Cedar Creek • Tour the Battlefield • Battle Maps • The Armies
The Bearing the Brunt wayside marker is at Stop Three on the Cedar Creek Battlefield Auto Tour. It is next to the monument to the 128th New York Infantry Regiment and the 128th New York wayside marker.
The 128th New York monument is on the left and the Bearing the Brunt wayside marker is at centerat Stop Three
Text from the marker
On October 15, 1907, veterans of the 128th New York Regiment met on the Cedar Creek battlefield to dedicate the monument to their unit. These men, along with the rest of the 19th Corps, had borne the brunt of the Confederate attack against their position, around 6:00 a.m. In the fog and smoke they could see little, only the flash of rifles and sounds of battle told them where the enemy was. Their trenches, facing towards Cedar Creek, were of little use as the Confederates attacked from the left and the rear. Within an hour these Union troops were pushed out of their positions and began a fighting withdrawal towards Belle Grove.
Text from above the background photo
It is probable that few of us…will ever see this monument again, and so we leave it, hoping that it may stand for generations and ages to teach the passer by on this thoroughfare a lesson of personal, practical, patriotic duty….
– A veteran of the 128th New York State Infantry
Caption below the flag photo
Camp flag used by the 128th New York Volunteers
Enlargement of the map from the marker
The marker shows the position of the 128th New York Infantry at the hinge of Emory’s 19th Corps defensive line at the beginning of the Confederate attack.
Location of the Bearing the Brunt wayside marker
The marker is at Stop Three on the Cedar Creek Battlefield Auto Tour. (39° 0.531′ N, 78° 18.588′ W) It is about 25 feet east of the 128th New York marker.