From a daring Confederate raid that nearly seized Washington, DC, to a stunning reversal on the bloody fields of Cedar Creek, the summer and autumn of 1864 witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War, in mighty battles now all but forgotten. The desperate struggle for mastery of Virginias Shenandoah Valley pitted a remarkable cast of heroes against each other Philip Sheridan, a Union general with an uncanny gift for inspiring soldiers Jubal Early, his Confederate counterpart the dashing Yankee boy-general George Armstrong Custer and the brilliant, courageous John Brown Gordon, who lived one of the eras greatest love stories.,
