Battle of New Market

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The Battle of New Market was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, notable for the participation of Virginia Military Institute cadets fighting for the Confederacy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of New Market canonical 11
Battle of New Market Road 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New Market ⓘ
belligerent Confederate Army ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
cadetCasualties 10 VMI cadets killed ⓘ
dozens of VMI cadets wounded ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesConfederate approximately 500 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesUnion approximately 800–900 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
category Battles involving the Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battles involving the United States ⓘ
Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
commander Franz Sigel ⓘ
John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
commanderSide Franz Sigel – Union ⓘ
linked to: Franz Sigel

John C. Breckinridge – Confederate ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-05-15 ⓘ
endDate 1864-05-15 ⓘ
era American Civil War era ⓘ
fieldName Field of Lost Shoes ⓘ
hasFilmDepiction Field of Lost Shoes (2014 film) ⓘ
linked to: Field of Lost Shoes
hasMonument VMI cadet monument at New Market ⓘ
locatedIn Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
memorializedBy New Market Battlefield State Historical Park ⓘ
Virginia Museum of the Civil War ⓘ
notableEvent VMI cadet charge across the "Field of Lost Shoes" ⓘ
notableFor participation of Virginia Military Institute cadets ⓘ
numberOfCadetsEngaged approximately 257 VMI cadets ⓘ
objectiveConfederate to block Union advance in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
objectiveUnion to advance up the Shenandoah Valley and threaten Confederate resources ⓘ
participatingUnit Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets ⓘ
partOf Valley Campaigns of 1864 ⓘ
partOfCampaign Union operations against the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 ⓘ
place New Market, Virginia ⓘ
precedes Battle of Piedmont ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
startDate 1864-05-15 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped protect the Shenandoah Valley for the Confederacy in 1864 ⓘ
strengthConfederate approximately 4,500–5,500 soldiers ⓘ
strengthUnion approximately 6,000–6,500 soldiers ⓘ
terrainFeature Shenandoah River valley farmland ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Valley Campaigns of 1864 → involves → Battle of New Market ⓘ
New Market, Virginia → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of New Market ⓘ
subject linked to: Newmarket, Virginia
Shenandoah County, Virginia → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of New Market ⓘ
Battle of Glendale → alsoKnownAs → Battle of New Market Road ⓘ
linked to: Battle of New Market
Battle of Piedmont → precededBy → Battle of New Market ⓘ
Franz Sigel → participatedIn → Battle of New Market ⓘ
Virginia Museum of the Civil War → focusesOnEvent → Battle of New Market ⓘ
New Market Battlefield → siteOf → Battle of New Market ⓘ
New Market Historic District → significantEvent → Battle of New Market ⓘ
Union campaigns of 1864 → hasBattle → Battle of New Market ⓘ