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Battle of Cedar Mountain F19 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Ken Carpenter
During the afternoon of 9 Aug. 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson’s division’s 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 Bank’s troops retreated north. Darkness halted the Confederate pursuit here, short of Culpeper. Cedar Mountain was the first clash of the Second Manassas Campaign.
Department of Historic Resources 2000
US 15 (southbound) south of the US29/US15 exit, south of Culpeper. Culpeper County Virginia
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