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Battle of Cedar Mountain (view source)
Revision as of 23:23, December 5, 2010
, 23:23, December 5, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Cedar Mountain<br/>Slaughters Mountain<br/>Cedar Run |image= |begin=August 9, 1862 |end=Same day |place=Culpeper County, Virginia |theater=Eastern The..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Cedar Mountain<br/>Slaughters Mountain<br/>Cedar Run
|image=
|begin=August 9, 1862
|end=Same day
|place=Culpeper County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Northern Virginia Campaign
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=II Corps, Army of Virginia
|combatants2=Left Wing, Army of Northern Virginia
|commanders1=[[Nathaniel Banks]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Thomas J. Jackson]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=8,030
|strength2=16,868
|casualties1='''1,400'''
|casualties2='''1,307'''
}}
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly constituted Army of Virginia on June 26. Gen. Robert E. Lee responded to Pope's dispositions by dispatching Maj. Gen. T.J. Jackson with 14,000 men to Gordonsville in July. Jackson was later reinforced by 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 general William Winder was killed. This battle shifted fighting in Virginia from the Peninsula to Northern Virginia, giving Lee the initiative. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Northern Virginia}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1862}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Cedar Mountain<br/>Slaughters Mountain<br/>Cedar Run
|image=
|begin=August 9, 1862
|end=Same day
|place=Culpeper County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Northern Virginia Campaign
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=II Corps, Army of Virginia
|combatants2=Left Wing, Army of Northern Virginia
|commanders1=[[Nathaniel Banks]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Thomas J. Jackson]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=8,030
|strength2=16,868
|casualties1='''1,400'''
|casualties2='''1,307'''
}}
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly constituted Army of Virginia on June 26. Gen. Robert E. Lee responded to Pope's dispositions by dispatching Maj. Gen. T.J. Jackson with 14,000 men to Gordonsville in July. Jackson was later reinforced by 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 general William Winder was killed. This battle shifted fighting in Virginia from the Peninsula to Northern Virginia, giving Lee the initiative. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Northern Virginia}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1862}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]