and middle Shenandoah Valley and freeing his army to reinforce Robert E. Lee before Richmond in the Seven Days Battles. Battlefield preservation The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved of the Port Republic battlefield in seven transactions since 1988. The battlefield is located about three miles east of Port Republic at U.S. Route 340 and Ore Bank Road. It retains its wartime agrarian appearance. The Port Republic Battle Monument is on Ore Bank Road beside the site of The Coaling, a key battlefield feature. The Coaling was the first land acquisition of the modern Civil War battlefield preservation movement. The 8.55-acre site was donated to the Trust's forerunner, the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (the founding battlefield preservation organization) by the Lee-Jackson Foundation in 1988. Notes/References Bibliography National Park Service battle description NPS report on battlefield condition CWSAC Report Update External links Battle of Port Republic in Encyclopedia Virginia Battle of Port Republic: Maps, histories, photos, and preservation news (CWPT) Port Republic Port Republic Port Republic Port Republic Rockingham County, Virginia 1862 in the American Civil War 1862 in Virginia June 1862 events