Battle of Cedar Mountain

When

9 Aug 1862

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.40° N, 78.07° W

Description

1862 battle of the American Civil War

1862 battle of the American Civil War

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 American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpeper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cedar Mountain – Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope at Cedar Mountain, Virginia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht am Cedar Mountain besiegen die Konföderierten unter General „Stonewall“ Jackson die Unionstruppen und können dadurch die Kriegshandlungen in…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南北戦争: シーダー山の戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• American Civil War12 Apr 1861 · Civil war