Army of the Shenandoah (1864–1865)
Army · United States · August 7, 1864 – February 27, 1865
Philip Sheridan's Union army that destroyed Early's Army of the Valley and burned the Shenandoah Valley's crops.
Recorded for American Civil War.
Attached units 2
- VI Corps (Union Army) Sent to defend Washington, then served under Sheridan
- Cavalry Corps (Union Army) Sheridan took two divisions to the valley
Engagements 17
- Battle of Seven Pines
- Seven Days Battles
- Battle of Antietam
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Battle of the Wilderness
- Battle of Spotsylvania
- Battle of Cold Harbor
- Siege of Petersburg
- Battle of the Crater
- Third Battle of Winchester
- Battle of Fisher's Hill
- Battle of Cedar Creek
- Battle of Five Forks
- Battle of Sailor's Creek
- Battle of Appomattox Court House
Movements
- Sheridan takes command at Harpers Ferry · map
- Maneuvers around Berryville and Charles Town (approximate) · map
- Third Battle of Winchester (Third Battle of Winchester) · map
- Battle of Fisher's Hill (Battle of Fisher's Hill) · map
- The Burning: devastates the upper valley around Harrisonburg · map
- Camps on Cedar Creek; Battle of Cedar Creek on 19 October (Battle of Cedar Creek) · map
- Winter quarters at Kernstown near Winchester · map