July 30, Grant returned the VI and XIX Corps to the Valley and appointed Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan as commander of Union forces there, turning the tide once and for all against the Confederates in the Valley. Notes References Patchan, Scott C. Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. . External links Diary entry for July 24, 1864, of Major Alexander Hart of the 5th Louisiana Regiment. National Park Service battle summary Kernstown II Kernstown II Kernstown II Kernstown II Kernstown Winchester, Virginia Kernstown 1864 in Virginia July 1864 events