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The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks [ 2 ] attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates ...
The regiment was lightly engaged at the Battle of Cedar Mountain on 9 August. [2] In the Second Battle of Bull Run on 28–30 August 1862, the brigade was led by Brigadier General William E. Starke and was part of a division commanded by Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro.
The battery fought at Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. Battery L moved to the Western Theater where it served at Vicksburg , Jackson , and Knoxville in 1863. Now named the 34th Battery, it transferred back to the Eastern Theater where it fought at the Wilderness , Spotsylvania , North Anna , Totopotomoy ...
Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21–23. Sulphur Springs August 24. Plains of Manassas August 28–29 (reserve). Second Battle of Bull Run August 30 (reserve). Maryland Campaign September 6–22. Battle of Antietam September 16–17.
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Mountain of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Abbreviations used
Defense of Harpers Ferry, Va., May 24-30, 1862. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley until August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's campaign in northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guarded supply trains during the Second Battle of Bull Run. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (reserve).
Hammond was apparently on sick leave during the Valley Campaign and the Seven Days' Battle and, after return to service in August 1862, did not participate in the Battles of Cedar Run, Second Bull Run, and Antietam during the summer of 1862, though he does mention hearing of severe fighting at the latter two battles.
On 9 August 1862, it fought in its first action as a battery in the Battle of Cedar Mountain. [3] On 28–30 August, the battery fought at the Battle of Second Bull Run as part of the artillery battalion in Major General Richard S. Ewell's division, Major General Thomas J. Jackson's Left Wing, General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. [4]