CSA Captain Charles H. Woodson Monument

This memorial marks the spot where CSA Captain Charles H. Woodson and his men of Company A, 1st Missouri Cavalry were killed. Bij far the largest part of this unit, which had no horses and was attached to the 62d Virginia Mounted Infantry, was annihilated during a charge, during the Battle of New Market, on Captain Alfred von Kleiser's 30th New York Battery, which was firing canister
The Battle of New Market took place on 15 May 1864. The battle resulted in a Confederate victory. In the battle, the Union lost 841 men (killed, wounded, missing or captured), the Confederates 520 men.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Michael Noirot – BattlefieldPortraits.com