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Within the Shenandoah Valley advertising campaign of 1864, US Major Basic Philip H. Sheridan led his army to a series of decisive victories for the Union over Lieutenant Basic Jubal A. Early on and the Confederate Army of the Valley. In From Winchester to Cedar Creek, writer Jeffry D. Wert features Sheridan's victories in the critical section of the Virginia valley as determining occasions of the Civil Conflict. Sheridan's campaign guaranteed Confederate defeat in Virginia and finally contributed to Lincoln's reelection and the Union's success in the Civil Conflict. Sketching on manuscript selections and many posted sources, Wert offers vibrant descriptions of the battles of Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Tom's Brook, and Cedar Creek. The e book also explores the way the interplay of the advantages and weaknesses of the Union and Confederate commanders, Sheridan and Early on, led to victories for Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah. Grounded in detailed research, Wert's convincing narrative portrays the military services strategies these commanders employed and exactly how their tactical decisions impacted civilian sacrifice in the valley. First posted in 1987, Wert's chronicle remains the definitive e book on Sheridan's command line and the Shenandoah Marketing campaign of 1864. Supplying a healthy treatment of both Union and Confederate experiences during the advertising campaign, Wert stresses its importance as a turning point in the warfare from both military services and civilian points of view. From Winchester to Cedar Creek not only documents and dynamically recounts the occurrences that unfolded in the summertime and land of 1864 in the Virginia valley, but it addittionally details the politics, tactical, and tactical causes that made the Shenandoah Valley advertising campaign so important to the outcome of the Civil Conflict. The e book is posted by University or college of Texas Press.
