Early's Last Battle

Early's Last Battle is a Virginia historical marker in Waynesboro County, dedicated 1989.

Rte. 250, at Dupont Street

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On the ridge west of Waynesboro occurred the last engagement of Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Portions of Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's army, including cavalry led by Maj. Gen. George A. Custer, attacked and routed Confederate troops under Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton. Early and the remnants of his army retreated, leaving Sheridan in control and ending the Shenandoah Valley campaigns.

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical maps covering this location

1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1875 · Map of Augusta County, Virginia (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1919 · State of West Virginia and part of Maryland (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1926 · Proposed Shenandoah National Park, Virginia / engraved and printed by the U.S. Geological… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Map showing the location of battle fields of Virginia (Library of Congress)

Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering the location of Early's Last Battle, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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