CSPAN3 The Civil War Rebecca Wright - Union Spy In The Shenandoah March 13, 2021
institute director jonathan noyalas details rebecca wright's involvement and how this action impacted the rest of her life. shenandoah university hosted this program and provided the video. when general philip sheridan took command of the newly created army of the shenandoah. in early, august of 1864 he was urged by president abraham lincoln. general ulysses, that's grant and secretary of war edwin stanton. to be extremely cautious in the shenandoah valley the trio of lincoln grant and stanton did not want philip sheridan the prematurely engaged confederates under general jubal early...