 Ramba uchienderera mberi ndima ino - MuShenandoah Valley mushandirapamwe, zvichitevera kukundwa kwekutanga kwemaitiro muFirst Battle of KernstownMarch 23, 1862, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson akadzokera pasi pemupata kuenda kuRudes Hill pamusoro pezano remugadziri wake mutsva wekugadzira mapikicha Jedidiah Hotchkiss uye akaita Locust Grove dzimbahwe rake kubva muna Kubvumbi 2 kusvika 17, 1862. Ikoko akaunganidza mauto ake ndokurongazve utungamiriri hwake, mauto ake achiwedzera kusvika kuvarume 6.000 paRudes Hill. Musi waApril 16-17, 1862 kwakava nokurwisana paRudes Hill nezvikamu zvemberi zvemauto eUnion. NaMaj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks achiswedera nemauto zviuru makumi maviri, Jackson aironga kumira paRudes Hill asi vatasvi vake, vari pasi pekumanikidzwa kweUnions skirmishing mberi musi wa16, vakatadza kuparadza gedhi rechiteshi pamusoro peMill Creek paMt. Jackson. - Ndizvozvo. Saka Jackson akadzokera kumaodzanyemba musi waApril 17, asi pakupedzisira akakunda vakuru vakuru veMubatanidzwa munhevedzano yenzendo nehondo kumusoro nokudzika muMupata weShenandoah kubva muna May kusvika muna June, 1862. 