Hand-to-Hand Fighting

The focal point on the battlefield of Cedar Mountain was at a gate where the Crittenden farm lane met the old main road. Confederate artillery there duelled enemy guns to the right front, and during that firing General C.S. Winder of the "Stonewall" Brigade was mortally wounded. The climax of the battle came when seven Northern regiments burst from a woods to the left front and pressed nearly to that point. Jackson rode into the fray under fire from three sides and personally rallied his troops to save the day.

Virginia · United States