Battle of Cedar Creek
date | October 19, 1864 |
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place | Frederick , Shenandoah and Warren Countys , Virginia , USA |
output | Northern victory |
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Commander | |
Troop strength | |
approx 31,945
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approx. 21,000
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losses | |
5,665
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2,910
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Guard Hill - Summit Point - Smithfield Crossing - Berryville - Opequon - Fishers Hill - Toms Brook - Cedar Creek
The Battle of Cedar Creek or Battle of Belle Grove was a battle in the American Civil War that took place on October 19, 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia . It was named after the stream of the same name. Here in the early morning the Confederates under General Jubal Early attacked the troops of the northern states in their camp and were able to push them back almost seven kilometers. The VIII. And XIX. Northern corps were in the process of disbanding. General Philip Sheridan managed to gather the scattered troops and with the intact VI. Corps to form a counterattack. The surprised Early was repulsed with heavy losses for the southern states.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Troop strengths and losses
- ↑ John Keegan : The American Civil War . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-499-62831-3 , p. 343 (English: The American Civil War. A Military History . Translated by Hainer Kober).
Web links
- Civil War Trust: Cedar Creek Animated Map. In: web presence civilwar.org. Retrieved on July 7, 2013 (animation of the battle and measures to preserve the battlefield).
literature
- Jeffry D. Wert: From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 ISBN 0937339113 (Engl.)
- Thomas A. Lewis: The Guns of Cedar Creek ISBN 0060159413 (Engl.)
- Theodore Mahr: Battle of Cedar Creek: Showdown in the Shenandoah ISBN 1561900257