Cavalry Engagement - New Market VA
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 42.152 W 078° 38.919
17S E 704469 N 4286391
Marker is near New Market, Virginia, in Shenandoah County. Marker is on Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) near Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81).
New Market VA 22844
Waymark Code: WM18BW3
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2023
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TEXT ON VIRGINIA MARKER Department of Historic Resources. 1998 (Marker Number A-26.)
Cavalry Engagement
On 15 Nov. 1863, Col. William H. Boyd reconnoitered with a Federal cavalry and artillery detachment south from Charlestown (in present-day W.Va.) toward New Market. The next day, the force encountered Maj. Robert White’s cavalry command just north of Mount Jackson. White’s Confederates retreated fighting through the town and crossed the Shenandoah River bridge to Rude’s Hill. Realizing that White’s artillery could sweep the bridge, Boyd withdrew to a bivouac two miles north of Woodstock, pursued by Capt. Thomas S. Davis’s cavalry company, and soon returned to Charlestown. Losses from the Mount Jackson engagement were light on both sides.
Name of Battle:
Mount Jackson engagement
Name of War: U.S. Civil War
Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 11/15/1863
Entrance Fee: Not Listed
Parking: Not Listed
Date of Battle (End): Not listed
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