02199nam 2200421 450 991082255090332120230817192401.01-61121-435-1(CKB)4100000007877941(MiAaPQ)EBC5743762(EXLCZ)99410000000787794120190418d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnion command failure in the Shenandoah Major General Franz Sigel and the war in the Valley of Virginia, May 1864 /David A. PowellEl Dorado Hills, California :Savas Beatie,[2019]©20191 online resource (248 pages)1-61121-434-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Politicking for a command -- Defending the valley -- The Department of West Virginia -- Crook's advance and the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain -- Sigel's advance -- Skirmishing, May 12 to 14, 1864 -- Commencement - morning, May 15, 1864 -- Climax - afternoon, May 15, 1864 -- Conclusion - late afternoon, May 15, 1864 -- Aftermath."Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah is an in-depth examination of Federal Major General Franz Sigel's campaign in the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War, during May of 1864. General Sigel was ordered by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to conduct an offensive in conjunction with other Federal forces against the Confederate supply depot at Stanton, Virginia. Sigel was defeated in the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864"--Provided by publisher.New Market, Battle of, New Market, Va., 1864Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May-August)New Market, Battle of, New Market, Va., 1864.Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May-August)973.736Powell David A(David Alan),1961-1626721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822550903321Union command failure in the Shenandoah3962910UNINA