U. S. CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS

CEDAR MOUNTAIN



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Cedar Mountain - 2000 (A)

January 2006 Several changes have been made to the Cedar Mountain battlefield since this page was constructed in 1998: 1) The roadside markers, described on page 2, have been removed, and 2) The Civil War Preservation Trust has purchased battlefield land on the west side of Route 15 and has installed descriptive markers, constructed a walking trail, and placed interpretive signs. This section will be revised to reflect these changes in the near future.

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The battle at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th, 1862.
Charge of Crawford's Brigade on the right.
Published by Currier & Ives, between 1862 and 1872

August 9, 1862 Estimated Casualties: 2,707 total (US 1,400; CS 1,307) Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly constituted Army of Virginia on June 26. Gen. Robert E. Lee responded to Pope’s dispositions by dispatching Maj. Gen. T.J. Jackson with 14,000 men to Gordonsville in July. Jackson was later reinforced by A.P. Hill’s division. In early August, Pope marched his forces south into Culpeper County with the objective of capturing the rail junction at Gordonsville. 213 Federal battery fording a tributary of the Rappahannock River on the day of battle. On August 9, Jackson and Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks’s corps tangled at Cedar Mountain with the Federals gaining an early advantage. A Confederate counterattack led by A.P. Hill repulsed the Federals and won the day. Confederate general William Winder was killed. This battle shifted fighting in Virginia from the Peninsula to Northern Virginia, giving Lee the initiative. (Text Source: U.S. Gov't, National Park Service)

Cedar Mountain Battlefield Troop and Road Positions are Approximate.

Current Roads and Locations of Photographs Current roads are numbered. New roads are marked in red. Locations of the photographs, not the direction of the photographs, are marked with circled red letters. The corresponding letter at each of the photographs in this section refers to this map.

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