. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . osition—the terms are near-ly synonymous—have much satisfaction in exploring a largecave near Cedar creek, a curiosity by no means rare in this lime-stone region. But we are not here merely for a summer outing, and in theevening of the 16th* we pack up and retrace our steps towardsWinchester, along that Good, broad highway leading down, whose every inch we were fated to know ere the snows ofwinter settle
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . osition—the terms are near-ly synonymous—have much satisfaction in exploring a largecave near Cedar creek, a curiosity by no means rare in this lime-stone region. But we are not here merely for a summer outing, and in theevening of the 16th* we pack up and retrace our steps towardsWinchester, along that Good, broad highway leading down, whose every inch we were fated to know ere the snows ofwinter settled its dust. It is an all-night march, and the sunis an hour high before we halt for breakfast. That finished,we proceed, passing through Winchester and out on the Berry-ville pike about four miles, crossing the Opequon creek andcamp. Middletown is twelve or more miles from Winchester on the *On this day a brisk cavalry engagement was fought at Cedarville onthe Front Royal pike between General Merritt and Fitz Lee, and thoughending successfully for the Union side, it may have caused Sheridanswithdrawal, he preferring to choose his own battlefield. 144 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY 0 5 W1FT JtUN $ GAPN ROCKFlSHCAP *f tat I THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. THE VALLEY AND WINCHESTER. 145 main turnpike, and from it a road leads up the Luray valley, sincethe projection of the Massanuttan mountain here divides theShenandoah valley into two divisions. Front Royal lies furtherto the east and at the entrance to the Luray. Its locationmade Middletown a place of unusual importance. Throughthe Luray valley were approaching Fitz Lee and Kershaw withtwo divisions just from Petersburg. Moseby was active nearBerryville, hence the necessity of the reverse movement. Thevalley that we were to know so well extended from HarpersFerry to Staunton, a distance of more than 120 miles. Withthe former place or Martinsburg, twenty miles further westand even more remote from Winchester as the base of supplies,
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