Cedar Mountain
an elevation in Culpeper co., Va., where in the American Civil War, on Aug. 9, 1862, Gen. Banks was defeated by a superior Confederate force under Gen. Jackson, and retired for re-enforcements from Gen.
Pope, with a loss of 1,400 killed and wounded, 400 prisoners, and many missing. The Confederates, who held the field two days and then fell back to meet Lee at Gordonsville, lost 1,314.