Virginia Civil War Trails
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Loudoun County experienced continuous Union and Confederate activity during the war. Carter's Mill Road, in front of you, provided access to the agricultural abundance of Oatlands and other farms south and east of here, where the use of slave labor was comm…
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Stratford Hall. Birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Robert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall on January 19, 1807, to Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee — a Revolutionary War hero — and Ann Hill Carter. Robert E. Lee spent the first four years …
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Battle of Brandy Station. Heights & Sights to the South & West. . The commanding view from Fleetwood Hill rendered this "Famous Plateau" an ideal observation post during the war. Today the view looks much as it did in the 1860s. 1. COLE'S HILL .…
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Col. George D. Wells Leads the Way. Battle of Cool Spring—. . (Preface) . In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee detached Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields and dispatched it to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union G…
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Confederate Counterattack and Union Retreat. Battle of Cool Spring—. . (Preface) . In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee detached Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields and dispatched it to the Shenandoah Valley to counter…
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Thoburn's Rescue. Battle of Cool Spring—. . We "fired ninety rounds at the enemy... across the river." . —Lt. Jacob H. Lamb, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. . . Across the Shenandoah River from where you stand, Confederate Gen.…
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Battle of Manassas Gap. Wapping Heights—. The last engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign took place here in Manassas Gap on July 23, 1863. Union Gen. George G. Meade and the Army of the Potomac pursued Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern…
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Mystery Of The Centreville Six. The Long Road Home—. In June 1994, a well-preserved male skeleton was found buried in a then-wooded area a few yards in front of you and reported to authorities. Remnants of a woolen uniform jacket with military-style b…
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Mount Defiance. The Battle of Middleburg—. (preface) . After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland an…
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Glen Burnie. . This site, known as Glen Burnie, is the homestead of Col. James Wood, who founded Winchester on a portion of his land in 1744. Wood's son, Robert, began the present house in 1793, but the estate was home to the Wood-Glass families from the 17…