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The area was the site of many battles and bloodshed. The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary army for the Confederate States of America in the east. Owing to the regions proximity to Washington D.C and the Potomac River, the armies of both sides frequently occupied and traversed Northern Virginia.
The Civil War Begins. April 17 - The Fauquier delegates to the Virginia State convention, John Quincy Marr and Robert Eden Scott, vote with the majority to secede from the Union. [6] May 23 - Fauquier citizens ratify Virginia's Ordinance of Secession by a margin of 1,809 to 4.
The first and last significant battles of the war were held in Virginia, the first being the First Battle of Bull Run and the last being the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse. From May 1861 to April 1865, Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy.
Battle of Ball's Bluff; Battle of Bunker Hill (1861) Battle of Jack's Shop; Battle of Lewinsville; Battle of Beaver Dam Creek; Beefsteak Raid; Battle of Berryville; Battle of Big Bethel; Battle of Blackburn's Ford; Bog Wallow Ambush; Battle of Boydton Plank Road; Battle of Brandy Station; Battle of Bristoe Station; Battle of Buckland Mills ...
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove ...
A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001. ISBN 1-57003-450-8. Gallagher, Gary W., ed. The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Military Campaigns of the Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
In 1863 Lieutenant General James Longstreet was placed in command of the Confederate Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Longstreet was given four objectives: (1) to protect Richmond, (2) give support to Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia if and when needed, (3) forage and gather supplies for the Confederate armies, (4) to capture the Union garrison at Suffolk if possible.
Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History. Thomas Dune Books; New York, 2007. pp. 86–87. Meserve, Stevan F. The Civil War in Loudoun County, Virginia: A History of Hard Times. The History Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59629-378-6. Morgan, James A III.