The Battle of Summit Point, also known as Flowing Springs or Cameron's Depot, was an inconclusive battle of the

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fought on August 21, 1864, near

Summit Point, West Virginia Summit Point is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community is located along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the intersection of West Virginia Secondary Route 1 and Summit Point Pike in th ...

. The battle was part of Union Maj. Gen.

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's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, which took place between August and December 1864. While Sheridan concentrated his army near Charles Town,

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Lt. Gen.

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and Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson attacked the Union forces with converging columns on August 21. Anderson struck north against the Union

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at Summit Point. The Union forces fought effective delaying actions, withdrawing to near Halltown on the following day. The battle resulted in approximately 1,000 casualties.

Battlefield preservation

The

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(a division of the

American Battlefield Trust The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization (501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War, through the acquisition of battlefield lan ...

) and its partners have acquired and preserved of the battlefield.

"Saved Land" webpage. Accessed May 25, 2018.

References

External links

Original Records Search
Ohio State University.

New York Times, August 21, 1864.

Gallery

Summit_Point_Battlefield_West_Virginia.jpg, Map of Battlefield core and study areas by the

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. Valley campaigns of 1864 Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Inconclusive battles of the American Civil War Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War Conflicts in 1864 1864 in West Virginia Battles of the American Civil War in West Virginia August 1864 {{AmericanCivilWar-battle-stub