Battle of Port Republic Facts

Date and Location

• June 9, 1862
• Village of Port Republic, in Rockingham County, Virginia

Campaign

• Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862

Principal Union Commanders

• Brigadier General Erastus Tyler

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General Thomas J. Jackson
• Major General Richard Ewell

Union Forces Engaged

• Department of the Rappahannock

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Department of the Valley

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 3,500

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 6,000

Estimated Union Casualties

• 1,002 (67 killed, 361 wounded, and 574 missing and captured)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 816 (88 killed, 535 wounded, and 34 missing and captured)

Result

• Confederate victory

Significance

• The Battle of Port Republic was the sixth, and final, engagement of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862.
• The Battle of Battle of Port Republic was the fifth Confederate victory of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862.

Timeline of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862

These are the main battles and events of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 in order.

• March 23, 1862 — First Battle of Kernstown
• May 8, 1862 — Battle of McDowell
• May 15–17, 1862 — Battle of Princeton Court House
• May 23, 1862 — Battle of Front Royal
• May 25, 1862 — First Battle of Winchester
• June 8, 1862 — Battle of  Cross Keys
• June 9, 1862 — Battle of  Port Republic