Cavalry Engagement at Jack's Shop

Cavalry Engagement at Jack's Shop is a Virginia historical marker in Madison County, dedicated 1990.

Madison County · dedicated 1990 · Rte. 231, just south of Beautiful Run Road

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First known as Jack's Shop for a blacksmith shop that stood nearby, Rochelle was the scene of a cavalry skirmish on 22 September 1863. While Confederate cavalry under Major General J. E. B. Stuart engaged Union Brigadier General John Buford's troops, the cavalry of Brigadier General H. Judson Kilpatrick rode to Buford's support and attacked the rear of Stuart's force. Stuart's horse artillery and his cavalry fired and charged in both directions. They broke through Kilpatrick's lines and escaped.

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