Valley campaigns of 1864
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The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and resulting battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the American Civil War from May to October 1864. Some military historians divide this period into three separate campaigns. This article considers them together, as the campaigns interacted and built upon one another.
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Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1864 | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
Funkhoser House and Farm, Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States of America | Confederate States of America | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Franz Sigel David Hunter Lew Wallace George Crook Philip Sheridan |
John C. Breckinridge Jubal A. Early | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
8,500 (June 1864) 5,800 (early July 1864) 9,600 (Mid-July 1864) 40,000 (August-October 1864) |
5,000 (June 1864) 14,000 (June-July) 21,100 (October 1864) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
18,400 | 17,300 |
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