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6 - The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1862 and 1864

from Part I - Major Battles and Campaigns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2019

By
Kathryn J. Shively
Edited by
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
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Summary

Stationed in the Shenandoah Valley in spring 1862 2nd Massachusetts Infantry captain Henry N. Comey marveled at “the most fertile land I have ever seen … It is no wonder that the rebels are defending [it] so well.” Yet the landscape was as intimidating as it was bucolic: “We were fenced in by huge walls on both sides of us and cut off from communication except from the north.”

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The Cambridge History of the American Civil War , pp. 95 - 119
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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