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The Battle of Port Republic was fought on June 9 , 1862 , in Rockingham County, Virginia , as part of Confederate States Army Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson 's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War . Port Republic was a fierce contest between two equally determined foes and was the most costly battle fought by Jackson's Army Of The Valley during its campaign. During the night of June 8 to June 9 , 1862 , Charles S. Winder 's Stonewall Brigade was withdrawn from its forward position near Bogota (a large house owned by Gabriel Jones) and rejoined Jackson's division at Port Republic . Confederate pioneers built a bridge of wagons across the South Fork of the Shenandoah River at Port Republic. Winder's brigade was assigned the task of spearheading the assault against Union forces south of the river. Isaac R. Trimble 's brigade and elements of Patton's were left to delay John C. Frémont 's forces at Cross Keys, while the rest of Richard S. Ewell 's division marched to Port Republic to be in position to support Winder's attack. Brig. Gen. Erastus B. Tyler 's brigade joined Col. Samuel Carroll 's brigade north of Lewiston on the Luray Road. The rest of James Shields 's division was strung out along the muddy roads back to Luray. General Tyler, in command on the field, advanced at dawn of June 9 to the vicinity of Lewiston. He anchored the left of his line on a battery positioned on the Lewiston Coaling, extending his infantry west along Lewiston Lane to the South Fork near the site of Lewis' Mill. The right and center were supported by artillery (16 guns in all). |
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