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|   First Blood in Saunders Field-The Battle of the Wilderness - Locust Grove VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Undaunted by a devastating Confederate fire, the 529 New Yorkers sprinted across the field and assailed the Confederates along the woodline before you. But supporting units, Caught in the tangled woods north of the field, could not keep pace. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Currituck County Courthouse-Confederate Recruiting Center - Currituck NC in U.S. Civil War Sites On March 31, 1862, the “Currituck Light Cavalry” began enlisting on the grounds under Capt. Demosthenes Bell. The company was assigned as Co. G to Col. Dennis D. Ferebee’s 4th North Carolina Cavalry, 59th Regiment North Carolina State Troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/12/2023 last visited: 04/12/2023 |
 view gallerySE138.1 km | Knotts Island-Salts Works Center - Knotts Island NC in U.S. Civil War Sites During the Civil War, salt—essential for the preservation of meat—was vitally important to the massive Union and Confederate armies. Currituck County's location was ideal for salt works, and Knotts Island's residents made salt here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 04/19/2023 last visited: 04/19/2023 |
 view galleryNW140.5 km | Kelly's Ford - Culpeper County VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The first significant cavalry battle of the Civil War took place when Union troops crossed the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 12/31/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW147.7 km | The 1863-64 Winter Encampment The Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station - Brandy Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Brandy Station played an important role in the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, though the Union and Confederate armies never clashed in the streets of the little town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/01/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryNW147.9 km | The Battle of Brandy Station-The Struggle for Fleetwood Hill - Brandy Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The fight for Fleetwood Hill - a classic cavalry battle fought on horseback - became a lethal game of King of the Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/01/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryNW147.9 km | The Battle of Brandy Station-The Race for Fleetwood Hill - Brandy Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here the old Carolina Road crosses the southern part of Fleetwood Hill, some of the highest ground in the area. On the slope ahead of you Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart, pitched his headquarters tents. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/01/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryNW148.7 km | The 1863-64 Winter Encampment The Federal Army of the Potomac Rebuilds - Brandy Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On the night of December 1, 1863, following its unsuccessful advance against Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Mine Run Campaign, a cold and tired Army of the Potomac withdrew across the Rapidan River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/01/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryNW148.9 km | St. James Episcopal Church - Brandy Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A country church was a focal point in the greatest cavalry battle of the Civil War. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 06/29/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW149 km | The Battle of Brandy Station Confederate Line of Defense at St. James Church - Brandy Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In the copse of trees, is the site of the St. James Church. Union soldiers tore down the small brick structure for materials to make their quarters during the winter of 1863-1864, when the Army of the Potomac wintered in Culpeper County. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/01/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryNW149.8 km | William "Extra Billy" Smith 1797-1887 - Culpeper VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Smith then volunteered for the Confederate Army and served as Colonel and later Brigadier General. Having no formal military training, he preferred common sense over the formal tactics of a military education. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Anna Ella Carroll Unofficial Cabinet Member - Woolford MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Carroll developed outlines for a Federal campaign into the South on the Tennessee River and sent a detailed plan to the War Department. In 1862-63, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant took his army up the Tennessee River and captured several key forts. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/07/2023 last visited: 04/07/2023 |
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| Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford in U.S. Civil War Sites Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford — Prince William County Historical Commission posted by: heaven03 location: Virginia date approved: 03/16/2020 last visited: 02/02/2020 |
 view galleryN152.6 km | Fort Washington - Fort Washingon MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Washington 1861 to 1865-As sectional differences increased and the country moved closer to the horror of civil war, Fort Washington found itself in a precarious position near the Nation's Capital. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/21/2022 last visited: 03/21/2022 |
 view galleryNE153.4 km | Harriet Tubman - Cambridge MD in U.S. Civil War Sites In the Civil War Harriet Tubman served the Union Army as a nurse, scout and spy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/29/2022 last visited: 11/13/2022 |
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| Fort Branch North Carolina in U.S. Civil War Sites is located two miles below Hamilton, North Carolina and 60 miles upriver of the town of Plymouth. Sitting 70 feet above a bend in the Roanoke River, this Confederate earthen fort provided a safe and clear view of Union gunboats. posted by: Countrydragon location: North Carolina date approved: 01/15/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN158.7 km | King's Depression Carriage - Fort Washington MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Capt. Rufus King, Jr. devised a counterweight system and front-pintle mount that would allow the 49,000 pdr. Rodman Gun to depress during loading. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/29/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryN158.7 km | Fort Foote Protecting the Nation’s Capital - Fort Washington MD in U.S. Civil War Sites High on a bluff, a hundred feet above the Potomac River, twelve heavy guns commanded the approach to the city. Smaller cannon were placed to protect Fort Foote from landward attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/28/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryN158.7 km | Northwest Bastion - Fort Washington MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Protecting the fort against land attack
Armed with smaller field and siege guns, the landward bastions could deliver a sustained cannonade of 12- and 30-pounder shells. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/28/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryN158.7 km | The Defenses of Washington - Fort Washington DC in U.S. Civil War Sites At the start of the Civil War, Washington was protected by only one fort, Fort Washington guarding the Potomac River approach. The capital city was uncomfortably close to Confederate forces operating in Northern Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/29/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryN159 km | Surratt Tavern-Confederate Safe House - Clinton MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Owned and operated by the ardently pro-Southern Surratt family, this building was used by Confederate agents as a safe house during the Civil War. Built in 1852, the structure was a tavern, hostelry and post office. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/03/2023 last visited: 04/01/2023 |
 view galleryN159.5 km | Camp Jones & 10th Alabama Cemetery - Bristow VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Hundreds of Confederate soldiers died of disease while encamped at Bristoe Station following the Battle of First Manassas and were buried in the surrounding fields. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 08/30/2012 last visited: never |
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