The Battle of Cross Keys
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N 38° 21.756 W 078° 50.323
17S E 688827 N 4248258
At this location there are two signs one with a description of the battle and the other with a map.
Waymark Code: WMC5M2
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2011
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The sign has the following text:
BATTLE OF CROSS KEYS
JUNE 8, 1862
GENERAL R.S. EWELL WITH 8,000 SOLDIERS OF GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON'S
ARMY REPULSED A FEDERAL ATTACKING COLUMN OF 10,500 UNDER GENERAL
JOHN C. FREMONT. AFTER INITIAL SUCCESS THE FEDERALS WERE CHECKED BY THE
FIRE OF CONFEDERATE ARTILLARY. ATTACKS BY UNION BRIGADES LED BY GENERAL
J. STAHEL AND COLONEL G.P. CLUSERET WERE TURNED BACK BY GENERALS J.R. TRIMBLE'S
AND A. ELZEY'S CONFEDERATES. GENERAL DICK TAYLOR'S AND COLONEL J.M. PATTON'S BRIGADES WERE
ORDERED TO EWELL'S SUPPORT. REINFORCED BY THE 13TH AND 25TH VIRGINIA, TRIMBLE COUNTERATTACKED
AND FORCED BACK FREMONT'S LEFT. FREMONT, SEEING THAT HIS LEFT WAS BEING TURNED, ORDERED
HIS ARMY TO RETIRE AND TAKE POSITION ON THE HEIGHTS OF EITHER SIDE OF THE KEEZLETOWN ROAD.
THE CONFEDERATES FOLLOWED, BUT WITH NIGHT APPROACHING, THEY DID NOT RENEW THE BATTLE.
ERECTED BY VIRGINIA CIVIL WAR COMMISSION - 1984
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