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The Battle of Cedar Creek
Joseph W. A. Whitehorne
其他書名
Self-guided Tour
出版Center of Military History, United States Army, 1992
主題History / Military / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / GeneralHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN01602685409780160268540
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Bp93AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋CMH Pub 70-25. Discusses how Union General Philip H. Sheridan rallied his men to turn defeat into victory on October 19, 1864.

The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, was fought on October 19, 1864. It was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan across Cedar Creek, northeast of Strasburg, Virginia. During the morning fighting, seven Union infantry divisions were forced to fall back and lost numerous prisoners and cannons. Early failed to continue his attack north of Middletown and Sheridan, dramatically riding to the battlefield from Winchester, was able to rally his troops to hold a new defensive line. A Union counterattack that afternoon routed Early's army.

At the conclusion of this battle, the final Confederate invasion of the North was effectively ended. The Confederacy was never again able to threaten Washington, D.C. through the Shenandoah Valley, nor protect one of its key economic bases in Virginia. The stunning Union victory aided the reelection of Abraham Lincoln and won Sheridan lasting fame.

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