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|   Ogg Farm-Repulsed with Heavy Losses - Louisa VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites he apex of that line became known as the Bloody Angle during the heavy fighting later that day. Col. Richard. H. Dulany’s and Col. Gilbert J. Wright’s brigades supported the South Carolinians and extended the line past the Ogg House. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/29/2023 last visited: 06/29/2023 |
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| Confederate Winter Camps-Fighting Boredom and Disease - Woodbridge VA in U.S. Civil War Sites After the Confederate victory at Ball’s Bluff in October 1861, the Union and Confederate armies settled into winter camps between Washington and Richmond. Confederate forces withdrew from Fairfax County to Prince William County. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/01/2023 last visited: 07/01/2023 |
 view galleryNE52 km | Freestone Point Earthworks-Blockading the Potomac - Woodbridge VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On August 22, 1861, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee issued orders to blockade the Potomac River by building a series of artillery positions that would command the sailing channel. One of these positions was on the grounds of his ancestral home. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/01/2023 last visited: 07/01/2023 |
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| Battle of James City-Opening Battle of the Bristoe Station Campaign - Leon VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On October 10, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, anticipating an offensive that became known as the Bristoe Station Campaign, sent a division of Confederate horsemen led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart north from Madison on a raid. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/22/2023 last visited: 06/22/2023 |
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| 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 |
 view galleryN57.6 km | Brentmoor Spilman-Mosby House - Warrenton VA in U.S. Civil War Sites John Singleton Mosby bought the house from Keith in 1875. Mosby gained fame during the Civil War for his daring exploits behind Union lines. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/22/2023 last visited: 06/22/2023 |
 view galleryN57.9 km | Warrenton-Home of the "Gray Ghost" - Warrenton VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Although Warrenton was spared the ravages of major battles during the war, control of the town changed hands 67 times and many homes and churches housed soldiers or were used as hospitals. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/25/2023 last visited: 06/25/2023 |
 view galleryN57.9 km | Confederate Memorial - Warrenton VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Dead Six Hundred Virginia Daughters to Virginia's Defenders. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/02/2023 last visited: 07/02/2023 |
 view galleryNE60.5 km | 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 |
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| Yellow Tavern-Stuart’s Last Battle - Glen Allen VA in U.S. Civil War Sites While the Richmond local defense troops gathered to guard the capital, Sheridan attacked Stuart on this high ground. The Confederate line shattered. Stuart fell fatally wounded here while rallying his men. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 06/26/2023 |
 view galleryN67.4 km | Stone House Battlefield Landmark - Manassas VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This building links today’s landscape to the battlefield scene. The roadbeds have not changed; thousands of soldiers noticed the Stone House as they marched through this strategic intersection. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 07/19/2022 |
 view galleryS67.8 km | Dahlgren's Raid - Goochland, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A Civil War site along Route 6, east of Richmond. posted by:  bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 10/01/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryN67.9 km | The Unfinished Railroad - Manassas VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Stonewall Jackson set up his defensive line along a two mile section of these cuts and fills, which were originally grading for the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS72.1 km | Beaver Dam Creek - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate troops pursuing Federals retreating eastward from Mechanicsville here came under heavy fire from across Beaver Dam Creek. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS72.3 km | Lee’s First Strike - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Confederate plan did not call for an attack against the Union position along Beaver Dam Creek. Instead, a series of manuevers would make the Union defenses here untenable. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS72.3 km | Holding the High Ground - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The charging Confederates faced more obstacles than they could overcome: open fields, steep slopes, a broad and swampy creek, Union infantry using a millrace for protection, and powerfully positioned Union artillery crowning the ridge. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS72.3 km | Site of Ellerson’s Mill - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Grist mills were essential elements of the 19th-century farming community, and their remains can be found throughout the Seven Days Battlefields. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNE72.3 km | Orange & Alexandria Railroad Culvert in U.S. Civil War Sites Culvert under the original bed of the O&A RR, used by Confederate raiders to hide and wait for passing trains to sabotage posted by: hzoi location: Virginia date approved: 01/25/2022 last visited: 01/25/2022 |
 view galleryS72.6 km | Seven Days' Battles Begin - Richmond VA in U.S. Civil War Sites By the final week of June 1862, the Union army lay sprawled east of Richmond, on both sides of the flooded Chickahominy River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS72.6 km | Defending Richmond - Richmond VA in U.S. Civil War Sites From the war's beginning, Confederate authorities struggled with the question of how to defend Richmond. It lay vulnerable to approaches from every direction. Engineers eventually devised an integrated series of earthen fortifications. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS72.6 km | Chickahominy Bluff 1862 Seven Days' Battles - Richmond VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Visiting Richmond National Battlefield Park-The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Chaptico-A History of Rebellion - Chaptico MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Tiny Chaptico was home to many daring men, beginning with John Coode who led Maryland's 1689 Protestant Rebellion. During the Civil War, Chaptico's blockade runners carried medicine and other supplies at night across the Potomac River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/04/2023 last visited: 04/04/2023 |
 view galleryNE74.2 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 galleryS74.7 km | Grant's Grand Assault - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Cold Harbor is best known today for high losses among the attacking Union formations on June 3. The Sixth Corps made a small advance here, but most of the famous carnage occurred elsewhere. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS74.7 km | Confederate Fortifications - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The diary of Edward R. Crockett, 4th Texas Infantry, illustrates the daily pressure of life in these trenches: June 4th
“We work hard last night & dawn on the 4th have a heavy work completed. We have quit sleeping almost entirely.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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