Port Republic Battlefield

Today you can visit the battlefield site known as “The Coaling” which was a 70-foot high prominence, its top cleared for a charcoaling operation. Federal artillery atop the height dominated the battlefield as they waited for Jackson. Repeated attacks on the hill were repulsed by the Union artillery with devastating results. Jackson then turned to Richard Taylor’s Louisiana Brigade, the “shock troops” of his army who flanked the hill and overwhelmed the Union defenders.

Open to the public from Sunrise to Sunset.