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Cedar Creek Battlefield Tour

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

  • Aug 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
  • Free

Drive Cedar Creek Battlefield to retrace events of October 19, 1864. Follow the park ranger’s car to five or six key battlefield landmarks. The Federal victory at Cedar Creek ended Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. Coming just three weeks before the presidential election, news of the victory boosted morale in the Northern states and helped carry Abraham Lincoln to a landslide reelection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fees

This event is free to attend.

Location

Meet at the NPS Visitor Center, 7712 Main Street, Middletown, VA.

Latitude and Longitude 39.031053, -78.274954

Schedule

Date:

Aug 23, 2025

Time:

2:00 PM

Duration:

2 hours

Contact Information

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP
540-490-9569
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Event Type

  • Guided Tour
Tags: ranger-led, civil war, cedar creek belle grove national historical park, battle of cedar creek, shenandoah valley battlefields national historic district