. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . pre-hensions of the Rebel leaders. Jackson and Ewell immediately crossedthe Rapidan at Barnetts Ford, approached the position occupied by thecorps of General Banks, near Cedar or Slaughter Mountain, and on Sat-urday, the 9th of August, a battle was fought between the two armies,scarcely second in fury and stubbornness to any which had occurredduring the war. The point at which this contest took place was about five miles southof Culpepper Court , on the road to Gordonsville. The enemy tookt
. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . pre-hensions of the Rebel leaders. Jackson and Ewell immediately crossedthe Rapidan at Barnetts Ford, approached the position occupied by thecorps of General Banks, near Cedar or Slaughter Mountain, and on Sat-urday, the 9th of August, a battle was fought between the two armies,scarcely second in fury and stubbornness to any which had occurredduring the war. The point at which this contest took place was about five miles southof Culpepper Court , on the road to Gordonsville. The enemy tooktlieir jiosition on the side of Cedar Mountain, where they were protectedin a large degree by thick forests. They numbered at least twenty-fivethousand men. The advantages of their position were very great, for itcommanded a full view of the operations of the Federal troops belowthem, and enabled them to post their batteries in several successive tiers,semicircular in their outline, by which they could simultaneously can-nonade the whole body of their assailants. The position of the latter was. THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN. 313 completely exposed to the enemy, having no advantage of natural or arti-ficial defence whatever. On the day previous to the battle, the brigade ofGeneral Crawford bad been thrown forward to observe the movements ofthe enemy, and oppose his advance. General Banks occupied this posi-tion with his entire corps on the day of the engagement. Eicketts di-vision of McDowells corps was three miles in his rear. The corps ofSigel, which had been marching during all the night preceding the battle,was allowed to halt in Culpepper to recruit for a few hours. Thus theengagement commenced between the enemy and the corps of Banks, whichcomprised about seven thousand men. The combat opened with an artillery duel, at a quarter-past two oclockin the afternoon. It was at once evident that tlie Eebels possessed an im-mense superiority in the number of their guns. The firing o
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