Thursday, July 31, 2014

August 1, 1864---Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley



AUGUST 1, 1864:      

General Philip Sheridan U.S.A. is given command of the Union Army of The Shenandoah Valley with orders to destroy Jubal Early’s force and take back the Valley for the United States.

  
The Battle of Folck’s Mill:     As General Jubal Early C.S.A.'s forces cross the Potomac back into Virginia, they attempt to cripple the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and burn the bridges over the river. Union forces disrupt their attacks, and Early is pushed back into the Valley having done much less mischief than he intended. 


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