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Battle of Smithfield Crossing (view source)
Revision as of 19:16, December 20, 2010
, 19:16, December 20, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Smithfield Crossing |image= |begin=August 25, 1864 |end=August 29, 1864 |place=Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West Virginia |theater=Eastern Theater..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Smithfield Crossing
|image=
|begin=August 25, 1864
|end=August 29, 1864
|place=Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Wesley Merritt]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[Jubal Early]]<br/>Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
On August 29, two Confederate infantry divisions crossed Opequon Creek at Smithfield and forced back Merritt’s Union cavalry division back along the road to Charles Town. Ricketts’s infantry division was brought up to stop the Confederate advance.
{{Template:Campaignbox Valley Campaign 1864}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Smithfield Crossing
|image=
|begin=August 25, 1864
|end=August 29, 1864
|place=Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Wesley Merritt]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[Jubal Early]]<br/>Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
On August 29, two Confederate infantry divisions crossed Opequon Creek at Smithfield and forced back Merritt’s Union cavalry division back along the road to Charles Town. Ricketts’s infantry division was brought up to stop the Confederate advance.
{{Template:Campaignbox Valley Campaign 1864}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]