Cedar Creek Battlefield, View of Slope Occupied by Crooks Camp

Identifier:

028391

Collection Number:

Biscoe

Title:

Cedar Creek Battlefield, View of Slope Occupied by Crooks Camp

Date:

1884/07/30

Creator:

Biscoe, Thomas and Walter

Description:

'93 D(58); July 30, 1884, Wednesday 8:45 am. About a mile down the valley from Cupp's Hill; Looking about East...Shows the series of low hills occupied by the camps of Crook's army corp which is on the other or Eastern side of Cedar Creek, up behind which the Confederate columns marched in their surprise of the Union.'

Subjects:

Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864., Photographers Collections--Biscoe, Thomas, and Walter., Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864.

Personal Names:

Crook, George, 1829-1890.

Geographic:

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields.

Acquisition Source:

Marietta College

Acquisition Method:

Loan

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView