Valley campaigns of 1864

Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1864
Part of the American Civil War

Funkhoser House and Farm, Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia
DateMay–October, 1864
Location
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 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

    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.