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Fauquier County was the site of many American Civil War battles. These battles included (in order) the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, the Battle of Kelly's Ford, the Battle of Aldie, the Battle of Middleburg, the Battle of Upperville, the First and Second Battle of Auburn, the Battle of Buckland Mills, and the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station.
Pages in category "Fauquier County, Virginia, in the American Civil War" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Auburn Battlefield, also known as Coffee Hill Battlefield, is a national historic district and American Civil War battlefield located near Catlett, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses the areas of the two Auburn battles on October 13 and 14, 1863, and includes 18 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 8 contributing structures.
The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 109 acres (0.44 km 2) of the battlefield. [8] The battlefield is accessible from a walking trail adjacent to the ruins of Chapman's Mill, located north of Interstate 66 on Beverly Mill Drive. [9]
Location of Fauquier County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fauquier County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
The Second Battle of Auburn was fought on October 14, 1863, in Fauquier County, Virginia, between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War.Confederate forces led by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell led a sortie to extricate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry command, trapped between two Union columns and clashed with the rearguard of the Federal II Corps under Brig. Gen. Gouverneur K ...
Sabres and Spurs: The First Regiment Rhode Island Cavalry in the Civil War, 1861–1865. Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1994. OCLC 30404710. First published 1876 by the First Rhode Island Cavalry Veteran Association. Eicher, David J. The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-84944-5.
Fauquier County and Warrenton Junction. Fauquier County, Virginia, is located slightly less than 50 miles (80 km) west of Washington, DC, and slightly less than 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Richmond, Virginia, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America. The county's population in 1860 was 21,763, and about half of its people ...