Battle of Cedar Mountain

Battle of Cedar Mountain. The Battlefield Since 1862. , Three days after the battle, following a cease-fire, Stonewall Jackson's force withdrew to Gordonsville. Most of the Confederate dead and at least 405 Federal soldiers were buried on the field. All but one, N.B. Phillips, were in unmarked graves., The Union army occupied the field for about a week after the battle. Working for Mathew Brady, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan visited the field and captured images of the landscape covered in tents and soldiers exploring the wreckage of the battle., At the start of the Second Manassas Campaign, Cedar Mountain returned to Confederate control. Soldiers drilling on the field where you now stand held contests to see who could pick up the most bullets without breaking formation. The winner usually came up with thirty or forty spent rounds., In 1902, Culpeper County resident and Confederate veteran Daniel A. Grimsley oversaw the installation of over 60 stone markers indicating the positions of regiments and batteries during the battle. Grimsley was an early preservationist, and he soon became the unofficial ambassador of the Cedar Mountain battlefield, organizing reunions and memorials until his death in 1910. On November 2, 1902, he gave a tour to President Theodore Roosevelt and presented him with an excavated cannon shell., The battlefield today is preserved by the Civil War Trust in cooperation with the Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield and with the area's landowners, whose passion for stewardship has left this hallowed ground mostly intact since 1862., "The old veteran drew a very happy contrast between the hot reception and scant rations of August 9, 1862 and the cordial welcome and toothsome dainties of its fortieth anniversary." , Horatio C. King, USA, at the dedication to the NY Monument at the Culpeper National Cemetery, August 8, 1902, "The Federal commander asked for a truce to bury his dead, and all that day the Federal and Confederate soldiers mingled freely together, engaged in the pious work of burying their dead and caring for their wounded." , Maj. Daniel Grimsley, 6th Virginia Cavalry, CSA, as recounted in 1900, (captions) , This Timothy O'Sullivan photograph shows Union soldiers moving among fresh graves on the field in front of you, along the Culpeper Road. Courtesy Library of Congress, Maj. Daniel A. Grimsley, 6th Virginia Cavalry, fought in Jackson's army at Cedar Mountain. In 1901, he solicited contributions from other survivors to mark the battlefield with stones according to the arrangement shown in this map. Most of the markers have been lost to history, a few remain in their original location. A small number (including those around you) have been relocated for protection from farm machinery., Interested in the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry's desperate charge, former cavalryman President Theodore Roosevelt (far left), stands near the 28th NY monument. Grimsley stands second from the right. Courtesy Lucy Robb Works