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THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK WAR MEMORIAL

THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: VALLEY PIKE AND BELLE GROVE ROAD

City: MIDDLETOWN

State: Virginia

Zip Code: 22645

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

FOUGHT ON THESE HILLS AND FIELDS, OCT 19, 1864. GEN. JUBAL. A. EARLY’S 22,000 CONFEDERATES ATTACKED GEN. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN’S 60,000 FEDERALS. THE FIRST ASSAULT A SURPRISE FLANK MOVEMENT BY GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, WAS A CONFEDERATE SUCCESS. THIS ADVANTAGE NOT BEING FOLLOWED UP, ENABLED GEN. SHERIDAN TO RALLY AND WIN THE VICTORY.


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