The Encyclopedia of Warfare: Imperial Wars 1815–1914 by Dennis Showalter

Author:Dennis Showalter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
Published: 2013-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

The Confederate forts held out only slightly longer against Federals commanded by BGen Gordon Granger. The Confederates abandoned tiny Fort Powell, blowing it up as they departed. Fort Gaines mustered a faint-hearted show of resistance and then surrendered the next day on 8 August. Fort Morgan was a stronger defence, but BGen Richard Page had only 400 men to oppose Granger’s 5500. After receiving a siege train from New Orleans, the Federals began a heavy land and naval bombardment. The Confederate defenders raised a white flag over Fort Morgan on 22 August. The Federals captured 1464 prisoners.

■WINCHESTER, 19 SEPTEMBER 1864

MGen Philip Sheridan used some 40,000 men to attack LGen Jubal Early’s 11,500 Confederates positioned to the north and east of Winchester. The Federals suffered 5020 casualties compared to 3610 for the Confederates. Early then withdrew past Strasburg.

■FISHER’S HILL, 21–22 SEPTEMBER 1864

After Winchester, LGen Jubal Early took up a defensive position south of Strasburg, which he was forced to abandon when MGen Philip Sheridan attacked. The battle opened the unfortunate Shenandoah Valley to Sheridan’s scorched-earth tactics.

■CENTRALIA, 27 SEPTEMBER 1864

‘Bloody Bill’ Anderson, a notorious Confederate bushwacker, unleashed a massacre on this Missouri town 80km north of Jefferson City. Anderson captured a train and murdered 24 unarmed soldiers. He also defeated a Federal attack 5km from the town.

■CEDAR CREEK, 19 OCTOBER 1864

After his success in the Shenandoah Valley, MGen Philip Sheridan began preparing to join LGen Ulysses Grant against Gen Robert E. Lee. While Sheridan was at a conference in Washington, LGen Jubal Early crossed the Shenandoah river at Fisher’s Hill and attacked the surprised Federals along Cedar Creek. Sheridan rushed back from Washington and reversed Early’s initial success. The Federals suffered 5665 casualties and the Confederates 2910.

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