Valley District

The Valley District was an organization of the

From June 15 to October 22, military organization in the Shenandoah Valley came under local leadership until the creation of the Department of Northern Virginia, on October 22, 1861, as part of Johnston's prepared defenses in Northern Virginia. The Valley District was defined as the area between the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Alleghenies and extended south from the Potomac River to the vicinity of Staunton, Virginia and covered an area of roughly five thousand square miles.^[2]

Three districts were created under the Department of Northern Virginia were:

• The Aquia District
  • First commander: Maj. Gen.
    Theophilus H. Holmes
  • Period of existence: October 22, 1861 to April 18, 1862
• The Potomac District
  • First commander: Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard
  • Period of existence: October 22, 1861 to January 29, 1862
• The Valley District
  • First commander: Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
  • Period of existence: October 22, 1861 to April 9, 1865,

While the Aquia and Potomac Districts ceased to exist by the spring of 1862, the need remained for military organization in the Valley throughout the remainder of the war.

1864

During 1864, while under the command of

• Army of Northern Virginia
• Winchester in the American Civil War
• Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum
• Army of the Valley

Notes

References

• Tanner, Robert G. Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Spring 1862. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976.
  ISBN 978-0-385-12148-4
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• Weigley, Russell F. A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861–1865. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2000.
  ISBN 0-253-33738-0
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