Permanent historical factsheet

Battle of Opequon Creek

United States · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1864Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1864

Jubal Early19 September 1864

Opequon Creek · Warfare / Civil War

Removes the Shenandoah Valley from the remainder of the war. Defeated by Confederates under General Philip Sheridan near Winchester, Virginia

Philip Sheridan19 September 1864

Opequon Creek · Warfare / Civil War

Removes the Shenandoah Valley from the remainder of the war. Leads Union victory over General Early in Virginia

Names involved

Jubal EarlyPhilip Sheridan

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.