Campaign : Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Date : May 23, 1862.
Principal Commanders : Col. John R. Kenly [US]; Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 960 total (US 904; CS 56).
On May 23, Confederate forces overran the pickets of a 1,000-man Union garrison under Col. Kenly at Front Royal.
The Union troops made a stand on Camp Hill, and then again at Guard Hill.
The Union troops continued the retreat to Cedarville.
Two cavalry charges led by Maj. Flournoy broke a roadblock and routed the Union forces.
Almost 900 Union troops surrendered.
American Civil War
How To Write An Essay
Paralumun New Age Village