New Market Battlefield State Historical Park is a historic

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battlefield and national

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located near

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. The district encompasses the site of the

Battle of New Market The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men defeated the larger Army of the Shenandoah under Major General Franz S ...

, a

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fought on May 15, 1864, during Valley Campaigns of 1864. In the middle of the battlefield stands the Bushong House, used by both sides as a hospital during the battle and now the visitor center for the 300-acre park. an
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. It was listed on the

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in 1970.

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Inside the Virginia Museum of the Civil War - Sept 2024

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