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Cedar Mountain, VA
August 9, 1862
 

 

        Gen. John Pope                      vs.          Gen. Stonewall Jackson

 

Union General John Pope attacked a superior Confederate force led by General Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain. This was still early in the war, later superior Union forces would think twice about attacking at all if they knew Jackson was anywhere on the field. After some initial Union success Confederate reinforcements under A.P. Hill entered the battle and the Union was driven from the field in confusion.

 

Union Order of Battle

Confederate Order of Battle

 

 

 

Cedar Mountain battlefield, Cedar mountain mountain is in the distance.
 
 
 
 
Crittenden Farm Lane, the woods are on the right in the picture.
 
Crittenden Farm Gate: The Entrance to the Park
 
The house where General Winder died.
 
 
 
Jackson liked to suck lemons and hold up one arm during a battle. Cedar Mountain was so close a thing he drew his sword, and it was the only battle in which he did so.
 

The main road, the woods that concealed the Union troops are on the right in the photo.
 
 
 
 
Photo's Taken on the Battlefield Park
 
 
 
 
Crittenden Farm House
 
Crittenden Farm Barn
 
Collapsed old barn on the Crittenden Farm.
 
Looking from the battlefield toward Cedar Mountain, then.
 

Looking from the battlefield toward Cedar Mountain, now.

 

The Union retreat from Cedar Mountain.

 

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