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Jubal A. Early s disastrous battles in the Shenandoah Valley ultimately resulted in his ignominious dismissal. But Early s lesser-known summer campaign of 1864, between his raid on Washington and Phil Sheridan s renowned fall campaign, had a significant impact on the political and military landscape of the time. By focusing on military tactics and battle history in uncovering the facts and events of these little-understood battles, Scott C. Patchan offers a new perspective on Early s contributions to the Confederate war effort and to Union battle plans and politicking.Patchan details the...

The Last Battle of Winchester is the first serious study to chronicle the largest, longest, and bloodiest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. The fighting began about daylight and did not end until dusk, when the victorious Union army routed the Confederates off the field. It was the first time Stonewall Jackson s former corps had ever been driven from a battlefield, and the stinging defeat set the stage for the final climax of the 1864 Valley Campaign at Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek. The Northern victory was a long time coming.After a spring and summer of Union defeat in the Valley, Lt....

In 1862, looking for an opportunity to attack Union general John Pope, Confederate general Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. James Longstreet to conduct a reconnaissance and possible assault on the Chinn Ridge front in Northern Virginia. At the time Longstreet launched his attack, only a handful of Union troops stood between Robert E. Lee and Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia. Northern Virginia's rolling terrain and Bull Run also provided Lee with a unique opportunity seldom seen during the entire Civil War--that of -bagging- an army, an elusive feat keenly desired by political leaders of both...