Valley Campaign

The Valley Campaign was Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's brilliant spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

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Confederate - General - Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's - 1862 - Shenandoah Valley - Virginia - American Civil War

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The spring of 1862 was one of anxiety for the Confederacy. They had seen their prospects in the successful summer of 1861 (particularly the First Battle of Bull Run) decline quickly. Union armies in the Western Theater, under Ulysses S. Grant and others, captured Southern territory and won significant battles at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. And in the East, Major General George B. McClellan's massive Army of the Potomac was approaching Richmond from the southeast in the Peninsula Campaign, Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's large corps was poised to hit Richmond from the north, and Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army was threatening the Shenandoah Valley. The audacious performance of Jackson in the Valley that spring would help derail the Union plans and reenergize Confederate morale.

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1862 - 1861 - First Battle of Bull Run - Union - Ulysses S. Grant - Fort Donelson - Shiloh - Major General - George B. McClellan - Army of the Potomac - Richmond - Peninsula Campaign - Irvin McDowell - Nathaniel P. Banks

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