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Battle of Cedar Creek

Confederate Commander

Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early

Forces Engaged: 21,102

Killed: 320

Wounded: 1,540

Captured or Missing: 1,050

Total Casualties: 2,910

October 19, 1864

Frederick, Shenandoah and Warren Counties, Virginia

Union Victory

Also called Battle of Belle Grove

Part of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Forces Engaged: 31,610

Killed: 644

Wounded: 3,430

Captured or Missing: 1,591

Total Casualties: 5,685

Confederate Officers

Maj. Gen. Stephen. D. Ramseur

Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon

Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw

Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax

Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle

Brig. Gen. Bryan Grimes

Brig. Gen. Philip Cook

Brig. Gen. William Ruffin Cox

Brig. Gen. John Pegram

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnston

Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans

Brig. Gen. William Terry

Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton

Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson

Brig. Gen. John McCausland

Brig. Gen. Henry B. Davidson

Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser

Confederate Order of Battle

Confederate Official Records

Union Officers

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts

Brig. Gen. George W. Getty

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton

Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Grant

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Bidwell

Brig. Gen. William H. Emory

Brig. Gen. James W. McMillan

Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover

Brig. Gen. Henry W. Birge

Brig. Gen. George Crook

Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert

Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt

Brig. Gen. George A. Custer

Union Order of Battle

Union Official Records

Records 1 through 94

Records 95 through 171

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 132-134

Davis, George B., Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley, Eds. "Battle-Fields of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek." The Military

          Atlas of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003.

          Plate 99-2

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Map of the Battlefield of Cedar Creek, VA." The Military Atlas

          of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plate

          69-3

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Sketch of the Battle of Belle Grove or Cedar Creek." The

          Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes &

          Noble, 2003. Plate 82-9

Early, Jubal A. "Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek." Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles

          and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 522-530

Early, Jubal Anderson. Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott,

          1912. digitized. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1998. p 437-452

Hotchkiss, Jed. "Virginia." Confederate Military History Vol III Part I. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National

          Historical Society. 2008. p 506-509

Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. "The Opposing Forces at Cedar Creek, VA., Oct. 19, 1864."

          Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National

          Historical Society, 2006. p 530-532

Lewis, Thomas A. Ed. "The Shenandoah in Flames The Valley Campaign of 1864." The Civil War Vol. 11 of 28. Alexandria, VA.: Time-Life Books, 1987. p 144-158, 160-171

Merritt, Wesley. "Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley." Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles

          and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition Vol IV Part II. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 500-521

Stanley, Steven and Kristopher D. White. Battle Maps of the Civil War The Eastern Theater. Princetom, NJ: Knox Press, 2020.

          p 92-95

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

Wheelan, Joseph. Terrible Swift Sword The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2012. p 135-137,

          151-159

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