Bridgewater

Bridgewater (HMAQA)

Location: Bridgewater, VA 22812 Rockingham County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 22.789', W 78° 58.789'

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Bridgewater During the War

The town of Bridgewater was a center of Confederate logistical activity during the Civil War. It also sent one company of infantry, the Bridgewater Grays, to the 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment, which fought in most of the major battles in Virginia as well as at Gettysburg.

A Confederate remount station for cavalrymen from states other than Virginia was located a few blocks behind you. Confederate partisan ranger chief Capt. Charles Woodson of Missouri got mounts for his men here when they operated in the Valley in the summer and fall of 1864.

Bridgewater was also a collection point for Confederate tax-in-kind supplies, when Virginians with little cash paid their taxes in meat (live and cured), produce, tobacco, wool, hides, and anything else useful to the Confederate war effort. The town collection center was a two-story log cabin near here. At the approach of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's Union army on the fall of 1864, the revenue agent let townspeople take whatever they wanted and then burned the rest on the cabin lawn to keep it out of Federal hands. Gen. George A. Custer's U.S. Cavalry division occupied Bridgewater from September 30 to October 5, 1864.
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HM NumberHMAQA
Series This marker is part of the Virginia Civil War Trails series
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Placed ByShenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation & Virginia Civil War Trails
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Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 1:59am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 676456 N 4249889
Decimal Degrees38.37981667, -78.97981667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 22.789', W 78° 58.789'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 22' 47.34" N, 78° 58' 47.34" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 303 S Main St, Bridgewater VA 22812, US
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