and most costly events, in terms of casualties, forces engaged, and frequency of combat, in the history of Valley warfare.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/shenandoah/svs4-3.html (1464 words)

	Battle of Monocacy River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the summer of 1963, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee knew that if the war in Virginia continued to be fought in the trenches of Petersburg, the prospects of a Confederate victory were dim.
		They set out by train on June 13 to the Shenandoah Valley, where they quickly dispersed the Union opposition, crossed the Potomac River, and headed straight for the city of Washington.
		Union Gen. Lewis Wallace headed west with a small force to oppose the Rebel raiders while a desperate plea for reinforcements was sent to Grant at Petersburg.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /battles-campaigns/1864/640709.html (377 words)

	David Hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Valley Campaigns of 1864, Union Maj. Gen.
		He moved up the Valley (southward) to Lexington, where he burned VMI on June 11 and his troops freely looted civilian property of all kinds along the way.
		Hunter's reign of terror in the Valley soon came to an end; he was defeated by Early at the Battle of Lynchburg on June 19.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Hunter (1343 words)

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		The game deals with the two campaigns fought in the Shenandoah Valley in North-West Virginia in 1862 and 1864, the first of these being dominanted by the drive and generalship of Jackson.
		Each campaign is presented as a succession of scenarios covering the various operations and encounters in chronological order plus a long scenario in which the players start the campaign on an historical set-up and take it from there over 45 and 32 turns respectively!
		In most scenarios, especially in the 1862 campaign, a smaller but better-generalled and rather more mobile Confederate force confronts a stronger Union army, too much of which is tied down in semi-static garrisons and whose lines of communication are vulnerable to the hidden movement of Confederate irregular cavalry (partisans).
	grognard.com /zines/ph/p1110.txt (982 words)

	RCWRT News Letter for August 2004
		During the Battle of Toms Brook in October 1864, the Stuart Horse Artillery was overrun, horses gave out and 11 guns were taken by Union forces under Sheridan.
		In 1864, Union troops under Gen. Ben Butler began the arduous task of changing the course of the James River in order to avoid Confederate batteries.
		The 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaigns will be the focus of the Seventh Annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War.
	members.tripod.com /~g_cowardin/rcwrt/082004.htm (1510 words)

	valley
		This house was used by Major General Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson, then commanding the Valley District, the Department of Northern Virginia, as his official headquarters from November 1861, to March, 1862, when he left Winchester to begin his famous Valley Campaign.
		Crook was in the valley to the east; the Nineteenth Corps on the hillside facing south.
		In 1881, with the junction of the new Shenandoah Valley Railroad with the Norfolk and Western, rapid growth began.
	www.mosocco.com /valley.htm (7412 words)

	The Winchester Star-Battlefield Advocates Set to Mark Pivotal 1864 Clashe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Several historical organizations, including the Virginia Civil War Trails and the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, along with representatives from 20 Valley communities, were at the unveiling of the joint marketing campaign to assist in increasing tourism to the area.
		Guiding potential tourists through the Valley campaign will be a brochure and Web site (www.Valley1864.com) detailing when and where various events will take place throughout the year.
		The movement laid the Valley open to Sheridan, who executed a systematic burning of barns and destruction of livestock in the upper Valley.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/040108/Area_battlefield.asp (699 words)

	Valley Campaigns 1861-1865
		In July 1861, Confederate reinforcements traveled from the Shenandoah Valley to Manassas Junction on the Manassas Gap Railroad to reach the fighting at Bull Run, marking the first time in modern warfare that troops were moved by train to a battlefield.
		Thomas J. Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862 is one of the most studied campaigns of military history.
		With the Confederate threat in the Valley eliminated, General Sheridan led his cavalry overland to Petersburg to participate in the final campaign of the war in Virginia.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/shenandoah/svs2-4.html (4070 words)

	Wade Family Papers - Yulee, David Levy: Civil War Manuscripts at the Virginia Historical Society
		In a letter, 1864, to his sister, Nancy Garnett, Watson briefly describes the execution of a Confederate soldier.
		Of particular note is a letter, 1864, from Daniel A. Wilson describing, in detail, the battle of Cedar Creek (e135).
		1864, of George A. Mathews of Henrico County to James Alexander Seddon (1815–1880) regarding Mathews's work as farm manager for his widowed sister-in-law and his exemption from military service; and a pass, 1865, issued by the Provost Marshal General's Office in Richmond (box 11).
	www.vahistorical.org /cwg/w.htm (4071 words)

	Civil War Summary of Events and Battles with Maps
		Ref The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock
		Ref From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864
		By 1864, with the development of a unified command system, Northern strategy focused on cutting the Confederacy along an east/west axis in order to destroy its food supply and its war-making industrial capacity in the deep South.
	www.americancivilwar.com /civil_war_summary.html (4913 words)

	Civil War Traveler \| Virginia \| Valley
		The Valley is described often as an avenue of invasion directed to the head of the Federal government at Washington D.C. More importantly, it was a vital (and vulnerable) granary for the Confederacy and a worrisome flank for both sides during operations around Richmond.
		Although it's possible to follow day-by-day the various Valley campaigns, the trip plan would look like a corkscrew and would plow the same ground several times.
		A more logical plan is to start at one end of the Valley and work your way to the other.
	www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/valley (291 words)

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