Battle of Jack's Shop

Battle of Jack's Shop
Part of the Gettysburg campaign of the
American Civil War
DateSeptember 23, 1863
Location
Rochelle, Virginia
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United States United States Confederate States of America Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
John Buford
Hugh Kilpatrick
Thomas Devin		 J. E. B. Stuart

The Battle of Jack's Shop was a cavalry engagement fought on September 23, 1863, by Union forces under John Buford and Hugh Kilpatrick and a Confederate division under J. E. B. Stuart during the American Civil War.

Battle

First known as Jack's Shop for a blacksmith shop that stood nearby, Rochelle, in Madison County, Virginia, was the scene of a cavalry skirmish on September 23, 1863.[1] While Confederate cavalry under Major General J. E. B. Stuart engaged Union Brigadier General John Buford's troops, the cavalry of Brigadier General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick rode to Buford's support and attacked the rear of Stuart's force.[1] Stuart's horse artillery and his cavalry fired and charged in both directions.[1] They broke through Kilpatrick's lines and escaped.[1] The engagement was inconclusive.[2]

Analysis

The battle was fought while Lee's forces were withdrawing across the Rapidan River, following the great defeat at Gettysburg.[1] Together with the Battle of James City, which had been fought almost two weeks earlier, on October 8, the Battle of Jack's Shop has been said by Madison County historian Harold Woodward, Jr. to mark the end of the Gettysburg campaign.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Combs 2016.
  2. ^ Thomas 1999, p. 263.

Sources

  • Combs, Paula (September 22, 2016). "Preserving History at Jack’s Shop and James City". Piedmont Environmental Council. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  • Thomas, Emory M. (1999). Bold Dragoon: The Life of J. E. B. Stuart. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 112 (map), 263, 271–273.

Further reading

  • Brooks, Ulysses Robert, ed. (1912). Stories of the Confederacy. Columbia, SC: The State Company. pp. 189–195, 263.
  • Howard, Wiley C. (1901). Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry, and Some Incidents and Scenes Remembered. [Georgia]. p. 11.
  • Raiford, Neil Hunter (2006). The 4th North Carolina Cavalry in the Civil War: A History and Roster. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 59–60, 101, 104–105, 108, 125, 134, 146, 150, 164.