Qeybtan waxaa lagu sii wadaa qodobkan - Dabayaaqadii Nofeembar 1864 buurta ka muuqata Waqooyiga Laanta Webiga Shenandoah iyo Valley Turnpike ayaa mar kale noqotay goob dagaal, markii qeybaha ka tirsan ciidanka Union-ka ee Philip Sheridan ay la dagaallameen Jeneral Jubal A. Early. Kadib markii uu ka adkaaday Early dagaalkii Fisher's Hill bishii Sebtember 22, 1864, iyo mar kale dagaalkii Cedar Creek, waqooyiga Strasburg, Oktoobar 19, Sheridan wuxuu adeegsaday xeelado dhul guban ah wuxuuna burburiyay kaabayaasha dhaqaalaha ee Dooxada Shenandoah oo qayb ka ah Ololihiisa Dooxada ee 1864
Waxaad Early wuxuu dib ugu laabtay qiyaastii 33 mayl ilaa buurta Rude ee aadka loo difaaco, isagoo qabsaday buurta laga bilaabo Oktoobar 21/31. Early wuxuu ciidamadiisii u wareejiyay woqooyiga ilaa Woodstock oo ay isku dhaceen, laakiin mar kale dib ugu soo laabtay Rude's Hill 12kii Nofeembar. Laba ka mid ah qeybaha fardooleyda Midowga ee Sheridan ayaa raacday Early, oo isu soo ururiyay oo soo bandhigay ciidankiisii ka hadhay ciidamada gumaysiga ee safka ku jiray dusha sare ee buurta bishii Nofeembar 22, 1864. Ciidamada Union-ka ayaa daba-galay ciidamada Confederate-ka, laakiin waxaa lagu celiyay dagaal culus. Early wuxuu ka soo laabtay Rude's Hill ilaa Harrisonburg, ugu dambeyntii wuxuu dib ugu laabtay albaabka Shenandoah Valley ee Browns Gap ee Blue Ridge. Ciidamada Midowga Yurub ayaa dhac ku sameeyay gurigii weyn ee Locust Grove.