The Cavalry Engagement A26 Virginia historical marker is in between Mount Jackson and New Market, Virginia. Nearby markers include Rude’s Hill, Jackson at Rude’s Hill, Rude’s Hill Action and Rude’s Hill – Knoll of Refuge and Attack.
From the marker:
A26
Cavalry Engagement
On 15 Nov. 1863, Col. William H. Boyd reconnoitered
with a Federal cavalry and artillery detachment
south from Charlestown (in present-day W.Va.)
toward New Market. The next day, the force
encountered Maj. Robert White’s cavalry
command just north of Mount Jackson. White’s
Confederates retreated fighting through the town
and crossed the Shenandoah River bridge to
Rude’s Hill. Realizing that White’s artillery
could sweep the bridge, Boyd withdrew to a
bivouac two miles north of Woodstock, pursued
by Capt. Thomas S. Davis’s cavalry company,
and soon returned to Charlestown. Losses
from the Mount Jackson engagement were
light on both sides.
Erected 1998 by Department of Historic Resources.