August 7, 1864
The (FINAL) Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Campaign, as Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA, moves against the Confederates under Lieut. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early, CSA, and his cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, CSA.
8/7-11/28 1864.The Middle Military Division (Middle Dept. and the Dept. of Washington, of the Susquehanna, and of West Virginia) is constituted, (to be known as the Army of the Shenandoah) and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is assigned to its temporary command, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, orders Maj. Gen. Sheridan to clear the Shenandoah Valley of Rebels once and for all.Engagement at Oldfields, near Moorefield, WV, as Brig. Gen. William W. Averell’s, USA, cavalry overwhelms Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s, CSA, cavalry under Brig. Gen. John McCausland.
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