August 9th, 1962
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson defeated Union forces under General John Pope at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia. General Pope was near Culpeper, VA and he was headed towards Godronsville. Stonewall Jackson’s corps were their waiting for Pope.
Monday August 8th, 1863
Confederate General Robert E. Lee Resigns
Former Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Confederate General Robert E. Lee resigned as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia after his defeat at Gettysburg by sending Confederate President Jefferson Davis a letter. President Davis refused the request by writing “To ask me to substitute you by someone…more fit to command, or who would possess more of the confidence of the army…is to demand an impossibility.
