Valley campaigns of 1864

The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and resulting battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the American Civil War from May to October 1864. Some military historians divide this period into three separate campaigns. This article considers them together, as the campaigns interacted and built upon one another.

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Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1864
Part of the American Civil War
Funkhoser House and Farm, Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Date May–October, 1864 Location Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States of America	Confederate States of America
Commanders and leaders
Franz Sigel David Hunter Lew Wallace George Crook Philip Sheridan	John C. Breckinridge Jubal A. Early
Units involved
Department of West Virginia (June 1864) VIII Corps (detachment) & VI Corps (detachment) (June-July 1864) Defenses of the Potomac River & Washington (Mid July - August 1, 1864) Army of West Virginia Army of the Shenandoah (August 1, 1864 – June 27, 1865)	Department of Western Virginia Army of the Valley
Strength
8,500 (June 1864) 5,800 (early July 1864) 9,600 (Mid-July 1864) 40,000 (August-October 1864)	5,000 (June 1864) 14,000 (June-July) 21,100 (October 1864)
Casualties and losses
18,400	17,300