The Coaling encompassed much of what today comprises the Edwards Tract. The battle largely occurred on a 70-foot-high ridge, known locally as “The Coaling,” which featured a clearing at the top from a charcoaling operation. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson engaged with Federal forces east of the village of Port Republic. On June 9, 1862, Confederate troops under Maj. The Edwards Tract is located southeast of the City of Harrisonburg, in a rural agricultural area in Rockingham County known as Port Republic. The easement protects approximately 107 acres of historically significant open-space land. The Department of Historic Resources (DHR) has executed and recorded a perpetual historic preservation easement over the Edwards Tract, a property situated on the site where the Battle of Port Republic in the American Civil War (1861-1865) took place.
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