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'End of Sheridan's famous ride to battlefield of Cedar Creek looking North. The ridge on the left where the whole fenced cemetery stand was held for a while by our troops and then they were forced back parallel with the pike beyond Middletown, a few houses of which are seen on the right. At the first of them, on the right of the pike. Walter drew water from a well out in the field for the team. (62)D.101; July 30, 1884, Wednesday 12:45 pm'

13. Cemetery Ridge, West of Middletown

IDNO:
028397
Title:
Cemetery Ridge, West of Middletown
Date:
1884/07/30
Description:
'End of Sheridan's famous ride to battlefield of Cedar Creek looking North. The ridge on the left where the whole fenced cemetery stand was held for a while by our troops and then they were forced back parallel with the pike beyond Middletown, a few houses of which are seen on the right. At the first of them, on the right of the pike. Walter drew water from a well out in the field for the team. (62)D.101; July 30, 1884, Wednesday 12:45 pm'
Possibly Three Top Mountain and Thoburn's Camp. 95 W (37) included on the back.

14. Battle Cedar Creek. Massanutten Mountain

IDNO:
031620
Title:
Battle Cedar Creek. Massanutten Mountain
Date:
1884/07/30
Description:
Possibly Three Top Mountain and Thoburn's Camp. 95 W (37) included on the back.
100 W 39 B on back of photo.

15. Cedar Creek Woods held by 6th Corp. according to Rebel gunner of Braxton's battery

IDNO:
031621
Title:
Cedar Creek Woods held by 6th Corp. according to Rebel gunner of Braxton's battery
Date:
1884/07/30
Description:
100 W 39 B on back of photo.
The Battle of Cedar Creek was fought here on October 19, 1864. Confederate forces under General Jubal Early were throw back and crushed by the Union Army after General Phil Sheridan rallied his troops in a counter attack. The Rebels were never able to mount another threat in the Valley.

16. Cedar Creek, Near Strasburg, Shenandoah Valley, Va.

IDNO:
038293
Title:
Cedar Creek, Near Strasburg, Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
The Battle of Cedar Creek was fought here on October 19, 1864. Confederate forces under General Jubal Early were throw back and crushed by the Union Army after General Phil Sheridan rallied his troops in a counter attack. The Rebels were never able to mount another threat in the Valley.
James F. Ellis enlisted in the army in August, 1862. He fought in several Civil War battles including Union General Phil Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign and was wounded three times during his service. Ellis was captured by Confederate forces during the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 and imprisoned at Salisbury, North Carolina. Ellis died in Salisbury Prison, February 13, 1865.

17. Union Army Corporal James F. Ellis of Weston, Lewis County, W. Va., Company B, 15th West Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
038503
Title:
Union Army Corporal James F. Ellis of Weston, Lewis County, W. Va., Company B, 15th West Virginia Infantry
Date:
ca.1864
Description:
James F. Ellis enlisted in the army in August, 1862. He fought in several Civil War battles including Union General Phil Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign and was wounded three times during his service. Ellis was captured by Confederate forces during the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 and imprisoned at Salisbury, North Carolina. Ellis died in Salisbury Prison, February 13, 1865.
The War Record has Humphreys enlisting twice at the age of 17 as a musician. First in Company K of the 22nd and in Company D of the 26th Infantry where he stayed. He was captured at the Battle of Lewisburg, May, 1862 when he chose to stay with his twin brother's dead body. Humphreys escaped from a POW camp and returned to his regiment. He is listed on the roll as a drummer and participated in several major battles such as Cold Harbor, Winchester and Cedar Creek.

18. Confederate Veteran Mathew N. Humphreys of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 22nd Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
038679
Title:
Confederate Veteran Mathew N. Humphreys of Greenbrier County, W. Va., Company K, 22nd Virginia Infantry
Description:
The War Record has Humphreys enlisting twice at the age of 17 as a musician. First in Company K of the 22nd and in Company D of the 26th Infantry where he stayed. He was captured at the Battle of Lewisburg, May, 1862 when he chose to stay with his twin brother's dead body. Humphreys escaped from a POW camp and returned to his regiment. He is listed on the roll as a drummer and participated in several major battles such as Cold Harbor, Winchester and Cedar Creek.
Postcard reads, "General Sheridan occupied this home during one of the famous Winchester campaigns and from it began his famous ride to the Battle of Cedar Creek, 'twenty miles away'". Published by Marken & Bielfied Inc. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)

19. Sheridan's Headquarters, Winchester, Va.

IDNO:
044875
Title:
Sheridan's Headquarters, Winchester, Va.
Date:
ca. 1951
Description:
Postcard reads, "General Sheridan occupied this home during one of the famous Winchester campaigns and from it began his famous ride to the Battle of Cedar Creek, 'twenty miles away'". Published by Marken & Bielfied Inc. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)