Battle of Cross Keys
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The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during
Rough sketch of the Battlefield of Cross Keys, June 8, 1862, compiled by Jed. Hotchkiss
Jackson's Valley campaign
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Jackson's Valley campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virgini
Battle of Cross Keys
…Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Together, the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic the following day were the decisive victories in Jackson's Valley Campaign, forcing the Union armies to retreat and leaving Jackson free to reinforce Gen. Robert E. Lee for the Seven Days Battles outside Richmond, Virginia…
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, commander of the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862
Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Commanding
Brig. Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
Brig. Gen. William B. Taliaferro