Battle of Cedar Mountain

38.4014°N 78.0658°W / 38.4014; -78.0658

Battle of Cedar Mountain
(Battle of Slaughter's Mountain)
Part of the American Civil War

Gordon's and Crawford's Brigades driving the Confederate forces from the woods at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9th 1862. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
DateAugust 9, 1862 (1862-08-09)
Location
Culpeper County, Virginia
38.40°N 78.07°W / 38.40; -78.07
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
 United States (Union)  CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Nathaniel P. Banks Stonewall Jackson
Units involved
Army of Virginia Army of Northern Virginia
Strength
8,030 16,868
Casualties and losses
2,353 total:
314 killed
1,445 wounded
594 missing		 1,338 total:
231 killed
1,107 wounded
Location of the battle in Virginia

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 attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpeper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia campaign.

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