| •Other Names: Guard
Hill, Cedarville
•Location: Warren County,
Virginia
•Campaign: Jackson’s Shenandoah
Campaign (1862)
•Dates: May 23, 1862
•Principal Commanders: (US)
Colonel John R. Kenly (CS) Major General Thomas J. Jackson
•Forces Engaged: 4,063 total
(US) 1,063 (CS) 3,000
•Estimated Casualties: 960 Total
(US) 904, (CS) 56
•Description: On May 23,
Confederate forces, spearheaded by the Louisiana “Tigers”
and the First Maryland, surprised and overran the pickets
of 1,000 man Union garrison under Colonel Kenly at Front
Royal. Driven through the town, the Federals made a stand
on Camp Hill and again on Guard Hill after attempting to
fire the river bridges.
Outnumbered and outflanked Kenly
continued the retreat to Cedarville, where two cavalry
charges led by Major Flournoy broke the roadblock and
routed the Union Force. Nearly 900 Federals surrendered.
Jackson’s victory at Front Royal forced the Union army
under Banks at Strasburg into a rapid retreat toward
Winchester.
Source: Civil War Sites Advisory Commission
Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields, Technical
Volume II: Battle Summaries. U. S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service 1990
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