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Battle of New Market (view source)
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{{American Civil War
{{ACWbattle
| image =
|name=Battle of New Market
| conflict =
|image=
| partof =Lynchburg Campaign
|begin=May 15, 1864
|end=Same day
| location =Shenandoah County, Virginia
|place=Shenandoah County, Virginia
| combatant1 =First Infantry Division<br/>First Cavalry Division
|theater=Eastern Theater
| combatant2 =Confederate force<br/>VMI Corps of Cadets
|campaign=Lynchburg Campaign
| commander1 =[[Franz Sigel]]<br/>Maj. General, USA
|result=Confederate victory
| commander2 =[[John C. Breckinridge]]<br/>Maj. General, CSA
|combatants1=Dept. of Western Virginia;<br/>1st Infantry Division<br/>1st Cavalry Division
| strength1 =6,275 soldiers
|combatants2=Dept. of West Virginia<br/>Corps of Cadets,<br/>Virginia Military Institute
| strength2 =4,090 soldiers and cadets
|commanders1=[[Franz Sigel]]<br/>Major General, USA
| casualties1 =840
|commanders2=[[John C. Breckinridge]]<br/>Major General, CSA
| casualties2 =540
|strength1=6,275
|strength2=4,090
|casualties1='''840'''
|casualties2='''540'''
}}
}}
The '''Battle of New Market''' was the first of a series of engagement's in the summer and fall of 1864 that destroyed Confederate power in the Shenandoah Valley during the [[American Civil War]], and waged between two provisional field organizations hastily assembled by their respective commanders days before contact. Confederate success in the face of greater odds seemed to be a repetition of the days of Stonewall Jackson, as Federal strength was frittered away in a series of doctrinaire decisions devoid of reality. Unit cohesiveness was disregarded, and forces were committed with little concept of the Federal objectives or the tactical situation. The battle may be summarized as a Federal movement to contact, Confederate defense and counterattack, and a hasty Federal withdrawal.
The '''Battle of New Market''' was the first of a series of engagement's in the summer and fall of 1864 that destroyed Confederate power in the Shenandoah Valley during the [[American Civil War]], and waged between two provisional field organizations hastily assembled by their respective commanders days before contact. Confederate success in the face of greater odds seemed to be a repetition of the days of Stonewall Jackson, as Federal strength was frittered away in a series of doctrinaire decisions devoid of reality. Unit cohesiveness was disregarded, and forces were committed with little concept of the Federal objectives or the tactical situation. The battle may be summarized as a Federal movement to contact, Confederate defense and counterattack, and a hasty Federal withdrawal.
*[http://www2.vmi.edu/museum/nm/index.html New Market Battlefield State Historical Park]
*[http://www2.vmi.edu/museum/nm/index.html New Market Battlefield State Historical Park]
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[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]