Middleburg

• Target Property at Middleburg

  

  The Civil War Trust is currently working to save this portion of the Middleburg battlefield where J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry made a stubborn defense against superior numbers.

  Rob Shenk

• Satellite Image: Target Property at Middleburg

  

  This satellite image of the Mount Defiance property shows the historic tavern and blacksmith shop that figure in period accounts of the Battle of Middleburg.

  Google Earth

• Historic Blacksmith Shop

  

  This historic blacksmith's shop on the Trust's current target property on Mount Defiance, was present during the battle and can be seen on period maps of the area.

  Rob Shenk

• Dismounted at Middleburg

  

  Though the troops involved in the fighting at Mount Defiance were all in the mounted arm, the majority of action was done by dismounted cavalry, like the men of the 1st Maine Cavalry in this Alfred Waud sketch.

  Library of Congress

• Ashby Gap and the Blue Ridge

  

  Fought along the Ashby Gap Turnpike, the Battle of Middleburg was one of a handful defensive battles fought by Jeb Stuart's cavalry in their effort to conceal the northward movement of the Army of Northern Virginia.

  Rob Shenk

• 1st Rhode Island Ambush

  

  Col. Alfred Duffie's 1st Rhode Island Cavalry thundered down this road into Middleburg, surprising the Confederates defending the town.

  Rob Shenk

• Red Fox Inn

  

  Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart was lunching here amid a throng of admirers when news of approaching reached him. The Confederate cavalier and his staff promptly mounted and quit the town, only narrowly escaping capture.

  Rob Shenk

• The Prussian Confederate

  

  Maj. Heros von Borcke left his native Prussia to render his services to the Confederate army. After arriving in Richmond, the towering Prussian (who was roughly 6' 4") was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry, where he became a trusted member of J. E. B. Stuart's staff.

  Childs Burden

• The Wounding of Heros von Borcke

  

  Stuart's Prussian staff officer, Maj. Heros von Borcke, was wounded here while rallying North Carolina troops on June 19, 1863. The he survived the battle and the war, Von Borcke's wound ultimately ended his career in the Confederate Army.

  Rob Shenk

• Historic Ashby Gap Turnpike

  

  Modern-day Route 50 roughly follows the path of the historic Ashby Gap Turnpike, a vital avenue through the Blue Ridge and the Federals' axis of advance on June 19, 1863.

  Rob Shenk

• The War Weary Horse

  

  This equestrian statue outside the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg pays tribute to the one and a half million horses and mules who lost their lives in military service during the Civil War, including those that perished during the battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville.

  Rob Shenk

• Sharon Cemetery

  

  This small cemetery is the final resting place of Confederate soldiers who died in the town of Middleburg. Some of the remains here belong to troopers from Jeb Stuart's cavalry and may have been casualties in the Battle of Middleburg.

  Rob Shenk