Battlefield Trails - Civil War
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On 11 May, 1864, Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart chose ground just east of here to engage Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, who was advancing on Richmond by way of Mountain Road. Outnumbered three to one, Stuart's tr…
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In early May 1864, while Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee confronted the Union Army of the Potomac west of Fredericksburg, Union Gen. U.S. Grant sent Gen. Franz Sigel's army to destroy Lee's supplies in the Shenandoah Valley. After the Union defeat at New Mar…
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Here, June 8, 1862, Gen. J. C. Fremont—pursuing Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson—was checked by Gen. R. S. Ewell with part of Jackson's army, which lay towards Port Republic. Federals engaged: 12,750, killed and wounded: 684. Confederates engaged:…
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September 22, 1864General Philip Sheridan with 30,000 Federals defeated General Jubal Early with 11,000 Confederates. Driven in route from Winchester September 19, by Sheridan's overpowering numbers, Early formed his line of battle across the brow of this h…
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· One of sixteen Union Army earthen forts and battery positions protecting Knoxville, Nov. 1863-May 1865.
· Named for Capt. Jonathan C. Dickerson, 112th Illinois Mounted Infantry who was killed near Cleveland, TN on Sept. 18, 1863…
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On June 9, 1863, the Civil War visited the river fords, farmer's fields and rolling hills near Brandy Station. During the intense daylong fighting that swirled all around the little town, Confederate and Union horsemen clashed in the largest cavalry battle …
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In the summer of 1862 General John Pope formed the Federal Army of Virginia. While the elements of this new 63,000-man army were converging upon Culpeper, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson saw that part of the Union army - 12,000 men led by …
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Amidst numbing cold and stinging rain, in late 1863 Union General George G. Meade and his Army of the Potomac attempted a year-end stroke against Robert E. Lee. This effort climaxed along Mine Run, two miles in front of you.
Since Gettysburg, much had ha…
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June 30, 1863between Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's3rd Cavalry Division Army of the PotomacandMajor Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Cavalry DivisionArmy of Northern Virginia
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The Battle of New Market was fought here Sunday morning, May 15, 1864. The Confederates under Gen. J. C. Breckinridge were victorious over the Federals under Gen. Franz Sigel. The decisive incident of the battle was the heroic capture of the Federal battery…