![]() Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 1862 March 11 - Thomas J. Jackson evacuates Winchester. March 12 - Nathaniel P. Banks occupies Winchester. March 18 - Skirmish at Middletown. March 23 - First Battle of Kernstown
April 30 - Richard S. Ewell's division crosses the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap into the Shenandoah Valley. May 3 - Jackson's army departs the Valley via Brown's Gap. May 4 - Jackson returns his army to the Valley by rail, from Mechum's River Station via Rockfish Gap to Staunton. May 8 - Battle of McDowell
May 23 - Battle of Front Royal
May 25 - First Battle of Winchester
May 29-30 - Jackson demonstrates against Harper's Ferry. May 31 - Jackson's army marches through Winchester. June 6 - Skirmish near Harrisonburg, Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby killed in action. June 8 - Battle of Cross Keys
June 9 - Battle of Port Republic
June 17 - Jackson leaves the Valley for Richmond, Virginia. September 11 - Jackson with three divisions crosses the Potomac back into Virginia from Williamsport, Maryland. Brig. Gen. Julius White's Union garrison at Martinsburg retreats to Harper's Ferry. September 12-15 - Siege of Harper's Ferry
September 19-20 - Battle of Sheperdstown
1863 January 1 - President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. General Robert Milroy occupies Winchester. June 13-15 - Second Battle of Winchester
June 15 - Ewell's Second Corps crosses the Potomac River northward at Williamsport, MD and Shepherdstown, WV. June 24 - Hill's Third Corps crosses the Potomac River at Boteler's Ford (Shepherdstown, WV). June 25 -Longstreet's First Corps crosses the Potomac River at Williamsport, MD. July 14 - Army of Northern Virginia enters Martinsburg, WV. 1864 April 30 - Union army under Franz Sigel advances south from Martinsburg, WV. May 1 - Sigel occupies Winchester. May 11 - Sigel's army encamps at Cedar Creek just south of Middletown. May 15 - Battle of New Market
May 16 - Sigel returns to Cedar Creek May 19 - Sigel is relieved of command and posted to Harper's Ferry. May 21 - David Hunter takes command of Union army at Cedar Creek. May 26 - Hunter advances southward. June 2 - Hunter's army reaches Harrisonburg, VA. June 5-6 - Battle of Piedmont
June 6 - Hunter enters Staunton, VA. June 11 - Hunter sacks Lexington, VA, including burning Virginia Military Institute. June 13 - Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's Second Corps is ordered to the Shenandoah Valley. June 17 - Early's Second Corps begins arriving in Lynchburg, VA. June 17-18 - Battle of Lynchburg
July 2 - Early's Army of the Valley reaches Winchester, VA. July 9 - Battle of Monocacy
July 22 - Union troops reoccupy Winchester. July 24 - Second Battle of Kernstown
July 30 - Confederate cavalry under John McCausland burns Chambersburg, PA. July 14 - Early crosses the Potomac back into the Valley at White's Ferry, VA. August 7 - Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan arrives in Harper's Ferry, WV, assuming command of the Middle Military Division and the Army of the Shenandoah. August 15 - Early's army is reenforced by Kershaw's infantry and Fitzhugh Lee's calvary divisions. September 16 - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant meets with Sheridan at his Charles Town, WV, headquarters. Kerhsaw's Division begins returning to Lee's army. September 19 - Third Battle of Winchester/Battle of Opequon
September 22 - Battle of Fishers Hill
September 23 - Skirmish at Front Royal, Union cavalry execute six of Mosby's Rangers. September 24- Kershaw's Division rejoins Early's army. September 27 - The systematic destruction of the Valley begins under Sheridan's command. Known simply as "The Burning". Lee urges Early to defeat Sheridan in the Valley. October 3 - Lt. John R. Meigs is killed by Confederate scouts near Dayton. Sheridan orders the burning of Dayton, VA and surrounding homes in retaliation. October 4 - Sheridan rescinds the order to burn Dayton. October 9 - Battle of Tom's Brook/Woodstock Races
October 10 - Sheridan's army encamps along Cedar Creek. October 13 -
October 14 - The Sixth Corps returns to right of Union line along Cedar Creek. October 15 -
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October 19 - The Battle of Cedar Creek
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