Jackson's Romney Expedition

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Jackson's Romney Expedition was a Confederate winter campaign in early 1862 led by Stonewall Jackson in western Virginia, aimed at disrupting Union forces and infrastructure in the Shenandoah Valley region.

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Jackson's Romney Expedition canonical 1
Romney Expedition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Romney Expedition ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
cause Confederate aim to divert Union attention from other fronts ⓘ
Confederate desire to protect the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
characterizedBy logistical difficulties ⓘ
severe winter weather ⓘ
tension between Jackson and subordinates ⓘ
commander Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson

William W. Loring ⓘ
conflictOf American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
endDate 1862-01-23 ⓘ
followedBy Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign ⓘ
forceInvolved Confederate Army of the Northwest elements ⓘ
Jackson's Valley District ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
impact contributed to Jackson's understanding of operations in the Valley ⓘ
influenced Confederate deployment in the lower Shenandoah Valley in 1862 ⓘ
ledBy Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
location Romney, Virginia ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
present-day West Virginia ⓘ
western Virginia ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate artillery ⓘ
Confederate cavalry ⓘ
Confederate infantry ⓘ
notableEvent Confederate advance through harsh winter conditions ⓘ
occupation and fortification of Romney ⓘ
objective destroy Union infrastructure ⓘ
disrupt Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley region ⓘ
threaten the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
opponentCountry United States of America ⓘ
opposedBy Union forces in western Virginia ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy early Confederate defensive operations in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
relatedTo Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1862 ⓘ
result Confederate capture of Romney ⓘ
strategic Confederate withdrawal from Romney ⓘ
temporary Confederate control of parts of the lower Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
season winter 1861–1862 ⓘ
startDate 1861-12-31 ⓘ
strategicSignificance early attempt to secure the northwestern approaches to the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
theaterCommander Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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

First Battle of Kernstown → precededBy → Jackson's Romney Expedition ⓘ
Jackson's Romney Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Romney Expedition ⓘ
linked to: Jackson's Romney Expedition