Battle of Cedar Creek... front page map...

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October 22, 1864

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, October 22, 1864

* Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia
* Fisher's Hill - Strasburg map
* Civil War original reading

Front page heads in the first column concerning the Battle of Cedar Creek: "Sheridan" "Sec. Stanton's Despatch to Gen. Dix" "Graphic Description of the Battle by a Herald Correspondent" "Additional Particulars of Sheridan's Brilliant Victory" "Fisher's Hill Carried by the Union Cavalry" & more (see). Includes a telegram about the victory at Cedar Creek signed: P. H. Sheridan, & one from Gen. Grant "saluting" Sheridan's victory signed: U. S. Grant (see).

Also a large map: "The Fisher's Hill Position" "Scene of Longstreet's Retrogade [sic] Movement & Sheridan's Triumphal Advance on the Morning of the 20th of October, 1864."

Eight pages, some minor margin tears, small piece from the top of the back leaf, very good condition.

wikipedia notes: The Battle of Cedar Creek, or The Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. The final Confederate invasion of the North, led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, was effectively ended and the Confederacy was never again able to threaten Washington, D.C., through the Shenandoah Valley, nor protect the economic base in the Valley. The reelection of Abraham Lincoln was materially aided by this victory and Union Army Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan received lasting fame.

Category: The Civil War