PORT REPUBLIC, Va. — The Port Republic Battle Monument commemorates the fierce fighting at the Battle of Port Republic, fought on June 9, 1862. As part of Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign during the American Civil War, Confederate forces captured a roughly 70-foot-high hill that served as a key Union artillery defensive position overlooking “The Coaling.” From this vantage point, Union guns inflicted heavy losses on Confederate forces until Jackson’s troops launched repeated assaults and ultimately captured the hill.

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