The Lynchburg Campaign
The Lynchburg Campaign was a series of military engagements in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia from May 26-June 29, 1864.
- Note: Not all counties associated with this campaign have been registered
- Also referred to as the Expedition to Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date also listed to July 31 - Only set to June 29, but double check operations
Sub-Operations
While not explicitly part of a larger campaign, this campaign ties in very closely to the events of (Sheridan's) Shenandoah Valley Campaign
and (Early's) Raid on Washington and operations against the B&O Railroad
- New Market
- Piedmont
- Lynchburg
Union Troops
May 26-July 1 Expedition to Lynchburg (Hunter's) CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st Battery Light Arty. MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry; Battery "B" Light Arty.; 2d Eastern Shore and 2d P. H. B. Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--34th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln), 1st Veteran, 15th and 21st Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D") 30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. OHIO--8th Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 23d, 28th, 34th, 36th, 91st, 116th and 123d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA --14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 3d and 4th Reserve Infantry, 54th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d, 3d, 5th and 7th Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "D" 1st Light Arty.; 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "B" 5th Arty.
Confederate Troops
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Casualties
- Union loss: 103 killed, 564 wounded, 273 missing = Total 940
Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 630, 888, 929)
- Wikipedia - The Valley Campaigns of 1864
- Operations in the War of the Rebellion
- Operations in Virginia
- Operations in an Unknown County, Virginia
- Campaigns in the War of the Rebellion
- Campaigns in Virginia
- Campaigns in an Unknown County, Virginia
- Operations in 1864
- Operations on May 26, 1864
- Operations on May 27, 1864
- Operations on May 28, 1864
- Operations on May 29, 1864
- Operations on May 30, 1864
- Operations on May 31, 1864
- Operations on June 1, 1864
- Operations on June 2, 1864
- Operations on June 3, 1864
- Operations on June 4, 1864
- Operations on June 5, 1864
- Operations on June 6, 1864
- Operations on June 7, 1864
- Operations on June 8, 1864
- Operations on June 9, 1864
- Operations on June 10, 1864
- Operations on June 11, 1864
- Operations on June 12, 1864
- Operations on June 13, 1864
- Operations on June 14, 1864
- Operations on June 15, 1864
- Operations on June 16, 1864
- Operations on June 17, 1864
- Operations on June 18, 1864
- Operations on June 19, 1864
- Operations on June 20, 1864
- Operations on June 21, 1864
- Operations on June 22, 1864
- Operations on June 23, 1864
- Operations on June 24, 1864
- Operations on June 25, 1864
- Operations on June 26, 1864
- Operations on June 27, 1864
- Operations on June 28, 1864
- Operations on June 29, 1864
- Source: ACWR 630
- Source: ACWR 888
- Source: ACWR 929