New Market State Historical Park

Civil War Battlefield

We had gone by this many times, being my cousin lives nearby and never stopped in. We saw the movie about the battle and found it very interesting and sad. Very interesting museum and Bushong farm ho...

A well-preserved battlefield

This is the battlefield for the Battle of New Market. It is not large, but it does not take long to understand how the battle went. This is a must for Civil War buffs.

Well worth a trip

Be sure that you go to the right museum! There is another museum at the entrance to the park that people mistake for the battlefield..but it is privately owned. We unfortunately went to that Civil W...

I am a VMI grad, so my review is not unbiased

This is just a must see for anyone curious or interested in the Civil War. VMI is the only military college in the world where cadets actually fought in battle and here is where ten of them died. I pe...

A lesser known but intriguing Civil War battle site

A lesser known but intriguing Civil War battle site. Scene of the famous attack of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) cadets, featured fictionally in the John Wayne movie "The Horse Soldiers". Spra...