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Part of American Civil War

Battle of Cedar Creek

October 19, 1864 · Battle of Cedar Creek

Result Union victory

Early's dawn surprise routed Sheridan's army, which Sheridan rallied to win the day and end Confederate power in the valley.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Philip Henry Sheridan military commander Horatio Gouverneur Wright military commander George Crook military commander William H. Emory military commander
Jubal Early military commander John B. Gordon military commander Stephen Dodson Ramseur military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
31,61031,945, 30,829, 40,000
Casualties
5,6655,665
Killed
644644
Wounded
3,4303,430
Missing
1,5911,600, 1,591
Strength
21,00018,410, 18,000
Casualties
2,910
Killed
320320
Wounded
1,5401,540
Missing
1,0501,200, 1,050
Guns lost
23

Units

Army of West Virginia Army of the Potomac XIX Corps (Union army) Army of the Shenandoah (Union) VI Corps (Union Army) 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 87th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
Army of the Valley