✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Waynesboro (1865)

March 2, 1865 · Battle of Waynesboro (1865)

Result Union victory

Sheridan's cavalry destroyed the remnant of Early's Army of the Valley.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Philip Henry Sheridan military commander George Armstrong Custer military commander
Jubal Early military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
2,500
Casualties
9
Strength
1,600
Casualties
1,500

Units

Army of the Shenandoah (Union) 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Army of the Valley