Battle of New Market

When

15 May 1864

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.66° N, 78.67° W

Description

1864 battle of the American Civil War

1864 battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men defeated the larger Army of the Shenandoah under Major General Franz Sigel, delaying the capture of Staunton by several weeks.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “& May 15 – Battle of New Market – Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Konföderierten unter Generalmajor John C. Breckinridge erzwingen in der Schlacht bei New Market den Rückzug der Unionstruppen unter Generalmajor Franz…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• American Civil War12 Apr 1861 · Civil war