The Battle of Harrisonburg historical marker is south of of the city of Harrisburg on Chestnut Ridge. The Chestnut Ridge wayside marker is next to the marker and the monument to Confederate General Turner Ashby showing where he died in the battle is nearby. (38°25’23.2″N 78°51’53.2″W; map)
From the marker:
The Battle of Harrisonburg
On wooded Chestnut Ridge the evening of Friday, June 6, 1862, Pennsylvania Bucktails under Col. Kane were defeated in a hard fight with the 58th Va. under Col. Letcher and Gen. Turner Ashby and the 1st Md. under Col. Bradley Johnson. Gen. Ashby killed; Col. Kane captured. Stonewall Jackson said of Gen. Ashby: “I never knew his superior, his daring was proverbial.”