Event

Cedar Creek Battlefield Tour

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 39.031053, -78.274954


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

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Time:

2:00 PM

Duration:

2 hours

Type of Event

Guided Tour

Description

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reservation or Registration: No

Contact Information

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP
540-490-9569
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Image Gallery

1800s head stones mark graves in a historic cemetery.
Reenactors portraying US soldiers march across a grassy field.
1800s head stones mark graves in a historic cemetery.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, where the US Army made a stand during the Battle of Cedar Creek
NPS Photo
Reenactors portraying US soldiers march across a grassy field.
Federal soldier reenactors march across a field at Thoburn's Redoubt.
Courtesy of Liberty Rifles.
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