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“The Cauldron” wayside marker is west of Middletown on the southwest side of Veterans Road. (39°01’35.4″N 78°17’30.8″W; see map below) The marker was erected by the Blue and Gray Education Society, Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, and Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.
From the marker:
The Cauldron
The defense of the high ground around Middletown Cemetery by the 2nd Division, U. S. VI Corps, stopped the Confederate momentum. Confederate forces from the divisions of Generals Stephen D. Ramseur and Gabriel Wharton regrouped in the area between Meadow Brook and Middletown and launched four attacks against this position, after which they dislodged the federals with a heavy artillery barrage. The Vermont Brigade and Battery M, 5th U. S. Artillery, defended the part of the ridge visible from here.
Donated to the People of the United States
by
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Beattie
of Charlottesville, Virginia
“The Cauldron” wayside marker is on the southwest side of Veterans Road 0.2 mi. south of Meadow Mills Road and south of the railroad tracks. From Middletown take 5th Street northwest from the Valley Pike (U.S. 11), which turns west and becomes Veterans Road. The marker is 0.5 mi. from the Valley Pike.