Battlefield Center (Cedar Creek) - Middletown VA
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 00.999 W 078° 17.824
17S E 734015 N 4322100
Cedar Creek Battlefield- From this position (Belle Grove Mansion is west of here) most of the VI and XIX U.S. Corps camps were visible on 19 October 1864.
Waymark Code: WM132RB
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2020
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Battlefield Center (Cedar Creek)-From this position (Belle Grove Mansion is west of here) most of the VI and XIX U.S. Corps camps were visible on 19 October 1864. The XIX Corps camped close to their earthworks along the ridge to the south. VI Corps units were placed along the ridges west of Belle Grove. The tents of Sheridan's headquarters covered the ground around Belle Grove while the army supply trains deployed in the fields adjacent to the Valley Pike. Colonel Howard Kitching's Provisional Division of the VIII U.S. Corps was in the fields immediately to the east. Colonels Rutherford B. Hayes's and Joseph Thoburn's Divisions were camped southeast of Kitching. Elements of Confederate General Stephen D. Ramseur's Division quickly overwhelmed Kitching's men in the early morning attack and pursued the retreating federals to the northwest, while Confederate General John B. Gordon's Division headed for the ridges occupied by the VI U.S. Corps. Confederate artillery later set up along this ridge.
Donated to the People of the United States
by Vickie and Kenneth Johnson of Virginia
LOCATION: Marker is near Middletown, Virginia, in Frederick County. Marker is on Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north. Located in front of the Cedar Creek Battlefield Museum. 8437 Valley Pike, Middletown VA 22645
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