Skirmish at Cedar Creek
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The Skirmish at Cedar Creek, also known as Camp Mooney or McGirt's Creek, was a small engagement of the American Civil War fought in present-day Jacksonville, Florida on March 1, 1864. It was fought b
Camp Captain Mooney Cemetery
Unknown Confederate grave of the cemetery.
The 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Skirmish at Cedar Creek
…of the 40th Massachusetts left Camp Mooney and went west to probe the Confederate position. The Union expedition consisted of companies B, C, and D of 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, a squadron of Massachusetts infantry and one gun of Elders Horse Artillery under Major Stevens. At mid-morning, the 2nd Florida Cavalry met the Union…
Captain Charles Francis Adams Jr. (second from right) with officers of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, August 1864
Civil War veteran Henry Thurlow Bartlett of Co. H, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in uniform wearing medals, 1898. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Captain Daniel Henry Lawrence Gleason of Co. G, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment