Cedar Mountain Presented by M Chris Bryan
NOTE: this topic was originally set for February but was switched due a scheduling conflict by the original speaker.
The II Corps, Army of Virginia suffered a bloody and demoralizing defeat at the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9th, 1862, after initial success where it nearly defeated Stonewall Jackson’s command. This talk will describe the fighting at Cedar Mountain in detail and will also briefly describe the aftermath for the II Corps that summer. These events and conditions would later shape the conspicuous success of the future XII Corps, Army of the Potomac at Antietam.
M. Chris Bryan earned a Bachelor of Science in History from the United States Naval Academy; a Master of Arts in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Annapolis; and a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Maryland, College Park. A former naval aviator, Bryan works as a project manager and lives in southern Maryland with his wife and two children. Cedar Mountain to Antietam is his first book.