<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gare gare muna November 1864 chikomo chinotarisa kuNorth Branch yeRwizi Shenandoah neValley Turnpike zvakare chakava nhandare yehondo, sezvo zvikamu zvePhilip Sheridans Union cavalry zvakarwa neConfederate General Jubal A. Early. Mushure mokukunda Early muhondo yeFishers Hill musi wa22 Gunyana, 1864, uye zvakare muhondo yeCedar Creek, kuchamhembe kweStrasburg, musi wa19 Gumiguru, Sheridan akashandisa matekiniki epasi rakatsva uye akaparadza zvivakwa zvehupfumi zveShenandoah Valley sechikamu chake  <response>: 1864 Valley Campaign. Nokukurumidza vakadzokera shure anenge makiromita makumi matatu nemashanu kuenda kuRudes Hill, yaigona kudzivirirwa, vachipinda mugomo racho kubva muna Gumiguru 2131. Nokukurumidza akaendesa mauto ake kuchamhembe kuWoodstock ndokurwisana, asi ipapo akadzokera zvakare kuRudes Hill naNovember 12. Zvikamu zviviri zveSheridan zveUnion zvevatasvi vemabhiza zvakatevera Early, uyo akaunganidza uye akaisa vasara vake veConfederate infantry mumutsara kumusoro kwechikomo musi waNovember 22, 1864. Vatasvi vemabhiza veUnion vakatevera maConfederate asi vakadzoserwa mukuita kwakapinza. Pakutanga akabva aendazve kubva kuRudes Hill kuenda kuHarrisonburg, pakupedzisira achidzokera kunopinda muShenandoah Valley paBrowns Gap muBlue Ridge. Locust Grove manor yakapambwa nemauto eUnion. 