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Battle of Cedar Mountain
James Madison Hwy,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 26' 28.0536",
-78° 1' 12.97128"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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During the afternoon of 9 Aug. 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson's division led by Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder fought Union troops led by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks about three miles south. Winder was mortally wounded. Banks attacked Winder's troops, who buckled under the Federal assault until Jackson rallied them. Assisted by the arrival of Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's Light Division, the Confederates struck back early in the evening and Banks's troops retreated north. Darkness halted the Confederate pursuit here, short of Culpeper. Cedar Mountain was the first clash of the Second Manassas Campaign.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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