 Picture Courtesy of Tom and Nancy Long
Here Stonewall Jackson, retreating up the Valley before the converging columns of Fremont and Shields, turned at bay, June, 1862. A mile southeast Jackson’s cavalry commander, Ashby, was killed, June 6. At Cross Keys, six miles southeast, Ewell of Jackson’s army defeated Fremont, June 8. Near Port Republic, ten miles southeast, Jackson defeated Shields, June9. This was the end of Jackson’s Valley Campaign.
Virginia Conservation Commission 1941
Route 11, at Harrisonburg. Rockingham County Virginia
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