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The historical marker for the Engegement of Middletown is on the northwest side of the Valley Pike (U.S. 11) in Middletown, Virginia, in front of the Wayside Inn. (39.0304 N, 78.27684 W; see map)
Surrounded by the 1864 Cedar Creek battlefield, this marker commemorates a fight from two years earlier during ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s 1862 campaign. It illustrates how the fighting in the Shenandoah Valley would frequently return to the same crossroads and strategic places during the war.
After the Battle of Front Royal concluded with the Union General John Kenly’s last stand at Fairview, Jackson struck six miles west from the Front Royal – Winchester Road to successfully harass the retreat of Banks’ main army along the Valley Pike at Middletown.
The view is facing west from the Valley Pike. The marker is in front of the Wayside Inn and a short distance from the monument to Union Brigadier General Charles R, Lowell from the Battle of Cedar Creek.
From the marker:
A16
Engagement of Middletown
Here Stonewall Jackson, on
May 24, 1862, attacked Banks
retreating from Strasburg
and forced him to divide
his army.
Erected 1929 by Conservation and Development Commission.
The Virginia Historical marker for the Engegement of Middletown is on the northwest side of the Valley Pike (U.S. 11)
in Middletown, Virginia, in front of the Wayside Inn.