Cedar Creek
CEDAR CREEK, a small branch of the North Fork of the Shenandoah river, Virginia, U.S.A. It is known in American history as the scene of a memorable battle, which took place on the 19th of October 1864, between the Union army under Major-General P.H. Sheridan and the Confederates under Lieut.-General J.A. Early. (See Shenandoah Valley Campaigns.)
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
