New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
Category: Historic
Tags: New Market Battlefield, Civil War, VMI cadets, history, museum, Shenandoah Valley, Bushong Farm, battlefield
Description
This 300-acre park preserves the site of the May 1864 Battle of New Market, where Virginia Military Institute cadets famously charged into Union lines. The Virginia Museum of the Civil War and the historic Bushong Farm interpret the battle and the broader Shenandoah Valley campaigns.
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