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In this vicinity stood the home of Thomas K. Davis and his family. Davis purchased 136 acres in 1858 and by 1861 had built a substantial home, barn and outbuildings here. Davis also operated a store in the village of Bristoe Station at the northwe…
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By 4:30 pm, Ewell saw the approach of Hooker's two regiments to the north and the withdrawal of the 60th Georgia along the railroad. In the center, Forno's Louisianans were already slowly pulling back. The arrival of Federal artillery and more inf…
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In 1862, Federal soldiers in the area found as many as 82 men buried here. Here is a list of known burials in this cemetery as of 2012. As many as 41 are still unknown.
William P. Adams Jesse Frank NaborsJames Barber William NunnellyJ.G. Booker…
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The area around Bristoe became the final resting place for hundreds of soldiers who died in Northern Virginia. Soldiers from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia created state cemeteries to bury their comrades. Burial detai…
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In this creek bed, three Louisiana regiments made a stand. These men, many recruited from the wharves of New Orleans, had already established a reputation as hard fighters and were labeled "Tigers" by their comrades. Their brigade commander here a…
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Prior to the action along the railroad, Brig. Gen. Nelson Taylor's New York brigade, better known as the "Excelsior Brigade" came into the field here. Knowing little of the situation before arriving on the field, Taylor observed the unequal fight …
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The devastating crossfire provided by the 60th Georgia to your right on the other side of the railroad tracks had nearly an entire Federal brigade pinned down in this field. The Georgians used the cuts and fills along the railroad as a parapet to …
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As dawn broke on August 27, 1862, Stonewall Jackson moved two of his divisions up the railroad to the main Federal supply depot at Manassas Junction, leaving three brigades of Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Division as a rear guard at Bristoe. Ewell…
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On the afternoon of August 26, 1862, about 350 yards ahead, you would have witnessed a long line of freight trains containing dusty Federal infantrymen passing from the marshalling yards of Alexandria (to your left) on their way to the Federal cam…
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From August through November of 1861, thousands of Confederate soldiers filled the acres surrounding Bristoe Station. These men belonged to the brigades of Brig. Gens. Henry Whiting and Cadmus Wilcox. This encampment was named Camp Jones after Col…