Harrisonburg is the county seat for Rockingham County
Cross Keys is in Rockingham County
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On Port Republic Road (County Route 659) south of Cross Keys Road (Virginia Route 276), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Early on June 8, 1862, Union commander Gen. John C. Frémont
viewed the field at Cross Keys and without proper reconnaissance
assumed that Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s left flank was the strong side
of the Confederate line. Frémont ordered his . . . — — Map (db m25549) HM
On Port Republic Road (County Route 659) south of Cross Keys Road (Virginia Route 276), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell had five artillery batteries with him at Cross Keys. Four batteries and a 2-gun section (about 18 guns total) were massed on the ridgeline to your front. At the time of the battle on June 8, 1862, the ridge was . . . — — Map (db m25550) HM
On Port Republic Road (County Route 659) south of Cross Keys Road (Virginia Route 276), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
During the Civil War, this battlefield contained some of the most productive
farmland in the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia, as it does today. At
the time of the battle, these fields were in stands of wheat, buckwheat, rye,
corn, and clover. . . . — — Map (db m25551) HM
On Cross Keys Road (State Road 276) 0.5 miles west of Port Republic Road (State Road 253), on the right when traveling east.
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. Frémont. After initial success the Federals were checked by the fire of Confederate artillery. Attacks by . . . — — Map (db m46563) HM
Near Goods Mill Road (County Route 708), on the right when traveling south.
On June 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. Isaac R, Trimble led part of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment through the then-swampy ravine in front of you to attack Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division. Trimble intended to move around the 54th New York . . . — — Map (db m154621) HM
Near Goods Mill Road (County Route 708), on the right when traveling south.
After repulsing the initial Union attack, Confederate Gen. Isaac R. Trimble’s brigade heavily engaged two brigades of Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division near here on June 8, 1862.
During the afternoon fighting, Col. James A. Walker’s . . . — — Map (db m154622) HM
Near Goods Mill Road (Route 708), on the right when traveling south.
Many immigrants fought for the North and the South during the Civil War. Their numbers were especially high in Gen. Louis Blenker’s division of Gen. John C. Fremont’s Union army at Cross Keys on June 8, 1862.
Two Germans (Gen. Henry Bohlen and . . . — — Map (db m154624) HM
Near Port Republic Road (Route 659), on the right when traveling south.
On June 8, 1862, during the Battle of Cross Keys, Gen. Isaac R. Trimble’s Confederate brigade of a little more than 1,500 men occupied this line, a masked position behind a split-rail fence in what was then a wood line to your right and left. . . . — — Map (db m159602) HM
On Port Republic Road (County Route 659) south of Cross Keys Road (Virginia Route 276), on the right when traveling south.
Here, June 8, 1862, Gen. J. C. Fremont—pursuing Gen. T. J. “Stonewall” Jackson—was checked by Gen. R. S. Ewell with part of Jackson’s army, which lay towards Port Republic. Federals engaged: 12,750, killed and wounded: 684. Confederates engaged: . . . — — Map (db m4056) HM
On Battlefield Road (Virginia Route 679) 0.1 miles south of Cross Keys Road (Virginia Route 276), on the left when traveling south.
This cemetery and adjoining church yard were part of the 450 acre farm of John Kiblinger. Deeded to trustees of the Union Church by his son Jacob Kiblinger. Deed book 19, page 342 — — Map (db m236255) HM
On Port Republic Road (Route 659), on the right when traveling east.
This church, Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, stands on the site of an antebellum house of worship that, during the Battle of Cross Keys on June 8, 1862, was used as a hospital. Amputated arms and legs were dropped outside from a window and piled . . . — — Map (db m154641) HM
On Battlefield Road (Route 679) 0.1 miles south of Cross Keys Road (Virginia Route 276), on the right when traveling east.
Following Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s victory at Winchester, Union troops pursued the Confederates south, “up” the Shenandoah Valley. While Gen. John C. Fremont advanced on the Valley Turnpike, another Union force, led by Gen. James . . . — — Map (db m154642) HM
Near Cross Keys Road (Route 276) 0.5 miles west of Oak Shade Road (Virginia Route 676), on the right when traveling west.
Kyles Mill House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
circa 1741
Kyles Mill
House
circa 1741
Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Historical . . . — — Map (db m193816) HM
