Jackson’s “Foot Cavalry” in the Shenandoah
Jackson’s Valley Campaign, 26th February to 17th June, 1862
By Chris Wilkins
The Valley Campaign was one of the smaller actions of the American Civil War where the numbers of troops were small and the battles were not big. It was also characterised by long marches of Jackson’s “Foot Cavalry”.
In February of 1862, the Union invaded the Shenandoah Valley with 30,000 troops under the command of Banks.
At the Start the Army of the Shenandoah under the command of Jackson consisted of 4,000 infantry, 600 cavalry and 24 guns. Later this increased to 15,000 when Johnson and Ewell joined him.
By the time the campaign finished Jackson had summarily defeated a force four times his size, about 60,000 men; Fremont with 15,000 troops, Banks with 30,000 troops and McDowell, stationed at or near Fredericksburg, with 20,000 troops. .....
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