Campaign : Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Date : September 21-22, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan [US]; Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 1,763 total (US 528; CS 1,235).
Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s army, took a strong defensive position at Fisher’s Hill, south of Strasburg.
September 21: Union army advances and captures high ground.
September 22nd: Crook’s Corps outflank Early, and attack.
The Confederate cavalry offers little resistance.
The Confederate defense collapsed.
Early retreated to Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro.
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