Battle of Cedar Creek
Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 21,102
Killed: 320
Wounded: 1,540
Captured or Missing: 1,050
Total Casualties: 2,910
October 19, 1864
Frederick, Shenandoah and Warren Counties, Virginia
Union Victory
Also called Battle of Belle Grove
Part of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Forces Engaged: 31,610
Killed: 644
Wounded: 3,430
Captured or Missing: 1,591
Total Casualties: 5,685
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw
Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax
Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle
Brig. Gen. Bryan Grimes
Brig. Gen. Philip Cook
Brig. Gen. William Ruffin Cox
Brig. Gen. John Pegram
Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnston
Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans
Brig. Gen. William Terry
Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton
Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson
Brig. Gen. John McCausland
Brig. Gen. Henry B. Davidson
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser
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National Park Service
Parallel Lines and Deaths of Ramseur and Lowell
Cavalry in the 1864 Fall Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Union Counterattack
A Victory Turned From Disaster
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Battlefields Trust
Cedar Creek - Oct. 19, 1864 - 5:30 - 6:30am
Cedar Creek - The Federal Counterattack - October 19, 1864 - 4pm to 5:30pm
The Stand of the 8th Vermont at Cedar Creek - Video
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ShenandoahatWar.org
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HistoryNet
Lessons from the Battle of Cedar Creek, 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek: From Triumph to Catastrophe
The Fight at Cedar Creek was Over. Why Couldn't Union Troops Let Their Guard Down?
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C-Span
Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek
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Harper's Weekly
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Library of Congress
Sketch of Battle of Belle Grove or Cedar Creek Wednesday Oct. 19, 1864
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Civil War Military Atlas
Plate 82-9
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YouTube
Cedar Creek: Animated Battle Map
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Union Officers
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Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts
Brig. Gen. George W. Getty
Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Grant
Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Bidwell
Brig. Gen. William H. Emory
Brig. Gen. James W. McMillan
Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover
Brig. Gen. Henry W. Birge
Brig. Gen. George Crook
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
Brig. Gen. George A. Custer
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Union Official Records
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 132-134
Davis, George B., Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley, Eds. "Battle-Fields of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek." The Military
Atlas of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003.
Plate 99-2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Map of the Battlefield of Cedar Creek, VA." The Military Atlas
of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plate
69-3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Sketch of the Battle of Belle Grove or Cedar Creek." The
Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes &
Noble, 2003. Plate 82-9
Early, Jubal A. "Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek." Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National Historical
Society, 2006. p 522-530
Early, Jubal Anderson. Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott,
1912. digitized. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1998. p 437-452
Hotchkiss, Jed. "Virginia." Confederate Military History Vol III Part I. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National
Historical Society. 2008. p 506-509
Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. "The Opposing Forces at Cedar Creek, VA., Oct. 19, 1864."
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National
Historical Society, 2006. p 530-532
Lewis, Thomas A. Ed. "The Shenandoah in Flames The Valley Campaign of 1864." The Civil War Vol. 11 of 28. Alexandria, VA.: Time-Life Books, 1987. p 144-158, 160-171
Merritt, Wesley. "Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley." Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National Historical
Society, 2006. p 500-521
Stanley, Steven and Kristopher D. White. Battle Maps of the Civil War The Eastern Theater. Princetom, NJ: Knox Press, 2020.
p 92-95
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
Wheelan, Joseph. Terrible Swift Sword The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2012. p 135-137,
151-159
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