Battle of Port Republic

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The Battle of Port Republic was a key 1862 American Civil War engagement in which Confederate General Stonewall Jackson defeated Union forces, helping secure Confederate control of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

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Battle of Port Republic canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Port Republic ⓘ
artilleryCapturedApprox 9 Union guns ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaignObjective to prevent Union forces from reinforcing the Peninsula Campaign against Richmond ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Erastus B. Tyler ⓘ
Samuel W. Carroll ⓘ
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson
confederateCasualtiesApprox about 800 ⓘ
confederateForcesComposition infantry, artillery, and cavalry of Jackson's Valley Army ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date June 9, 1862 ⓘ
engagementType offensive battle by Confederates ⓘ
followedBy Seven Days Battles ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
geographicalFeature Blue Ridge Mountains vicinity ⓘ
impact contributed to keeping Union forces away from Richmond in mid-1862 ⓘ
location Port Republic, Virginia ⓘ
Rockingham County, Virginia ⓘ
near Port Republic bridge ⓘ
notableLeader Charles Winder ⓘ
Richard S. Ewell ⓘ
objectiveOfJackson to defeat Union forces in detail in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
opposingForce Army of the Valley ⓘ
Union forces from the Mountain Department ⓘ
partOf Jackson's Valley Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Cross Keys ⓘ
primaryConfederateCommanderRank Major General ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
river South Fork of the Shenandoah River ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicImportance secured Confederate control of the southern Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
strategicOutcome ended the 1862 Valley Campaign in Confederate favor ⓘ
tactics Confederate flank attack on Union right ⓘ
theater Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
timePeriod American Civil War, 1862 Valley Campaign ⓘ
unionCasualtiesApprox about 1,000 ⓘ
unionForcesComposition brigades from Shields's division ⓘ
unionPrisonersTakenApprox about 450 ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valley Campaign of 1862 → battle → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Jackson’s Valley District → engagement → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
First Battle of Winchester → followedBy → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Battle of Cross Keys → followedBy → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
James Shields (Civil War general) → battle → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Jackson's Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Port Republic, Virginia → knownFor → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Port Republic, Virginia → hasEvent → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Port Republic → knownFor → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Port Republic → eventLocation → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Erastus B. Tyler → notableBattle → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ
Port Republic bridge → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Port Republic ⓘ