Campaign : Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Date : August 25-29, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt [US]; Lt. Gen. Jubal Early [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 300 total.
August 29: Two Confederate divisions crossed Opequon Creek at Smithfield, forcing back Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt’s Union cavalry division.
Ricketts’s infantry division was brought forward to stop the Confederate advance.
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