Battle of Front Royal
May 23, 1862, General Jackson surprised General Banks’ forces in and around Front Royal, capturing many prisoners and army supplies and forcing Banks to flee in disorder out of the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland. This was the first move in Jackson’s celebrated ‘Valley Campaign’.
Marker is at the intersection of North Royal Avenue (Business U.S. 340) and Chester Street, on the right when traveling north on North Royal Avenue.
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