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Stonewall’s 11th-Hour Rally: Jan ‘96: America’s Civil War FeatureAmerica's Civil War | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Archer’s bold charge broke the last major Federal resistance on what would become known as the Cedar Mountain battlefield. Jackson had somehow snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in a battle that the brilliant, if dour, Presbyterian would always consider his greatest fight. Subscribe Today
Late the next day, a thunderstorm broke the oppressive heat and gave succor to the scores of wounded who lay about the field. The day after that, with the smell of putrefying flesh heavy in the Virginia air, Jackson ordered his command back across the Rapidan, heading for the old killing fields at Manassas, having blunted at Cedar Mountain yet another hopeful Union advance. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
           
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