Second Battle of Kernstown

Second Battle of Kernstown
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Battlefield where the Second Battle of Kernstown took place
Date	July 24, 1864
Location	Frederick County, Virginia39°08′N 78°11′W / 39.13°N 78.19°W
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George Crook	Jubal Early
Units involved
Army of West Virginia	Army of the Valley
Strength
9,500–10,000	13–14,000
Casualties and losses
1,200	600
	class=notpageimage\| Location of the battle in Virginia

The Second Battle of Kernstown was fought on July 24, 1864, at Kernstown, Virginia, outside Winchester, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. The Confederate Army of the Valley under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early soundly defeated the Union Army of West Virginia under Brig. Gen. George Crook and drove it from the Shenandoah Valley back over the Potomac River into Maryland. As a result, Early was able to launch the Confederacy's last major raid into northern Union territory, attacking the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland and West Virginia and burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in retaliation for the burning of civilian houses and farms earlier in the campaign.

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