Battle of Summit Point
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Philip Sheridan |
Richard H. Anderson Jubal A. Early | ||||||
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VI Corps | |||||||
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1,000 |
The Battle of Summit Point, also known as Flowing Springs or Cameron's Depot, was an inconclusive battle of the American Civil War fought on August 21, 1864, near Summit Point, West Virginia.[1]
The battle was part of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, which took place between August and December 1864. While Sheridan concentrated his army near Charles Town, Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson attacked the Union forces with converging columns on August 21.[1] Anderson struck north against the Union cavalry at Summit Point. The Union forces fought effective delaying actions, withdrawing to near Halltown on the following day. The battle resulted in approximately 1,000 casualties.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Park Service battle description". Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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- Valley Campaigns of 1864
- Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
- Inconclusive battles of the American Civil War
- Jefferson County, West Virginia in the American Civil War
- Conflicts in 1864
- 1864 in West Virginia
- Battles of the American Civil War in West Virginia
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