A View of Mount Carmel Cemetery

This cemetery stands on a hill overlooking Middletown, VA. It was the site of Civil War clash in October 1864, during the Battle of Cedar Creek. At that time, this was the Middletown Cemetery. It became Mount Carmel Cemetery in 1896. An interpretive sign provides a summary of the action here: The Middletown Cemetery, on a knoll west of the village, was the only point where Union officers believed…