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VA -- Cedar Mountain battlefield:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CEDARM_170826_017.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain A Narrow Victory
2. CEDARM_170826_029.JPG: Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks overwhelmed Jackson's hastily-formed line before being driven back by Confederate reinforcements.
3. CEDARM_170826_033.JPG: This seven-stop, 1.25-mile walking trail will guide you through the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Please follow the posted arrows to find your way around the battlefield.
4. CEDARM_170826_035.JPG: Stonewall Jackson (left) defeated Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks at the Battle of Winchester on May 25, 1862. Three weeks after the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Banks's brother was killed while fighting Jackson's men at the Second Battle of Manassas.
5. CEDARM_170826_072.JPG: Mariah Willis Died Feb. 2, 1910 Aged 54 years
6. CEDARM_170826_093.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain Fought August 9, 1862. A Confederate victory. -- Commanders -- Confederate Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson Federals Gen. John Pope Casualties, Confederate 1369, Federal 2263 Gen. C.S. Winder, CSA, fell here This is the only battlefield on which Gen. Stonewall Jackson drew his sword.
7. CEDARM_170826_100.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain Near here Jackson formed line of battle and received the attack of Banks' Corps of Pope's army. From here he attacked in turn, driving the Union force northward.
8. CEDARM_170826_104.JPG: Hand-to-Hand Fighting The focal point on the battlefield of Cedar Mountain was several hundred yards to the left of this location, at a gate where the Crittenden farm lane met the old main road. Confederate artillery around that site duelled enemy guns to their right front: during that firing, General C.S. Winder of the "Stonewall" Brigade was mortally wounded there. The climax of the battle erupted when seven Northern regiments burst from a woods to the left front and pressed nearly to that point. Jackson rode into the fray under fire from three sides and personally rallied his troops to save the day.
9. CEDARM_170826_107.JPG: The Battle of Cedar Mountain On August 9, 1862, a Confederate army under "Stonewall" Jackson fought a hot engagement here in the shadow of Cedar Mountain against a Federal force commanded by the brashly confident John Pope. Jackson's army was much stronger, but a bold Federal advance nearly routed the Confederates. When Jackson's reserves under A.P. Hill arrived they stabilized the front and then steadily drove the Union army from the field. Although his brilliant exploits as Lee's right arm were to continue for the nine remaining months of his life, Cedar Mountain was the last battle "Stonewall" commanded on his own.
10. CEDARM_170826_110.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain The Crittenden Gate
11. CEDARM_170826_115.JPG: Gen. Jubal A. Early's brigade surprised an advance force of Union cavalry before being pinned down by Federal artillery fire.
12. CEDARM_170826_116.JPG: Confederate cannons rushed to the high ground on the shelf of Cedar Mountain. Several guns deployed in the Rev. Philip Slaughter's front yard, seen in this photograph taken days after the battle.
13. CEDARM_170826_119.JPG: Gen. Jubal A. Early was one of the Confederacy's most illustrious field commanders. After the war, he became one of the chief proponents of the "Lost Cause" movement.
14. CEDARM_170826_133.JPG: Civil War Preservation Trust Campaign to Save Cedar Mountain Site of significant action during the Battle, August 9, 1862
15. CEDARM_170826_149.JPG: No. 8 Fleet's Batty
16. CEDARM_170826_178.JPG: No. 7 Caskie's (???) Batty
17. CEDARM_170826_212.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain "Jackson is with you!"
18. CEDARM_170826_237.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain The Jaws of Defeat
19. CEDARM_170826_244.JPG: Dense trees and hand-to-hand fighting disorganized the Federal assault
20. CEDARM_170826_246.JPG: The Union attack moved through the field in the background of this historic photograph. The reclining soldier seems to be holding a shovel -- these men could be part of a Union burial detail.
21. CEDARM_170826_249.JPG: Crawford's men rolled up the Confederate flank, striking one weak spot after another. The old Stonewall Brigade under Winder slowed but could not stop the Union assault.
22. CEDARM_170826_276.JPG: 29th O
23. CEDARM_170826_278.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain The Battlefield Since 1862
24. CEDARM_170826_285.JPG: This Timothy O'Sullivan photograph shows Union soldiers moving among fresh graves on the field in front of you, near the old Culpeper Road.
25. CEDARM_170826_288.JPG: Theodore Roosevelt (far left), a former cavalryman, was most interested in viewing the site of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry's desperate charge at the end of the battle. Grimsley stands second from the right.
26. CEDARM_170826_292.JPG: Many markers have been relocated from their original positions for protection from farm machinery. Some have been moved to property preserved by the Civil War Trust. Many of the fifty-two markers placed in 1902 have been lost.
27. CEDARM_170826_301.JPG: 7th O
28. CEDARM_170826_311.JPG: Early's Brig. No. 2
29. CEDARM_170826_366.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain The First Blow
30. CEDARM_170826_371.JPG: This historic photograph shows the ground that Augur's men traversed on August 9.
31. CEDARM_170826_374.JPG: The infantry in the center exchanged close-range volleys in an open field -- one soldier described the two lines "fighting with nothing to protect them save the hand of God."
32. CEDARM_170826_378.JPG: Augur's men advanced into fire from three directions. Confederates along the Crittenden Lane poured in musketry and canister from the front while riflemen in the woods on your right and from cannons on the slopes of Cedar Mountain on your left raked the Union flanks.
33. CEDARM_170826_409.JPG: Battle of Cedar Mountain The Gray Line
34. CEDARM_170826_413.JPG: Jackson wanted to attack Banks while he was isolated from the rest of Pope's army. By launching his own attack, Banks isolated himself further.
35. CEDARM_170826_416.JPG: The chaos of the artillery duel at Cedar Mountain shown in Edwin Forbes's sketch of Knap's Union Battery in action on the ridge to the right of the small silo in front of you.
36. CEDARM_170826_419.JPG: A photograph taken from approximately this location just days after the battle shows the Crittenden Lane running through the Gate. The Confederates deployed in a line parallel to the left side of the road. Jackson reputedly established a field headquarters in the cabin at center.
37. CEDARM_170826_455.JPG: In memory of Pvt. Stephen Simmons Co. O, 45 GA Inf., CSA, Aug. 9, 1862
Wikipedia Description: Battle of Cedar Mountain
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The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.

Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly constituted Union Army of Virginia on June 26. Gen. Robert E. Lee responded to Pope's dispositions by dispatching Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson with 14,000 men to Gordonsville in July. Jackson was later reinforced by Maj. Gen. 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. 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 Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder was killed. This battle shifted fighting in Virginia from the Virginia Peninsula to northern Virginia, giving Lee the initiative.
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