Near Bowtie Drive 0.2 miles north of Artillery Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
On the morning of June 8, 1862, Confederate skirmishers of the 15th Alabama Infantry delayed Union Gen. John C. Frémont's advance near Union Church a mile north of here. Confederate commander Gen. Richard S. Ewell took the opportunity to . . . — — Map (db m305107) HM
Near South East Side Highway (U.S. 340) south of Ore Bank Road, on the right when traveling north.
Stonewall Jackson wanted a quick victory at Port Republic but was frustrated by a bottleneck at a rickety wagon bridge.
Haste was important because of the risk that Union Gen. John C. Fremont’s force, still at Cross Keys, might arrive and . . . — — Map (db m309282) HM
On Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south on Ore Bank Road.
You're standing at the base of the Coaling, the key position during the Battle of Port Republic. The site bristled with Union cannon that commanded the road and swept the fields below. Recollections on the exact locations of the guns differ, but . . . — — Map (db m279871) HM
Near Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south.
Mid-Morning
After the Union troops recaptured the Coaling again, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor saw additional Federal troops moving toward this position like a solid wall from the river plain to your front, and said, "There seemed . . . — — Map (db m279888) HM
On Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south on Ore Bank Road.
Early Morning
The strength and importance of the Coaling became clear as soon as the battle began. When the first Confederates under Gen. Charles Winder arrived on the battlefield, 1 1/4 miles to your right front, Winder's . . . — — Map (db m279875) HM
On Water Street at Port Republic Road (Virginia Route 253), on the left when traveling east on Water Street.
The Frank Kemper House to your left was built c. 1835 as a home for Benjamin Franklin Kemper and his wife, Eliza Holbrook Kemper. Originally a one room building with a side hall, the larger part of the structure was added over the next ten years. In . . . — — Map (db m304699) HM
On Water Street east of Port Republic Road (Virginia Route 253), on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
When Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood’s 1716 expedition first laid claim to the Shenandoah Valley, the area had already been used for centuries by Native Americans. The town of port Republic was laid off into lots and chartered by an 1802 . . . — — Map (db m304698) HM
Near Ore Bank Road east of South East Side Highway (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling east.
Like many Civil War battles, the Battle of Port Republic swept around houses and over farmsteads, including three historic homes—Lewiston, Lynnwood, and Bogota. Lewiston, built in 1817, was located across the highway from you, where the current . . . — — Map (db m309279) HM
On Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south on Ore Bank Road.
Morning
Even before the first Confederate attempt to seize the Coaling sputtered out, Stonewall Jackson had ordered Gen. Richard Taylor's Louisiana brigade - the "shock troops" of his army - to storm the height. The Louisianans moved to . . . — — Map (db m279878) HM
On Main Street (Virginia Route 605) 0.1 miles south of Leroy Road ( Route 605), on the right when traveling south.
When Union cavalrymen dashed into Port Republic on the morning of June 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson was here at his headquarters at Madison Hall, which sat atop the hill in front of you. The army's critical supply train and . . . — — Map (db m309617) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Leroy Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The crest of the hill was the site of Madison Hall, built in the mid-1700s for John Madison, the first Court Clerk of Augusta County, which originally included this area of Rockingham County within its frontier boundaries. In response to the . . . — — Map (db m254877) HM
On Ore Bank Road (Virginia Route 708) south of South East Side Highway (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling south.
A local auction house advertised bell as Lynnwood School Bell
"School Set Behind Church"
Bell was purchased by Sam Lewis Batton Bell required a new cradle, contacting McShane Foundry which was still in operation. Taking bell to . . . — — Map (db m236581) HM
On Main Street at The Point Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
On the morning of June 8, 1862, 150 Union cavalrymen rode into Port Republic, surprising Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and the small number of southern soldiers in the village. The bulk of Jackson's available troops, half of his army, were . . . — — Map (db m304701) HM
Near The Point Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The road seen across the river was the original route into the village from the north and west. Early visitors crossed North River by means of a ford, later a ferry, and finally a bridge. After the Civil War, four more bridges were built on . . . — — Map (db m304700) HM
On Water Street 0.1 miles west of Port Republic Road (County Route 659), on the left when traveling west.
Parallel to South River is seen the bed of the lower millrace which brought water power to several village industries. The Galliday Tannery was located on the far left; the Dundore/Downs Tannery on the adjoining property on the right. The Robert . . . — — Map (db m254878) HM
On The Point Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling north on The Point Street.
Straight ahead is "The Point“ where the North River (Ieft) and the South River (right) meet to form the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Imagine a day in the early 1800s when the river depth was right for traffic. A flotilla of . . . — — Map (db m88584) HM
On Water Street (Virginia Route 1605) just east of Port Republic Road ( Route 253), on the left when traveling east.
“The fighting in and around the battery was hand to hand… ’Twas claw for claw.”
— Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor
Commander of the Louisiana Brigade
The 1862 Valley Campaign
In the spring of 1862, in the . . . — — Map (db m309958) HM
On South East Side Highway (U.S. 340) at Ore Bank Road, on the right when traveling north on South East Side Highway.
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Port Republic Battlefield
“The fighting in and around the battery was hand to hand… ’Twas claw for claw.” — Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor, Commander of the Louisiana Brigade
1862 Valley . . . — — Map (db m309278) HM
On Water Street south of Main Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
The Port Republic Foundry was one of the leading industries of the town. Prior to the flood of 1870, a Mr. Holbrook operated a foundry shop where the notched sickle for the original McCormick Reaper was made. Although the original shop washed . . . — — Map (db m88585) HM
On Water Street (Virginia Route 1605) 0.3 miles west of Port Republic Road ( Route 253), on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
The Riverside Graveyard was established on land deeded by Molly and John Carthrea, Sr., to the Methodist Episcopal Church's trustees in 1793. Soon a log church was built at water's edge in the upper end of the cemetery. On Feb. 26, 1809, Bishop . . . — — Map (db m236166) HM
On Water Street (Virginia Route 1605) 0.3 miles west of Port Republic Road ( Route 253), on the left when traveling west.
The Riverside Graveyard was established on land deeded by Molly and John Carthrea, Sr., to the Methodist Episcopal Church's trustees in 1793. Soon a log church was built at water's edge in the upper end of the cemetery. On February 26, 1809, . . . — — Map (db m309630) HM
On Water Street just east of Port Republic Road ( Route 253), on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Shenandoah At War
In 1996, Congress designated eight counties as the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, with a mission to preserve and interpret the region's Civil War battlefields and related historic sites. . . . — — Map (db m279894) HM
On Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south on Ore Bank Road.
Morning
When Gen. Richard Taylor shouted, "Charge the battery and take it!", 1,700 Louisianans burst out of the woods across from you, shrieking the Rebel yell. The Confederates - including Wheat's Battalion, the fierce Louisiana Tigers . . . — — Map (db m279876) HM
On South East Side Highway (U.S. 340) south of Ore Bank Road, on the right when traveling north.
Morning
As the Confederates fell back from the worm fence that ran across the field to your left front, the Federals along Lewistown Lane (modern-day Lynnwood Road) climbed over the fence rails and pursued. “We [ran] after them with . . . — — Map (db m309284) HM
On Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south on Ore Bank Road.
Mid-Morning
Having captured the Coaling and the valuable Union cannons, the Confederates faced the challenge of holding onto them. Even before the southerners had won the struggle to seize the height, Union commander Gen. Erastus Tyler . . . — — Map (db m279879) HM
On Ore Bank Road at Mapleton Lane, on the left when traveling south on Ore Bank Road.
Late Morning
When the Federal defenses collapsed, the disorganized mass of Union troops streamed north (to your right) on the single narrow road to Luray, directly in front of you. The Confederates fired into the fleeing mass of . . . — — Map (db m279891) HM
On South East Side Highway (U.S. 340) south of Ore Bank Road, on the right when traveling north.
Morning
Shortly after Confederate Gen. Charles Winder’s first advance was forced back by Union cannon on the Coaling, Gen. Richard Taylor’s Louisiana brigade arrived to reinforce the southern ranks. Stonewall Jackson ordered the bulk of . . . — — Map (db m309286) HM
