![]() ![]() Carroll retreated in confusion, losing his two guns, before his infantry could come within range. Fulkerson led his 37th Virginia Infantry in a charge across the bridge, where the gun at the opposite end was firing on them with grape shot, to drive the Union cavalry out of the town. Carrington brought up a gun from the vicinity of Madison Hall to rake the Main Street. Poague's battery to unlimber on the north bank. Jackson directed the defense, ordering Captain William T. Carroll deployed one gun aimed at the bridge and brought up another. Jackson and his staff raced down the main street from headquarters and across the bridge, narrowly eluding capture (three members of his staff were captured: Col. Shortly after dawn (June 8), Carroll scattered the Confederate pickets, forded the South River, and dashed into Port Republic. Carroll, at the head of a regiment of Union cavalry, supported by an artillery battery and a brigade of infantry, was sent ahead by Shields to secure the North River Bridge at Port Republic. Jackson's Valley Campaign: Front Royal to Port Republicįurther information: Confederate order of battle Battle Ĭolonel Samuel S. A few shots were fired and the Union cavalry fell back onto their main body, which was approaching. Įarly in the morning on June 8, Frémont's men encountered the Confederate advanced guard near Cross Keys Tavern. A Confederate signal station on Massanutten monitored Union progress. Jackson determined to check Frémont's advance at Mill Creek, while meeting Shields on the east bank of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. At Port Republic, Jackson possessed the last intact bridge on the North River and the fords on the South River by which Frémont and Shields could unite. James Shields, about 10,000, advanced south from Front Royal in the Luray (Page) Valley, but was badly strung out because of the muddy Luray Road. Frémont, about 15,000 strong, moved south on the Valley Pike and reached the vicinity of Harrisonburg on June 6. ![]() Two Union columns converged on Jackson's position. Jackson's headquarters were in Madison Hall at Port Republic. The 15th Alabama Infantry regiment was left to block the roads at Union Church. Winder's division on the north bank of North River near the bridge. Ewell's division along the banks of Mill Creek near Goods Mill, and Brig. On June 6–7, 1862, Jackson's army, numbering about 16,000, bivouacked north of Port Republic, Maj. The hamlet of Port Republic, Virginia, lies on a neck of land between the North and South Rivers, which conjoin to form the South Fork Shenandoah River. Further information: Jackson's Valley Campaign ![]()
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