Cavalry Engagement

Historical marker location:

Sperryville, Virginia

( Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 211) north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1929

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.