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Battle of New Market

1864 battle of the American Civil War

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men defeated the larger Army of the Shenandoah under Major General Franz Sigel, delaying the capture of Staunton by several weeks.

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The public source identifies “Battle of New Market” as 1864 battle of the American Civil War. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Battle, Market and battle.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1864—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Battle, Market and battle providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1864.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of New Market” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.