Battle of McDowell

E294152

The Battle of McDowell was an American Civil War engagement in May 1862 in western Virginia, where Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson defeated Union troops as part of his famed Shenandoah Valley operations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Battle of McDowell canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bull Pasture Mountain ⓘ
associatedWith Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
belligerent Confederate Army ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
United States ⓘ
campaign Valley Campaign of 1862 ⓘ
category Battles of the American Civil War in Virginia ⓘ
Confederate victories of the American Civil War ⓘ
combatType land battle ⓘ
commander Edward "Allegheny" Johnson ⓘ
Robert C. Schenck ⓘ
Robert H. Milroy ⓘ
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 8, 1862 ⓘ
engagementType tactical engagement ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Front Royal ⓘ
Battle of Winchester (First Battle of Winchester) ⓘ
front Shenandoah Valley front ⓘ
linked to: Shenandoah Valley
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
JacksonsForce Army of the Valley ⓘ
JacksonsObjective to prevent Union forces from reinforcing the main Union armies in eastern Virginia ⓘ
location Highland County, Virginia ⓘ
western Virginia ⓘ
month May 1862 ⓘ
notableFor Confederate attack against a Union force on high ground ⓘ
part of Stonewall Jackson's rapid maneuver campaign in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
partOf Jackson's Valley Campaign ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley operations ⓘ
precededBy Jackson's operations at Staunton, Virginia ⓘ
primaryTerrain mountainous terrain ⓘ
ridge and valley terrain ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to Confederate strategic flexibility in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
helped keep Union forces tied down in western Virginia ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
tookPlaceNear McDowell, Virginia ⓘ
tookPlaceOn Bull Pasture Mountain ⓘ
UnionDepartment Mountain Department ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valley Campaign of 1862 → battle → Battle of McDowell ⓘ
First Battle of Kernstown → followedBy → Battle of McDowell ⓘ
Jackson’s Valley District → engagement → Battle of McDowell ⓘ
Battle of Front Royal → precededBy → Battle of McDowell ⓘ
Jackson's Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of McDowell ⓘ
Mountain Department (Union Army) → engagedIn → Battle of McDowell ⓘ