The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Campaign of 1864 lasted more than four months and claimed more than 25,000 casualties. The armies of Philip H. Sheridan and Jubal A. Early contended for immense stakes

Virginia Civil War Map of Battles 1864

The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide Virginia was host to nearly 1/3rd of all Civil War engagements. This guide covers them all like a mini-history of the war. This guide organizes battles chronologically. Each campaign has a detailed overview, followed by concise descriptions of the individual engagements

February 6-7, 1864 Morton's Ford / Rapidan River March 2, 1864 Walkerton / Mantapike Hill May 5-7, 1864 Wilderness / Furnaces / Todd's Tavern May 6-7, 1864 Port Walthall Junction May 8-21, 1864 Spotsylvania Court House / Corbin's Bridge May 9, 1864 Cloyd's Mountain May 9, 1864 Swift Creek / Arrowfield Church May 10, 1864 Chester Station May 10, 1864 Cove Mountain May 11, 1864 Yellow Tavern May 12-16, 1864 Proctor's Creek / Drewry's Bluff, / Fort Darling May 15, 1864 New Market May 20, 1864 Ware Bottom Church May 23-26, 1864 North Anna / Jericho Mill / Hanover Junction May 24, 1864 Wilson's Wharf / Fort Pocahontas May 28, 1864 Haw's Shop / Enon Church May 28-30, 1864 Totopotomoy Creek / Shady Grove Road May 30, 1864 Old Church / Matadequin Creek May 31-June 12, 1864 Second Cold Harbor June 5-6, 1864 Piedmont June 9, 1864 Petersburg June 11-12, 1864 Trevilian Station June 15-18, 1864 Assault on Petersburg June 17-18, 1864 Lynchburg June 21-24, 1864 Jerusalem Plank Road / First Battle of Weldon June 24, 1864 Saint Mary's Church / Nance's Shop June 25, 1864 Staunton River / Blacks and Whites June 28, 1864 Sappony Church / Stony Creek Depot June 29, 1864 Ream's Station July 17-18, 1864 Cool Spring / Island Ford / Parkers Ford July 20, 1864 Rutherford's Farm July 24, 1864 Kernstown Second July 27-29, 1864 Deep Bottom I / Strawberry Plains / Gravel Hill July 30, 1864 Crater / The Mine August 13-20, 1864 Deep Bottom II / Fussell's Mill / Bailey's Creek August 16, 1864 Guard Hill / Front Royal / Cedarville August 18-21, 1864 Globe Tavern / Yellow Tavern / Blick's Station August 25, 1864 Ream's Station September 3-4, 1864 Berryville September 19, 1864 Opequon / Third Winchester September 21-22, 1864 Fisher's Hill September 29-30, 1864 Chaffin's Farm / New Market Heights September 30, 1864 Peebles' Farm / Poplar Springs Church October 2, 1864 Saltville October 7, 1864 Darbytown / New Market Roads / Fourmile Creek October 9, 1864 Tom's Brook / Woodstock Races October 13, 1864 Darbytown Road / Alms House October 19, 1864 Cedar Creek October 27-28, 1864 Boydton Plank / Hatcher's Run / Burgess' Mill October 27-28, 1864 Fair Oaks / Darbytown Road / Second Fair Oaks December 17-18, 1864 Marion December 20-21, 1864 Saltville

Cold Harbor Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864 A chronicle of the bloody fighting in 1864 as Ulysses Grant headed south and Robert E. Lee tried to prevent him from success. From the Wilderness to Spotsylvania Court House to the North Anna River to Cold Harbor. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865 The Siege of Petersburg was the prelude to the final chapter of our Nation's Civil War. The work is thoroughly researched with a plethora of primary sources incorporated right into the text

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Swallowed Up in Victory: A Civil War Narrative, Petersburg, 1864-1865 A narrative of the last year of the American Civil War, follows the action surrounding the first attacks on Petersburg through the surrender at Appomattox

Civil War History Virginia Book Club Reading Titles

One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia The first detailed military history of Lee's retreat and the Union effort to catch and destroy the wounded Army of Northern Virginia Complimented with 18 original maps, dozens of photos, and a complete driving tour with GPS coordinates of the entire retreat	Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army Philip H. Sheridan earned the enmity of many Virginians for laying waste to the Shenandoah Valley. His date and place of birth is uncertain, but he himself claimed to have been born in New York in 1831	The Civil War: A Narrative Fort Sumter to Perryville From the secession crisis of early 1861 to the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States. From Yankee disaster at First Manassas to Lee's debut in western Virginia. From riverboat actions on the Mississippi, to McClellan's movement up the York-James Peninsula	Civil War Album: A Complete Photographic History: Fort Sumter to Appomattox 4000 photographs from the war. Brings to life the battles, bunkers, soldiers, and parades. The farms, cities, and towns as they appeared at the time. This volume is enhanced with essays by Civil War historians, who provide an overview of each battle, and describe each image
A South Divided: Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy An account of Southern dissidents in the Civil War, at times labeled as traitors, Tories, deserters, or mossbacks during the war and loyalists, Lincoln loyalists, and Unionists by historians of the war	The Beginning and the End: The Civil War Story of Federal Surrenders Before Fort Sumter and Confederate Surrenders After Appomatox Surrenders continued for months after Appomattox. The background of Johnston's surrender in North Carolina, Taylor's in Alabama , Jones's in Florida,  the same day that Davis was captured—and Kirby-Smith's, west of the Mississippi	Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox Lee's troops were more numerous and far less faithful to their cause than has been suggested. Lee himself made mistakes in this campaign, and defeat wrung from him an unusual display of faultfinding	The Cavalry at Appomattox A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations During the Civil War's Climactic Campaign, March 27-April 9, 1865

Civil War History Documentary DVD Movie Titles Civil War Combat: America's Bloodiest Battles The violent mayhem of the hornet's nest at Shiloh, the valiant charge on the sunken road at Antietam, the carnage in the wheat field at Gettysburg, and the brutal fighting at Cold Harbor Civil War Journal - The Conflict Begins These four programs from the History Channel series Civil War Journal cover critical aspects of the early days of the war. Civil War Journal Collector's Edition 4-DVD Set Made exclusively for Books Are Fun. Discs include: · Stonewall Jackson · Sherman and the March to the Sea · West Point Classmates-Civil War Enemies · Robert E. Lee · Battle of 1st Bull Run · The 54th Massachusetts · John Brown s War · Destiny at Fort Sumter Brother Against Brother: The American Civil War Fort Sumter, to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Features battle reconstructions and depictions of army life, eyewitness accounts, period photographs and engravings, plus commentary and analyses. The Civil War in Virginia Virginia was the arena where North and South fought many of their bloodiest battles. the program gives a full account of the events that took place describing in detail the history of the American Civil War in Virginia The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns Here is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one The Blue and the Gray The Complete Miniseries The Civil War proved a backdrop for this 1982 miniseries. Complete and uncut three disc set. Two families divided by the War Between the States. A Southerner caught when he becomes a war correspondent for the Northern newspaper. He finds himself  where history's in the making from the Battle of Bull Run to Abraham Lincoln's assassination Blue Vs. Gray - Killing Fields Relive the most vicious fighting of the Civil War, in which General Ulysses S. Grant forcibly reversed the tide of the conflict by paying with the blood of thousands. It was a desperate time for the Union

State of Virginia Flag History

The Virginia State seal depicts the Roman goddess Virtus representing the spirit of the Commonwealth. She is dressed as an Amazon, a sheathed sword in one hand, and a spear in the other, and one foot on the form of Tyranny, who is pictured with a broken chain in his left hand, a scourge in his right, and his fallen crown nearby, implying struggle that has ended in complete victory. Virginia's motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis (Latin for "Thus Always to Tyrants"), appears at the bottom. Buy this Virginia State Flag In 1861, the Virginia State Convention passed an ordinance establishing a design virtually identical to that in current use. This flag has a deep blue field with a circular white center. The obverse of the great seal of the Commonwealth has been identically painted or embroidered on each side of the flag. A white silk fringe adorns the edge farthest from the flag staff. Virginia Regimental Flag This flag was carried by an unknown Virginia regiment. On April 8, 1865, Major Thomas Ward of General Armstrong Custer's calvary division captured it near Namozine Church. Major Ward was General Custer's brother-in-law. Buy This Bonnie Blue Flag Bonnie Blue The Confederate government did not adopt this flag but the people did and the lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the southern States that adopted new flags in 1861. Buy This Southern Cross Flag Used as a navy jack at sea from 1863 onward. This flag has become the generally recognized symbol of the South. Buy This Second Confederate Flag On May 1st,1863, a second design was adopted, placing the Battle Flag (also known as the "Southern Cross") as the canton on a white field. This flag was easily mistaken for a white flag of surrender especially when the air was calm and the flag hung limply. More on Confederate Flags

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