Cedar Mountain

• Target Property at Cedar Mountain

  

  The Civil War Trust is currently working to save 6 acres at the Cedar Mountain battlefield, which can be seen here across Crittenden Lane from the previously preserved battlefield land.

  Garry Adelman

• Confederate Field Hospital

  

  This small cabin along Crittenden Lane served as a Confederate field hospital during the Battle of Cedar Mountain. The Trust's current target property is located on the left of this photo at the end of the lane.

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• Cornfield at Cedar Mountain

  

  Just as in early August 1862, this field at Cedar Mountain is planted in corn. This is practically the same view Jackson would have had as he looked east across the battlefield toward the attacking brigades of Geary and Crawford.

  David Duncan

• Graves at Cedar Mountain

  

  View of freshly dug Union graves on a portion of the Cedar Mountain battlefield saved by the Civil War Trust in 1998.

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• Cedar Mountain Today

  

  After years of research, Civil War Trust Director of History and Education Garry Adelman was able to duplicate a pair of historic photos showing grave sites at the Cedar Mountain battlefield.

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• Cedar Mountain Battlefield in 1862

  

  Photo of Union soldiers on the Cedar Mountain battlefield. The grave site in the previous to images is in the distance near the fence line.

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• Cedar Mountain Grave Site

  

  This image, looking toward the location of the previous vantage, matches its historic counterpart.

  Garry Adelman

• Cedar Mountain in 1863

  

  View of Cedar Mountain in 1863. Photograph taken by Andrew Russell.

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• Cedar Mountain Today

  

  View of the majestic Cedar Mountain today.

  Chris Heisey

• Cedar Mountain Landscape

  

  View of the Civil War Trust's preserved land at the Cedar Mountain battlefield. The fence line delineates the historic Orange-Culpeper Road.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• View of the Mountain

  

  View of Cedar Mountain down one of the country lanes on the battlefield today.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• View of Cedar Mountain

  

  Cedar Mountain looms largely over the site of main Union attack on August 9, 1862.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• Orange-Culpeper Road

  

  The historic Orange-Culpeper Road served as the axis of advance for the main Federal Assault at Cedar Mountain. The property, near "The Gate," was preserved in 1998.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• Knap's Battery

  

  Joseph Knap's Pennsylvania battery goes into action at Cedar Mountain.

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• Union Charge

  

  Sketch showing the charge of Union troops at Cedar Mountain

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• House where General Winder Died

  

  This simple country house is one of at least two houses identified as the one in Confederate General Charles Winder died after his mortal wound Cedar Mountain.

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• Family Before the "Winder" House

  

  Family members in front of another of the houses where General Winder is believed to have died.

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• Grimsley Marker at Cedar Mountain

  

  In 1901, Judge Daniel Grimsely, formerly a major in the 6th Virginia Cavalry set up a series of markers to mark Confederate positions during the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Through the years, however, these markers have been moved or simply disappeared.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• Freeman Marker at Cedar Mountain

  

  View of the Douglas Southall Freeman marker at the Cedar Mountain battlefield.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• Cedar Mountain by Currier & Ives

  

  Fanciful view of the Battle of Cedar Mountain produced by Currier & Ives.

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• A Federal Battery Fording a Stream

  

  View of a Federal artillery battery fording a nearby stream at the Cedar Mountain battlefield.

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