US General Grant forced the Shenandoah Valley campaign. Grant placed Major General Siegel in charge of the advance on the Shenandoah Valley campaign. Grant had no true confidence in Siegel and finally General Sheridan replaced Siegel and marched on the Valley.
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Confederate Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led the Jackson's Valley Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia in the spring of 1862. Jackson marched 17,000 men 646 miles in 48 days.
The scorched earth strategy
The Union Army, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, won the Shenandoah campaign. They defeated the Confederate forces led by Lt. Gen. Jubal Early in a series of engagements in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864. Sheridan's victories in the campaign helped secure control of the valley for the Union and contributed to President Lincoln's reelection.
Philip Sheridan, in a campaign that was later emulated by Sherman in the Carolinas, ravaged the Shenandoah Valley in late September 1864 to deprive Confederate general Jubal Early of provisions for his own army.
Shenandoah Valley.
To starve the Confederate troops in the field by destroying the farms and railroads.
Phil Sheridan
Union General Franz Siegel's advance into the Shenandoah Valley was cut short by Confederate General John C. Breckinridge. Breckinridge's army of 5,000 troops defeated Siegal's army at New Market, forcing a Union retreat.
The Confederate Army of the Valley was led by General Jubal A. Early. In this case the "Valley" meant the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
General Philip Henry Sheridan
The Shenandoah Valley is in northern Virginia.