BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK In early Oct. 1864, portions of Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's army bivouakced here on ths hills an

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BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK In early Oct. 1864, portions of Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's army bivouakced here on ths hills and rolling farmland just north of Cedar Creek along the Valley Turnpike (present-day Rte. 11). Just before daybreak on 19 Oct., Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's infantry divisions surprised and attacked the Federals, routing two of Sheridan's three infantry corps. Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, commanding in Sheridan's absence, organized a retreat north. Sheridan arrived on the battlefield from Winchester by midmorning and rode along the front to rally his men. By late afternoon the Federals had counterattacked Early's left front and crushed the Confederate troops, who fled south. Department of Historic Resources, 2000

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