THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK WAR MEMORIAL
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.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- VALLEY PIKE AND BELLE GROVE ROAD
- 22645
- CRAIG SWAIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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