Shenandoah,

Shenandoah, (1) a river of Virginia, drains the beautiful and fertile valley between the Blue Ridge and the principal range of the Alleghanies. It rises in two branches, which unite about 85 miles W. of Washington, and runs north-east 170 miles to the Potomac, at Harper's Ferry. In the war of 1861-65 this valley was the scene of numerous battles, was successively occupied by the opposing armies, and finally was carried and laid waste by General Sheridan (q.v.) in 1864-65.—(2) A borough of Pennsylvania, 138 miles by rail NW. of Philadelphia. It has a very large trade in anthracite coal, the output of the neighbouring collieries reaching $2,500,000 in a year. Pop. (chiefly foreign, 1880) 10,147; (1890) 15,944.