File:Virginia October 1864 big picture V2.png

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English: Larger view of the Valley Pike region in Virginia surrounding the area where the Battle of Cedar Creek (near Cedar Creek, Strasburg, and Middletown) was fought on October 19, 1864, in the American Civil War. Closeup shows the Cedar Creek - Hupp Hill - Strasburg - Middletown area of Virginia. Gordonsville was a railroad target favored by General Grant. Early retreated to New Market after the battle. Sheridan was in Winchester when the battle started, an overnight stop while returning from a meeting in Washington, DC.
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Source This is two crops of a 1912 map named "Sifton, Praed's new map of Virginia and Maryland to illustrate the campaigns of 1861 to 1864." from the U.S. Library of Congress here.
Author Sifton, Praed & Company, Ltd. with labels and circles added by TwoScarsUp based on the following books: The Guns of Cedar Creek by Thomas A. Lewis, The War in the East from Gettysburg to Appomattox by Stephen Z. Starr, and From Winchester to Cedar Creek by Jeffry D. Wert.

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Gordonsville was a considerable distance from Sheridan's army

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