<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kamuva ngoNovemba 1864 igquma elibheke iGatsha LaseNyakatho loMfula iShenandoah kanye ne-Valley Turnpike laphinde laba yindawo yempi, njengoba izigaba zabamahhashi be-Union zikaPhilip Sheridan zahlasela i-Confederate General Jubal A. Early. Ngemva kokunqoba u-Early eMpini yaseFishers Hill ngoSepthemba 22, 1864, futhi futhi eMpini yaseCedar Creek, enyakatho yeStrasburg, ngo-Okthoba 19, uSheridan wasebenzisa amaqhinga omhlaba oshisiwe futhi wabhubhisa ingqalasizinda yezomnotho eShenandoah Valley njengengxenye ye-  <response>: Umkhankaso Wesigodi Ka-1864. U-Early wabuyela emuva cishe amakhilomitha angama-33 waya eRudes Hill, ehlala egqumeni kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2131. U-Early wathuthela amabutho akhe enyakatho waya eWoodstock futhi walwa, kodwa wabe esebuyela emuva eRudes Hill ngoNovemba 12. Izigaba ezimbili zamabutho kaSheridan Union zalandela u-Early, owabuthana futhi wasebenzisa amasosha akhe asele e-Confederate emgqeni ophezulu egqumeni ngoNovemba 22, 1864. Abagibeli bamahhashi baseNyakatho baxosha amaConfederate kodwa baphindiselwa emuva ngesenzo esibukhali. U-Early wabe esebuyela emuva esuka eRudes Hill eya eHarrisonburg, wagcina esebuyela emuva emnyango weShenandoah Valley eBrowns Gap eBlue Ridge. Isigodlo saseLocust Grove saphangwa amabutho e-Union. 