Valley campaigns of 1864

May 1864 – October 1864 · Shenandoah Valley

Result Union victory

Union armies under Sigel, Hunter and finally Sheridan fought Confederate forces under Breckinridge and Early for the Shenandoah Valley, ending in Union control.

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United States

Confederate States of America

United States

Confederate States of America

Franz Sigel military commander

Philip Henry Sheridan military commander

Lew Wallace military commander

George Crook military commander

David Hunter military commander

John C. Breckinridge military commander

Jubal Early military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties: 17,300

Units

Army of West Virginia Army of the Shenandoah (Union) VI Corps (Union Army) Also under Army of the Shenandoah (Union) VIII Corps (Union army) XXII Corps (Union army) 23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion (Confederate) 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment 21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment 22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment