Battle of Tom's Brook

October 9, 1864 · Shenandoah County

Result Union victory

Union cavalry under George Custer and Wesley Merritt routed Confederate cavalry at Tom's Brook in the Shenandoah Valley. The Confederates fled so fast that the fight was called the 'Woodstock Races'.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
6,300
Casualties
57
Killed
9
Wounded
67
Strength
3,500
Casualties
350