Forgotten Civil War Battlefield

There is a battlefield which was a major part of Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign that has long been overlooked and nearly forgotten. There are currently no signs or markers indicating the sight of the Battle of Buckton Station in Buckton, Virginia. The purpose of this funding request is to raise $3500.00 so that the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation can receive the money needed to design, construct, and install an historic informational civil war marker at the battlefield site.

The Battle of Buckton Station occurred on May 23, 1862, the same day as the Battle of Front Royal. As a matter of fact it was a key part of what would happen at Front Royal. The battle itself would involve two Union infantry companies, Co B 27th Indiana and Co G 3rd Wisconsin,  and Colonel Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia cavalry. Ashby had ridden to the Union outpost at Buckton Depot where he made a series of mounted assaults, costing him several of his best officers. Ashby cut the telegraph lines and burned the depot, severing communication between the main Union army under General Nathaniel Bank's at Strasburg, and the small force under Colonel John Kenley at Front Royal. Colonel Ashby then divided his cavalry and sent Lt. Colonel Thomas Flournoy's regiment east to Front Royal to threaten Kenly's rear. This decision would prove to be key to the defeat of Union forces at Front Royal. Ashby remained at Buckton Depot to prevent Banks' from sending reinforcements to Front Royal.