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Battle of Fisher's Hill
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Confederate prisoners
Date	September 21, 1864–September 22, 1864
Location	Shenandoah County, Virginia
Result	Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Philip H. Sheridan	Jubal A. Early
Units involved
	Army of the Shenandoah
Strength
29,444	9,500
Casualties and losses
528	1,234

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The Battle of Fisher's Hill was fought September 21–22, 1864, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Fisher's Hill is located near Strasburg, Virginia.

Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan had almost 30,000 men in the Shenandoah Valley opposing Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early, with just under 10,000. Early, following the Third Battle of Winchester took a strong position. His right rested on the North Branch of the Shenandoah River. The left flank of his infantry was on Fisher's Hill. Confederate cavalry was expected to hold the ground from there to Little North Mountain. Maj. Gen. George Crook advised Sheridan to flank this position. His command was assigned to move along the wooded slopes of the mountain to attack the cavalry. Crook's attack began about 4 p.m. on September 22, 1864. The infantry attack pushed the Confederate troopers out of their way. Maj. Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur tried refusing the left flank of his division. Crook and Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts of Horatio G. Wright's division, VI Corps struck Ramseur's line, pushing it in. Wright's remaining divisions and XIX Corps broke the Southern line. The Confederates fell back to Waynesboro, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Alfred Torbert was sent into the Luray Valley with 6,000 cavalrymen to force his way through the 1,200 Confederate cavalrymen under Brigadier General Williams Wickham. Torbert was then supposed to move through the New Market and Luray Gap in Massanutten Mountain and come up behind Early and cut-off his retreat at Fisher's Hill. Torbert fell back after making a token effort against Wickham's force at Milford (present day Overall) and Early escaped.

Four Union Army enlisted men and one officer received the Medal of Honor in the action at Fisher's Hill.

Private James Connors, 43rd New York Infantry
Private John Creed, 23rd Illinois Infantry
Private George G. Moore, 11th West Virginia Infantry
Sergeant Sylvester D. Rhodes, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
First Lieutenant Edward N. Whittier, 5th Battery Maine Light Artillery

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 The '''Battle of Fisher's Hill''' was fought September 21&ndash;22, 1864, as part of the [[Valley Campaigns of 1864]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Fisher's Hill is located near [[Strasburg, Virginia]].
-[[Union Army|Union]] [[Major general (United States)|Maj. Gen.]] [[Philip Sheridan]] had almost 30,000 men in the Shenandoah Valley opposing [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[Lieutenant General (CSA)|Lt. Gen.]] [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]], with just under 10,000. Early, following the [[Battle of Opequon|Third Battle of Winchester]] took a strong position. His right rested on the North Branch of the [[Shenandoah River]]. The left flank of his infantry was on Fisher's Hill. Confederate cavalry was expected to hold the ground from there to Little North Mountain. Maj. Gen. [[George Crook]] advised Sheridan to flank this position. His command was assigned to move along the wooded slopes of the mountain to attack the cavalry. Crook's attack began about 4 p.m. on September 22, 1864. The infantry attack pushed the Confederate troopers out of their way. Maj. Gen. [[Stephen Dodson Ramseur]] tried refusing the left flank of his division. Crook and [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brig. Gen.]] [[James B. Ricketts]] of [[Horatio G. Wright]]'s division, [[VI Corps (Union Army)|VI Corps]] struck Ramseur's line, pushing it in. Wright's remaining divisions and [[XIX Corps (Union Army)|XIX Corps]] broke the Southern line. The Confederates fell back to [[Waynesboro, Virginia]]. Brig. Gen. [[Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert|Alfred Torbert]] was sent into the Luray Valley with 6,000 cavalrymen to force his way through the 1,200 Confederate cavalrymen under Brigadier General [[Williams Wickham]].  Torbert was then supposed to move through the New Market and Luray Gap in Massanutten Mountain and come up behind Early and cut-off his retreat at Fisher's Hill.  Torbert fell back after making a token effort against Wickham's force at [[Milford Battlefield|Milford]] and Early escaped.
+[[Union Army|Union]] [[Major general (United States)|Maj. Gen.]] [[Philip Sheridan]] had almost 30,000 men in the Shenandoah Valley opposing [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[Lieutenant General (CSA)|Lt. Gen.]] [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]], with just under 10,000. Early, following the [[Battle of Opequon|Third Battle of Winchester]] took a strong position. His right rested on the North Branch of the [[Shenandoah River]]. The left flank of his infantry was on Fisher's Hill. Confederate cavalry was expected to hold the ground from there to Little North Mountain. Maj. Gen. [[George Crook]] advised Sheridan to flank this position. His command was assigned to move along the wooded slopes of the mountain to attack the cavalry. Crook's attack began about 4 p.m. on September 22, 1864. The infantry attack pushed the Confederate troopers out of their way. Maj. Gen. [[Stephen Dodson Ramseur]] tried refusing the left flank of his division. Crook and [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brig. Gen.]] [[James B. Ricketts]] of [[Horatio G. Wright]]'s division, [[VI Corps (Union Army)|VI Corps]] struck Ramseur's line, pushing it in. Wright's remaining divisions and [[XIX Corps (Union Army)|XIX Corps]] broke the Southern line. The Confederates fell back to [[Waynesboro, Virginia]]. Brig. Gen. [[Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert|Alfred Torbert]] was sent into the Luray Valley with 6,000 cavalrymen to force his way through the 1,200 Confederate cavalrymen under Brigadier General [[Williams Wickham]].  Torbert was then supposed to move through the New Market and Luray Gap in Massanutten Mountain and come up behind Early and cut-off his retreat at Fisher's Hill.  Torbert fell back after making a token effort against Wickham's force at [[Milford Battlefield|Milford]] (present day [[Overall, Virginia|Overall]]) and Early escaped.
 Four Union Army enlisted men and one officer received the [[Medal of Honor]] in the action at Fisher's Hill.