The Skirmish at Cedar Lane was fought on Friday, July 12, 1861 between Union forces commanded by Lt. Oscar von Heringen and Confederate forces commanded by Maj. John Bell Hood in present-day Newport News, Virginia.
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An Encyclopedia of Early Civil War Virginia
The Skirmish at Cedar Lane was fought on Friday, July 12, 1861 between Union forces commanded by Lt. Oscar von Heringen and Confederate forces commanded by Maj. John Bell Hood in present-day Newport News, Virginia.