Shenandoah Valley Campaigns

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• Shenandoah Valley campaigns — ▪ American Civil War       (July 1861–March 1865), in the American Civil War, important military campaigns in a four year struggle for control of the strategic Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, running roughly north and south between the Blue Ridge… …   Universalium

• Shenandoah Valley — a large, beautiful valley in the northern part of the US state of Virginia, between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was used by many Americans when they moved west, and several Civil War battles were fought there because… …   Universalium

• Shenandoah Valley Railroad (N&W) — Shenandoah Valley Railroad was a line completed on June 19, 1882 extending up the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland USA through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and a connection with the Norfolk and… …   Wikipedia

• Valley Campaigns of 1864 — The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were American Civil War operations and battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia from May to October 1864. Military historians divide this period into three separate campaigns , but it is useful to… …   Wikipedia

• Shenandoah Valley — The Shenandoah Valley region of western Virginia and West Virginia is bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian and Allegheny Plateaus to the west. It is located within the Ridge and Valley region and is a portion of the …   Wikipedia

• Army of the Valley — The Army of the Valley (officially the Army of the Valley District) was the name given to the army of Lt. Gen. Jubal Early s independent command during the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns in the summer and autumn of 1864. The Army of the Valley was… …   Wikipedia

• Campaigns of the American Civil War — Union Forces campaign streamer …   Wikipedia

• Shenandoah — /shen euhn doh euh/, n. 1. a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. ab. 200 mi. (322 km) long. 2. a valley in N Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains: Civil War campaigns 1862 64. * * * …   Universalium

• Shenandoah — /shen euhn doh euh/, n. 1. a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. ab. 200 mi. (322 km) long. 2. a valley in N Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains: Civil War campaigns 1862 64 …   Useful english dictionary

• Great Appalachian Valley — The Great Valley, also called the Great Appalachian Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. It is a gigantic trough mdash; a chain of valley lowlands mdash; and the central feature of the… …   Wikipedia

• Army of the Shenandoah (Union) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Army of the Shenandoah caption= dates= country=United States of America branch=United States Army type= role= size= command structure= current commander= garrison= ceremonial chief= colonel of the regiment=… …   Wikipedia