battle, nineteenth century
Battle of Port Republic
Battle of Port Republic was a battle fought on 9 June 1862 at Rockingham County, in what is now Virginia, United States. It was part of the American Civil War, which ran from 1861 to 1865. The recorded result: Confederate victory. Recorded strength: 3,500 against 6,000.
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Where it sits in the American Civil War
Record
| Date | 9 June 1862 | |
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| Place | Rockingham County, Virginia, United States 38.300N, 78.793W | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 3,500 | 6,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 1,002 | 816 |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Cross Keys 1862, 7.8 km NW
- Battle of Piedmont 1864, 13 km SW
- Battle of Good's Farm 1862, 15 km NW
- Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia 1865, 28 km S
- Battle of Rio Hill 1864, 37 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Cross Keys 8 June 1862
- After: Battle of James Island 16 June 1862
- All 527 engagements of American Civil War
Elsewhere in 1862
- Battle of Antietam United States
- Second Battle of Bull Run United States
- Battle of Shiloh United States
- Battle of Puebla Mexico
- Battle of South Mountain United States
Combat data (CDB90)
| Attacker: CS VALLEY ARMY | Defender: US V CORPS | |
| Strength | 15,000 | 3,000 |
| Casualties | 800 (5.3%) | 1,018 (33.9%) |
| Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Outcome | attacker won | |
| Duration | 1 day | |
| Front width | 2.4 km | 2.4 km |
| Attacker advanced | 1.6 km | |
From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 182), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.
The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Port Republic battlefield (site VA106): a study area of 8,820 acres, with a core area of 3,475 acres where the fighting was concentrated; 8,730 acres retain enough integrity to be potentially eligible for the National Register.
Battle of Port Republic is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (172 in Virginia).
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2602211, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Port Republic, revision 1373343016, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.