Battle of Rutherford's Farm

Battle of Rutherford's Farm
Part of the American Civil War
Date July 20, 1864 (1864-07-20) Location Frederick County, near Winchester, Virginia 39°13′9.6″N 78°8′0″W / 39.219333°N 78.13333°W / 39.219333; -78.13333 Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
William W. Averell	Stephen D. Ramseur
Strength
2,350[1]	3,300[1]
Casualties and losses
220 total 36 killed 184 wounded	450 total 200 killed and wounded 250 prisoners
class=notpageimage| Location of the battle in Virginia

The Battle of Rutherford's Farm, also known as Carter's Farm and Stephenson's Depot, was a small engagement between Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur and Union forces under Brig. Gen. William W. Averell on July 20, 1864, in Frederick County, Virginia, during the American Civil War, as part of Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early's Valley Campaign, resulting in a Union victory.

Pvt. John Shanes, Company K, 14th West Virginia Infantry, received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the fighting near Carter's Farm, where he, "charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the piece."