Results for Rude’s Hill
Rude’s Hill
Knoll of Refuge and Attack
The spring of 1864 opened...
DuPont at Rude’s Hill
“I had to depend entirely upon myself ... ”
Here Cap...
Rude’s Hill
Stonewall Jackson’s camp ground April 2–16, 1862; his headqua...
Rude’s Hill Action
Rude’s Hill was reached by two divisions of Sheridan’s Uni...
Results for Rude’s Hill
Rude’s Hill
Knoll of Refuge and Attack
The spring of 1864 opened with United States forces pressing Confederate armies defending fronts scattered throughout the Confederacy. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was assigned the task of securing the Shenandoah Valley; always one of the Civil ...
DuPont at Rude’s Hill
“I had to depend entirely upon myself ... ”
Here Capt. Henry DuPont, commanding B Battery, 5th U.S.
Artillery, protected Union Gen. Franz Sigel’s defeated army as it retreated after the Battle of
New Market on May 15, 1864.
Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge ...
Rude’s Hill
Stonewall Jackson’s camp ground April 2–16, 1862; his headquarters at the foot of this hill. Colonel John Francis Neff, Commander 33rd Regiment, Stonewall Brigade, born and buried near here.Marker is on Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road ...
Rude’s Hill Action
Rude’s Hill was reached by two divisions of Sheridan’s Union cavalry following the Confederate General Jubal A. Early, on November 22, 1864. Early promptly took position on the hill to oppose them. The cavalry, charging across the flats, were repulsed ...
