Virginia Civil War Trails
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In 1862, Confederate authorities considered locating the main defensive James River battery here to block the Union navy's approach to Richmond. They chose Drewry's Bluff instead because they feared that Union forces would bypass this position by cutting a …
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With the opposing armies locked in a protracted struggle around Petersburg and Bermuda Hundred, the James and Appomattox Rivers assumed added importance.
In August 1864, Union Gen. Benjamin Butler began excavations at Dutch Gap. When completed, his cana…
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Following Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's victory at Winchester, Union troops pursued the Confederates south, "up" the Shenandoah Valley. While Gen. John C. Fremont advanced on the Valley Turnpike, another Union force, led by Gen. James Shields, pursue…
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On June 8, 1862, during the Battle of Cross keys, Gen. Isaac R. Trimble's Confederate brigade of a little more than 1,500 men occupied this line, a masked position behind a split-rail fence in what was then a wood line to your right and left. Shortly after …
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Many immigrants fought for the North and the South during the Civil War. Their numbers were especially high in Gen. Louis Blenker's division of Gen. John C. Fremont's union army at Cross Keys on June 8, 1862.
Two Germans (Gen. Henry Bohlen and Col. John …
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On June 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. Isaac R, Trimble led part of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment through the then-swampy ravine in front of you to attack Union Gen. Louis Blenker's division. Trimble intended to move around the 54th New York infantry Regime…
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This church, Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, stands on the site of an antebellum house of worship that, during the Battle of Cross Keys on June 8, 1862, was used as a hospital. Amputated arms and legs were dropped outside from a window and piled up until…
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This house was the executive mansion of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 until April 2, 1865. A West Point graduate, former U.S. senator from Mississippi, and former U.S. secretary of war, Davis was the Confederacy's onl…
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After repulsing the initial Union attack, Confederate Gen. Isaac R. Trimble's brigade heavily engaged two brigades of Union Gen. Louis Blenker's division near here on June 8, 1862.
During the afternoon fighting, Col. James A. Walker's demi-brigade consis…
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Near this site on April 17, 1861, approximately one hundred local citizens, many of whom had just enlisted in The Staunton Artillery, met to board trains for Harpers Ferry. They were led by prominent local citizen John D. Imboden, who would remain an active…