Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe e mesịrị na Nọvemba 1864 ugwu ahụ na-ele North Branch nke Osimiri Shenandoah na Valley Turnpike ọzọ ghọrọ ebe agha, dị ka nkewa nke ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya nke Philip Sheridan na-alụ ọgụ na Confederate General Jubal A. Early. N'ịbụ onye meriri Early na Agha nke Fisher's Hill na Septemba 22, 1864, na ọzọ na Agha nke Cedar Creek, n'ebe ugwu nke Strasburg, na Ọktọba 19, Sheridan jiri usoro ala ọkụ wee bibie akụrụngwa akụ na ụba nke Shenandoah Valley dịka akụkụ nke ya
Mgbasa Ozi Ndagwurugwu nke 1864. Early laghachiri ihe dị ka kilomita iri atọ na ise ruo na Rude's Hill, nke a na-agbachitere nke ọma, na-ewere ugwu ahụ site na Ọktọba 21/31. Early bugara ndị agha ya n'ebe ugwu ruo Woodstock ma lụọ ọgụ, mana ọ laghachiri azụ na Rude's Hill site na November 12. Abụọ n'ime ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya nke Sheridan chụpụrụ Early, onye gbakọtara ma tinye ndị agha Confederate fọdụrụnụ n'ahịrị n'elu ugwu ahụ na November 22, 1864. Ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya nke Union na-achụ ndị Confederates mana a napụrụ ha n'ime ihe dị nkọ. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ọ laghachiri na Rude's Hill ruo Harrisonburg, ma mesịa laghachi na ọnụ ụzọ Shenandoah Valley na Browns Gap na Blue Ridge. Ndị agha Union kwakọọrọ ihe dị n'obí Locust Grove.