Aug. 9, 1862 - Battle of Cedar Mountain
Aug. 9, 1862
Battle of Cedar Mountain (AKA Slaughter's Mountain; or Cedar Run)
Culpeper County, Virginia
Pope > Banks (approximately 8,000 infantry organized into five brigades across two divisions, supported by artillery batteries and limited cavalry detachments): Brigadier Generals Alpheus S. Williams & Christopher C. Augur (who was wounded early in the action, turning things over to George S. Greene); Artillery under Captains Joseph B. Clark and Charles J. Wheeler, including batteries from the 1st Pennsylvania and 1st New York
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Lee > Jackson (approximately 18,000 men, including three infantry divisions, supporting artillery batteries with around 40 guns, and a cavalry brigade): Major General Charles S. Winder, mortally wounded early in the battle and succeeded by Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro, leads Jackson's Division, including the Stonewall Brigade; Major General Richard S. Ewell's division, including Early's and Trimble's brigades; and Major General Ambrose P. Hill's "Light Division," arriving late.
* After McClellan fails down on the peninsula, Lee quickly swivels his attention North, and sees Pope's armies. He sends in Jackson. The Confederate Army smashes through and on toward Second Manassas, then Antietam.
* You can bet we are going to hear a lot about how this is the only battle in which Jackson drew his sword. Few will mention that the scabbard was rusted to it from lack of use, so he was really swinging his sword cover around.
* "The first photos of dead horses on an American battlefield were taken at Cedar Mountain," a month before Antietam.
* Clara Barton was here too - for the first time [in an official capacity]!
* Another first: "Cedar Mountain marked A.P. Hill's first service under the command of Jackson and began a feud between the two men that would rage until Jackson's death." It's also, "the last battle Stonewall commanded on his own."
* My man, George S. Greene, builds his reputation here, then kicks ass at Antietam (where he also takes over for a wounded commander), before he becomes a legend on Culps Hill in Gettysburg. He led the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XII Corps here.
* I was confused by this, but it's really in the shadow of Cedar Mountain, not anywhere on it; the mountain is clearly visible, but seven miles away.
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
A Narrow Victory
"My command did not want to back out. We had backed out enough." —Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA
"Banks is in our front and he is generally willing to fight. And he generally gets whipped." —Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA
While Gen. Robert E. Lee engaged the Army of the Potomac outside Richmond in the summer of 1862, Union Gen. John Pope began to organize the Army of Virginia 30 miles north of here near Warrenton, Virginia. The first objective for Pope's own offensive was the railroad hub at Gordonsville, Virginia, 22 miles to the south of here. Gordonsville was an ideal location for staging a new assault on Richmond. Unwilling to allow such a movement, Lee tasked Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and 24,000 men with the defensive of the town.
Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, in the vanguard of Pope's army, led his corps into Culpeper County on August 7. Jackson moved to attack Banks before the rest of the Union force could organize and concentrate against him. On August 9, after both armies marched hard in the heat to reach the field, Jackson encountered Banks's men in position nearly half a mile up the road in front of you, then known as the Culpeper Road.
Banks ordered his own attack as Jackson's strung-out column approached his lines. The fury of the Union assault nearly routed the Confederates, but Jackson rode into the maelstrom and rallied his men under heavy fire. Jackson's action and the arrival of Gen. A.P. Hill's division turned the tide of the battle and Confederates delivered a crushing counterattack. The Battle of Cedar Mountain halted the Union advance on Gordonville and set the stage for the Southern victory at the Battle of Second Manassas three weeks later.
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Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks nearly overwhelmed Jackson's still-formi line before being driven back by Confederate reinforcements.
The first time Stonewall Jackson (left) defeated Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks was at the Battle of Winchester on May 25, 1862. Banks hoped to exact retribution by initiating the fighting at Cedar Mountain. -Courtesy Library of Congress
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
Crittenden Gate
"I saw [men] with their legs and arms shot off and saw that they was tore all to pieces with a shell. We stood two hours within 30 rods of the enemy and there was a [continuous] roar of infantry".
—Pvt. Judson Tandy, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, USA
[Not THAT Judson from the Cavalry!]
"Colonel Walker's skirmishers commenced firing, as did the regiments on the right, and the cavalry scampered off."
—Gen. Jubal A. Early, Ewell's Division, CSA
Shortly after noon on August 9, the first of Jackson's men completed a ten-mile march to reach this gated intersection of the Culpeper Road and the Crittenden Farm Lane. Locals called the junction "the Crittenden Gate." The temperature was nearing triple digits. Throughout the morning, parched soldiers on both sides tumbled out of formation.
As the Confederates advanced, Gen. Jubal A. Early saw Union horsemen along the ridgelines and fields along the lane. Early maneuvered his brigade around the trees to your right to engage the cavalry in open fields to the south. The veteran gray regiments executed the maneuver skillfully, scattering the inexperienced Federal troopers.
The emergence of the Southern infantry triggered a rapid response. Union cannons posted along Mitchell's Station Road, visible beyond the silos in front of you, came into action. Confederate gunners, positioned from ridges behind you and on the Cedar Mountain shelf, responded with fire on the Federal cavalry skirmishers and cannoneers. The Battle of Cedar Mountain had begun.
Early advanced to a position along Crittenden Lane and soon shells swept through his ranks and into the woods where you now stand. Tree trunks shattered, limbs splintered, and men began to fall.
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Confederate cannons were placed on the high ground on the shelf of Cedar Mountain. Going into battery in Rev. Philip Slaughter's front yard, the position dominated the battlefield. This photo was taken days after the battle.
- Courtesy Library of Congress
Jubal A. Early rose to division command and played a critical role in the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg and in the Overland Campaign. Early led Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley during the fall of 1864.
- Courtesy Library of Congress
Gen. Jubal A. Early's brigade cleared Union cavalry screening Bank's arriving corps before taking position near the Crittenden Farm Lane.
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
The Gray Line
"The boys threw themselves upon the ground … with a hail-storm of grape, canister, and shell falling thick and fast around them. … During that fatal period death assumed a real character, while life seemed but a dream." —Maj. George Wood, 7th Ohio Infantry, USA
Undeterred by the storm of artillery fire, Stonewall Jackson directed his men into a mile-long battle line that stretched from the trees to your left to the shelf of Cedar Mountain on your right. Jackson placed his cannons in three groupings. One collection of cannons was near the Crittenden Gate, filling a 400-yard gap in the infantry line between Garnett's and Taliaferro's brigades. Another artillery position was in a grove of cedar trees near the Crittenden Farm buildings. The third artillery position was on the shelf of Cedar Mountain. The Confederate gunners were soon hurling shot and shell back at the Federal across the field.
The artillery duel raged for two hours as Ewell's and Winder's Divisions came onto the field. Many shells flew long and exploded amidst the Confederate infantry, compelling them to leave the road and move through the trees to reach their assigned positions.
"A shell passed through [Gen. Charles S. Winder's] side and arm, tearing them fearfully. He … lay quivering on the ground. He had issued strict orders that morning that no one, except those detailed for the purpose, should leave his post to carry off the wounded, in obedience to which I turned to the gun and went to work." —Cannoneer Ned Moore, CSA
Union Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks had only 8,000 men in his command to contend with Jackson's total force of more than 22,000. But Gen. A.P. Hill's Division—the largest of three divisions comprising Jackson's army—had not yet reached the field when Banks ordered his attack. As the artillery fire lifted at about 5 p.m., the Ohioans, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and Marylanders of Gen. Christopher C. Augur's division stepped off to strike the center of the Confederate line where you now stand.
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
Terror in the Woods
When Gen. Charles Winder fell, Gen. William B. Taliaferro assumed command of his division, which held the left half of the Confederate line. After conducting a reconnaissance, Taliaferro noticed the dangerously exposed flank of Garnett's brigade.
Taliaferro sent the 10th Virginia to Garnett to extend the line, but Union Gen. Samuel Crawford's troops struck while the 10th Virginia moved into position. Union soldiers overwhelmed Garnett and continued their advance to the south, crashing into the rear of Confederates along the Culpeper Road then engaging Ohioans in the cornfield to their front.
Chaos reigned and men fought hand-to-hand in these woods, with no quarter given. One Confederate described the fighting as "mixed up like chickens and ducks." The Confederate line collapsed.
Crawford's men pressed the retreating Confederates across the Culpeper Road and through the woods across Crittenden Lane pushing back brigades and batteries alike.
Fortunately for Jackson, the timely arrival of Col. Lawrence Branch's North Carolina brigade stabilized the line, advanced over this ground, and cleared the woods of exhausted Federals. Those who could not retreat became prisoners. The fighting in and around these woods produced over 1,200 casualties, one-third of the battle's total cost.
"We had scarsely [sic] gotten to the edge of the wood before the enemy opened upon us, from them and to avoid being taken pisoner we again fell back..." —Capt. Charles Davidson, 1st Virginia Infantry Battalion, CSA
"The slaughter was fearful. The field officers of the regiments which had driven the enemy back were killed, wounded, or prisoners. Most of the company officers had fallen by the side of their men, and the color guards had been shot down ..." —Gen. Samuel Crawford, USA
Union Gen. Samuel Crawford, a veteran of Fort Sumter, led a brigade in combat for the first time at Cedar Mountain. - Courtesy Library of Congress
Fierce combat raged around you as soldiers struggled for control of the Confederate flank.
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
The Jaws of Defeat
"At 4 P.M., we commenced that fearful charge, which cost us so many lives, and maimed so many brave heroes for life. Pen and thought combined cannot due this subject justice."
—Capt. Warren Packer, 5th Connecticut Infantry, USA
"The fight was raging fiercely .. when suddenly and without any warning whatever a murderous fire was poured upon us from the rear, at least a brigade of the enemy having passed through the woods and reached within 20 or 30 paces of us."
—Capt. William Witcher, 21st Virginia Infantry, CSA
While Union Gen. Christopher C. Augur's division battled in the cornfield to your left, Union Gen. Alpheus S. Williams launched his own attack across the field where you now stand, which was then broken by a grove of trees. When Williams attacked, the left flank of Jackson's line, anchored on the slope to your left rear, was thinly manned and lacking in reserves. Williams struck this point with nearly 1,500 men and crashed through the front line in a furious assault.
With Union Gen. Samuel W. Crawford's brigade in the lead, the Federals swept onward into the now-exposed left flank of Jackson's men near the Crittenden Gate. Bloodied by their firefight with Augur's division, the beleaguered Confederates began to give ground. Jackson's left flank was crushed and his center threatened. With this bold attack, Union Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks was on the verge of driving his long-time adversary from the field.
Crawford's men struck the Confederate flank, striking one weak spot after another before reinforcements appeared. The old Stonewall Brigade slowed but could not stop the Union assault.
Dense trees and hand-to-hand fighting disorganized the Federal assault.
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
"Jackson is with you!"
"The rattle of musketry, the shouting, cheering and yelling was deafening. The smoke of battle … made it impossible to see but a short distance. The leaves and small limbs were falling thick and the bark from the timber flying in every direction. … This was the most hair-raising fix I had ever struck."—Lt. John Blue, CSA
"Reckless valor and desperation marked the progress of the fight … I have witnessed many battles during this war, but I have seen none where the tenacious obstinacy of the American character was as fully displayed."
—New York Herald correspondent
Stonewall Jackson could no longer restrain himself when he saw his panicked men streaming rearward. He spurred his horse forward and tried to unsheathe his sword, which had rusted into its scabbard from disuse. Jackson raised the sheathed sword over his head, seized a flag from a nearby color bearer, and skidded to a halt in the woods in front of you, crying "Jackson is with you!" His men stopped and turned to pour musketry into the onrushing Federals.
Just then, Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill's division, last in the order of march, reached the Crittenden Gate. Hill, a Culpeper native, drove his men into the maelstrom around Jackson without taking time to deploy. Tired, outnumbered, and now virtually surrounded, the Federals retreated.
As Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell's command advanced from the shelf of Cedar Mountain, Hill drove through a rearguard thrown up by the 10th Maine Volunteers, repulsed a last ditch cavalry charge, and pursued the Federals until Union Gen. James B. Ricketts's reinforcements stopped the Confederates north of Cedar Run. Darkness ended the infantry battle with Jackson in control of the field, although artillery fire continued until about 10 P.M.
Banks's defeat prompted Pope to abandon his offensive toward Gordonsville. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee quickly seized the initiative and defeated Pope's army in its entirety three weeks later at the Second Battle of Manassas.
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Jackson's stand shaped a new firing line in front of the disorganized Federals, who lost their momentum and were soon forced to withdraw.
Hand-to-hand fighting raged through the woods visible in the background of this historic photograph. - Courtesy Library of Congress
These men of the 10th Maine Infantry fought a desperate action alone in the wheat field as the Union army withdrew. Note the dead horse on
the right - the first pictures ever taken of dead horses on a battlefield were taken at Cedar Mountain. - Courtesy Library of Congress
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
The Battlefield Since 1862
Three days after the battle, following a cease-fire, Stonewall Jackson's force withdrew to Gordonsville. Most of the Confederate dead and at least 405 Federal soldiers were buried on the field. All but one, N.B. Phillips, were in unmarked graves.
The Union army occupied the field for about a week after the battle. Working for Mathew Brady, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan visited the field and captured images of the landscape covered in tents and soldiers exploring the wreckage of the battle.
At the start of the Second Manassas Campaign, Cedar Mountain returned to Confederate control. Soldiers drilling on the field where you now stand held contests to see who could pick up the most bullets without breaking formation. The winner usually came up with thirty or forty spent rounds.
In 1902, Culpeper County resident and Confederate veteran Daniel A. Grimsley oversaw the installation of over 60 stone markers indicating the positions of regiments and batteries during the battle. Grimsley was an early preservationist, and he soon became the unofficial ambassador of the Cedar Mountain battlefield, organizing reunions and memorials until his death in 1910. On November 2, 1902, he gave a tour to President Theodore Roosevelt and presented him with an excavated cannon shell.
The battlefield today is preserved by the Civil War Trust in cooperation with the Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield and with the area's landowners, whose passion for stewardship has left this hallowed ground mostly intact since 1862.
"The old veteran drew a very happy contrast between the hot reception and scant rations of August 9, 1862 and the cordial welcome and toothsome dainties of its fortieth anniversary." —Horatio C. King, USA, at the dedication to the NY Monument at the Culpeper National Cemetery, August 8, 1902
"The Federal commander asked for a truce to bury his dead, and all that day the Federal and Confederate soldiers mingled freely together, engaged in the pious work of burying their dead and caring for their wounded." —Maj. Daniel Grimsley, 6th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, as recounted in 1900
Maj. Daniel A. Grimsley, 6th Virginia Cavalry, fought in Jackson's army at Cedar Mountain. In 1901, he solicited contributions from other survivors to mark the battlefield with stones according to the arrangement shown in this map. Most of the markers have been lost to history, a few remain in their original location. A small number (including those around you) have been relocated for protection from farm machinery.
Interested in the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry's desperate charge, former cavalryman President Theodore Roosevelt (far left), stands near the 28th NY monument. Grimsley stands second from the right. -Courtesy Lucy Robb Works
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One more bonus monument, though it was deep in the woods on private property (I heard they were friendly). Worth it!
Tenth Maine
August 9, 1862.
26 Officers
435 Enlisted Men
(Rear):
Loss 179
Officers Killed 3
Officers Wounded 4
Officers Prisoners 1
Men Killed 36
Men Wounded 130
Men Prisoners 5
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Looks, there's a lot of Civil War stuff in and around Culpeper. Some of it is going on this page here, especially the one cemetery--as the 10th Maine gets memorialized there too--and then the other one where local boy A.P. Hill was reinterred. First, Culpeper National Cemetery.
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Culpeper National Cemetery
Seat of War
Railroads connecting Washington, D.C., and Richmond crossed Culpeper County, Virginia, so this area witnessed major Civil War battles. Both Union and Confederate armies occupied this area throughout the war. In 1861, the Confederate armies occupied this area throughout the war. In 1861, the Confederates established a supply depot and training here. In August 1862, Union Gen. John Pope marched the Army of Virginia into Culpeper County and engaged Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, but failed to secure a Union victory.
In fall 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee wintered in Culpeper County. Brandy Station, the largest Civil War cavalry battle was fought here in June 1863. Neither side claimed victory. After General Lee's defeat at Gettysburg the next month, Confederate troops returned to Culpeper to regroup.
As a result of the second Battle of Rappahannock Station in November 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac pushed General Lee out of the county and wintered here. The following spring, Ulysses S. Grant, the new Union general-in-chief, launched his Overland Campaign from Culpeper, moving the war southward to Petersburg and Richmond.
National Cemetery
In 1867, the federal government bought 6 acres from Edward B. Hill, the brother of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill, to create Culpeper National Cemetery. Here lie the Union soldiers who died at the battles of Cedar Mountain, Brandy Station, Trevilian Station; in the Gordonville Confederate hospital; and many other sites in Culpeper, Page, and Rappahannock counties.
The original cemetery featured four burial sections laid out in a square. a flagstaff mounted at the end of the main drive marked the center. In the 1870s, permanent marble headstones replaced temporary headboards on the 1,355 Civil War graves. Construction of a brick enclosure wall and a Second Empire-style lodge at the entrance followed. The cemetery has grown to more than 29 acres.
An 1872 law directed the secretary of war to appoint a superintendent for each national cemetery from among "meritorious and trustworthy soldiers, either commissioned officers or enlisted men of the Volunteer or Regular Army." To qualify an individual must have been honorably mustered out or discharged from the service of the United States.
Monuments
The cemetery contains five monuments erected between 1893 and 1910 by veterans' organizations. The oldest honors the service of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry at the nearby Battle of Cedar Mountain. The last and largest, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, commemorates the Civil War service of all Pennsylvanians. Other monuments honor the 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 28th New York Infantry Regiment, and the 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment; all fought at Cedar Mountain.
Erected by National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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28th Regt.
New York State
Volunteer
Infantry
1st Brig.
1st Div.
12th Corps
Army of the Potomac
Organized at Albany, N.Y., May 18, 1861 in response to the first call for volunteers. Mustered into the United States service for two years, May 22, 1861. Ordered at once to the field. Serving in the Shenandoah Valley and Army of the Potomac under Generals Patterson, Banks, Pope, McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker
- Total number enrolled, 1010 - Total casualties 488 - Mustered out at Lockport, N.Y. June 2, 1863 - 522-
At the Battle of
Cedar Mountain, Va.
Aug. 9, 1862
The regiment numbered - officers and men engaged 357 - the casualties in this engagement were - killed and mortally wounded 57 - Wounded 61 - Prisoners 92 - Total loss 210 - Every officer engaged was killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.
Other engagements and skirmishes - Martinsburg, Va. - Point of Rocks, Va. - Balls Bluff, Va. - Winchester, Va. - Columbia Furnace, Va. - Banks Retreat, Va. - Shenandoah Valley, Va. - Manassas, Va. - Antietam, Md - Chancellorsville, Va.
Erected 1902 by State of New York.
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Pennsylvania
remembers with solemn pride
Her Heroic Sons
who here repose in
known and unknown graves
may their sacrifice be
an inspiration to the people
and promote civic virtue, love of
liberty, peace, prosperity
and happiness in all the states.
"Dulce et Decorum est
Pro Patria Mori."
(Left):
In memory
of
Pennsylvania Soldiers
interred in this cemetery
(Listing of the soldiers in the cemetery)
(Back):
Erected
by the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
A.D. 1910
by authority of
Act of Assembly
No. 551
approved
May 13, 1909
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Battles, engagements and skirmishes
near Culpeper, Virginia
participated in
by
Pennsylvania troops:
Aug. 8, 1862 - Slaughters House
Aug. 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain, Slaughters Mountain, or Cedar Run
Aug. 20, 1862 - Brandy Station and Rappahannock Station
Aug. 21-23, 1862 Kelly's Ford, Rappahannock Station, and Beverly Ford.
Aug. 22, 1862 - Freeman's Ford and Hazel Run
Aug. 24, 1862 - White Sulphur Springs
Nov. 9, 1862 - Rappahannock Station
Nov. 10, 1862 - Corbin's Cross-Roads near Amissville
Mar. 17, 1863 - Kelly's Ford
Mar. 29, 1863 - Kelly's Ford
Apr. 29, 1863 - Kelly's Ford
Apr. 30, 1863 - Raccoon Ford
May 1, 1863 - Rapidan Station
June 9, 1863 - Stevensburg, Brandy Station, and Beverly Ford.
Aug. 1, 1863 - Brandy Station
Aug. 4, 1863 - Brandy Station
Aug. 5, 1863 - Muddy Run
Aug. 9, 1863 - Welford's Ford
Sept. 2, 1863 - Oak Shade
Sept. 13, 1863 - Culpeper Court House
Sept. 13, 1863 - Brandy Station
Sept. 13-14, 1863 - Rapidan Station
Sept. 13-17, 1863 Rappahannock to Rapidan
Sept. 14-16, 1863 - Raccoon Ford and Rapidan Station
Oct. 1, 1863 - Culpeper Court House
Oct. 10, 1863 - Raccoon Ford
Oct. 10, 1863 - Morton's Ford
Oct. 11, 1863 - Culpeper
Oct. 11, 1863 - Stevensburg
Oct. 11, 1863 - Brandy Station
Oct. 12, 1863 - Jeffersonton
Oct. 12, 1863 - Brandy Station
Nov. 7, 1863 - Rappahannock Station
Nov. 7, 1863 - Kelly's Ford
Nov. 8, 1863 - Stevensburg
Nov. 8, 1863 - Brandy Station
Nov. 26-27, 1863 - Raccoon Ford
Erected 1910 by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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To the memory of
Twenty-two officers and soldiers of the
10th Maine Volunteer Infantry
killed at Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9th, 1862.
(Back):
Capt. Andrew C. Cloudman Co. E.
1st Lieut. James C. Folsom, Co. H.
Sergt. George H. Huro, Co. C.
Sergt. Charles W. Marston, Co. F.
Zachariah L. Hamlin, Co. A.
Silas H. Bean, Co. D.
Sewall Phillips, Co. A.
Paul Legassie, Co. D.
Henry C. Emerson, Co. D.
Daniel Plummer, Co. D.
John N. Knowland, Co. D.
Patrick McNally, Co. D.
(Left):
Oliver Hitter, Co. B.
Emery E. Pierce, Co. B.
Nathan F. Whitney, Co. E.
Lorenzo D. Morrow, Co. E.
Charles H. Ryerson, Co. K.
(Right):
Selo F. Charles, Co. G.
John Badger, Co. H.
Alvin Field, Co. H.
Greenfield T. Libbey, Co. H.
Edward P. Verrim, Co. H.
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The
Second
Massachusetts
Infantry
Have raised this stone in memory
of their dead who fell in the
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Aug - 9 - 1862
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Civil War soldiers
were originally buried where they bravely fought and died during battles at Cedar Mountain, Trevilians Station, Gordonsville, Brandy Station and surrounding area. Following the Civil War the remains of 912 soldiers whose names are unknown were reinterred here in Sections C and D.
Erected 1988 by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Burton Hammond Post 2524.
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Erected
by the
Seventh Ohio Regimental Association
in honor of the officers and soldiers of that
regiment who fought in the battle of
Cedar Mountain Virginia
August 9, 1862
many of whom are buried in unknown
graves in this cemetery
Killed 37 ——— Wounded 153
Total loss 190 out of 307 present
Field and Staff
Colonel William R. Creighton
Major O.J. Crane, Adj't J. B. Molyneaux
(Along the Base): 1st Brig. 2nd Div. 2nd Corps
Then, finally, on to Culpeper's Fairview Cemetery, which contains this Confederate monument. In its shadow, A. P. Hill has been reinterred--with little fanfare--amongst the normies. Neither the monument nor Hill's final resting place are in the database, and I can't be bothered. It was his fourth burial:
History of his Burials
- Initial Burial (1865): He was first interred in a family cemetery in Chesterfield County, VA, due to the difficulty of transporting his body.
- Hollywood Cemetery (1867-1891): His remains were moved to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
- Under the Monument (1891-2022): His bones were relocated again to be placed beneath a monument in Richmond's streets, where they stayed until the statue's removal.
- Final Resting Place (2023-Present): The city of Richmond removed the monument, and Hill's remains were reinterred in Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper, Virginia, in January 2023.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXgCFJhGOU
https://www.cedarmountainbf.org/
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/cedar-mountain
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in VA, right before this battle....
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Federal Raid
On 5 Aug. 1862, two detachments of Union troops left Fredericksburg with the intention of damaging the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Brig. Gen. John Gibbon led a brigade of some 2,000 men down Telegraph Road toward Hanover Junction, while Col. Lysander Cutler led a smaller force to Frederick's Hall via Spotsylvania Court House. Near Thornburg, Gibbon encountered Confederate cavalry and turned back. Cutler avoided the Confederates, however, and destroyed two miles of track before returning to Fredericksburg on 8 Aug. The Confederates quickly repaired the damage.
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| This is on the route that Jackson's ambulance would take a year later, so there's a marker for Guinea Station too. And the third is for Civil Rights icon, and my former professor, James Farmer. |
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