New Market is best known in Virginia for the Battle of New Market, fought here on 15 May 1864 during the American Civil War. The town lies in the Shenandoah Valley near the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, with Massanutten Mountain to the east. New Market Battlefield State Historical Park preserves ground associated with the Confederate victory, in which cadets from the Virginia Military Institute took part. U.S. Route 11 follows the old Valley Pike through town, part of a long-established travel corridor through the valley. Move on to other webcams in Virginia to compare valley landscapes and settings around New Market.
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