Fisher's Hill

Fisher's Hill (HM1NWE)

Location: Strasburg, VA 22657 Shenandoah County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 59.31', W 78° 25.253'

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"Close up! On your life!"—Gen. Battle's Defense

— 1864 Valley Campaign —

As Gen. George Crook's corps struck the Confederate left ﬂank, Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur responded quickly. He reformed Gen. Cullen A. Battle's Alabama infantry brigade on the high ground on the opposite side of the ravine in front of you so that it faced west to meet the Union assault. Capt. Thomas J. Kirkpatrick's Amherst Battery supported Battle's position by ﬁring double canister into Crook's infantry. Capt. John Massie's Fluvanna Artillery also wheeled its guns to the west to support Battle's efforts to stem the tide of Union infantry.

While Confederate artillery and Battle's Alabamians ﬁred into the Union attackers, Battle grabbed a cedar stake and rode among his men while waving it over his head and shouting, "Close up! On your life!" Confederate artillerist M.S. Watts, who served in the Amherst Battery, wrote that Battle appeared as a "colossal ﬁgure" as he urged his regiments to stand ﬁrm against the Union tidal wave.

For a brief moment the Confederate ﬁre stymied Crook's assault. After the war, he wrote that the combination of ﬁre from the two artillery batteries and Battle's ﬁve regiments made "the ground hot for us." Col. George D. Wells, who commanded one of Crook's brigades, agreed "The enemy ... with musketry and artillery gave us a heavy ﬁre as we came on." The Confederate success in slowing the Union assault, however, proved temporary.

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Gen. Cullen A. Battle Courtesy U.S. Army Military History Institute
Col. George D. Wells Courtesy Jonathan A. Noyalus
Confederate battery ﬁring Courtesy Library of Congress

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HM Number	HM1NWE
Tags	US Civil War
Placed By	Virginia Civil War Trails
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Sunday, September 13th, 2015 at 9:02pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	17S E 723382 N 4318664
Decimal Degrees	38.98850000, -78.42088333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 38° 59.31', W 78° 25.253'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	38° 59' 18.6" N, 78° 25' 15.18" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	540
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal Address	At or near 5-423 Tumbling Run Ln, Strasburg VA 22657, US
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