<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - 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. Ngemuva kokunqoba u-Early eMpini yaseFishers Hill ngoSepthemba 22, 1864, futhi futhi eMpini yaseCedar Creek, enyakatho neStrasburg, ngo-Okthoba 19, uSheridan wasebenzisa amaqhinga omhlaba oshisiwe futhi wacekela phansi ingqalasizinda yezomnotho eShenandoah Valley njengengxenye ye- 1864 Valley Campaign  <response>: . futhi. 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. 