Averell's cavalry had attempted to flank the…
July 1864 CE
Averell's cavalry had attempted to flank the Confederates as ordered but had runs headlong into Vaughn's cavalry on the Front Royal Pike.
The shock of the unexpected Confederate cavalry attack sends the Federal cavalry racing towards Martinsburg.
When the fleeing cavalry encounter the retreating wagon and artillery trains north of Winchester, it incites a panic among the Federal teamsters, causing many to abandoned their charges as they get caught up in retreat.
Many of the wagons have to be burned to prevent them from falling into Confederate hands.
As night falls, the Confederate cavalry sweeps the countryside looking for Federals who had become lost from their units in retreat.
Most of the Federals spend the night out in the rain, scattered across countryside, trying to evade capture.
The victory marks the high-water point for the Confederacy in the Valley in 1864.
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