Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 1862, rundunar ta haye Potomac kuma ta isa Winchester, Virginia, ta fara rawar da za ta zama Kamfen na Valley. Bayan wani ɗan gajeren lokaci zuwa Manassas, an umurce su da su koma Winchester kuma daga bisani suka fara tafiya mai tsawo zuwa kwarin Shenandoah, har zuwa kudu zuwa Harrisonburg. Daga can suka fara motsi na baya wanda suka koma kusa da Strasbourg. A ranar 24 ga Mayu sun sake isa Winchester bayan wani gagarumin tafiya don isa garin kafin sojojin Janar Stonewall Jackson. Kashegari suka yi yakin farko na Winchester.
, a cikin abin da, da yawa outnumbered, Janar Banks sojojin da aka tilasta frantically ja da baya talatin da biyar mil zuwa Williamsport, Maryland, a arewacin bankuna na Potomac.