Battle of Cedar Mountain
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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. Ge
Gordon's and Crawford's Brigades driving the Confederate forces from the woods at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Sketch of Battle of Cedar Run
Engraving of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, from a sketch by Alfred R. Waud
John Pope (general)
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John Pope was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief successful stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second
Brig. Gen. John Pope
Major General John Pope
Defeat of Pope's army in the Second Battle of Bull Run, by Alfred Waud
Pope's grave (front left) at Bellefontaine Cemetery