Virginia VMI Cadet Battalion (Confederate)
5/15/64
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Patrick T. Moore
Brigadier GeneralPatrick T. Moore
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
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