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The Battle of Culpeper Court House was an American Civil War skirmish [1] fought September 13, 1863, near Culpeper, Virginia, between the cavalry of the Union Army of the Potomac and that of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The Union victory opened up the Culpeper region to Federal control, a prelude to the subsequent Bristoe Campaign.
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks [ 2 ] attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates ...
The Battle of Kelly's Ford, also known as the Battle of Kellysville or Kelleysville, [3] took place on March 17, 1863, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the cavalry operations along the Rappahannock River during the American Civil War. It set the stage for Brandy Station and other cavalry actions of the Gettysburg Campaign that summer.
The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia streamed into Culpeper County, Virginia, after its victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863. Under the leadership of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the troops massed around Culpeper preparing to carry the war north into Pennsylvania. The Confederate Army was suffering from hunger and their equipment was poor.
Pages in category "Culpeper County, Virginia, in the American Civil War" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[2] [3] It is the first state park in Culpeper County and the northern Virginia Piedmont region. The park features several disconnected battlefields where major engagements took place during the American Civil War , with primary focus on the Cedar Mountain battlefield , just south of Culpeper, and Brandy Station Battlefield , located northeast ...
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...
During the Civil War the Battle of Cedar Mountain took place on August 9, 1862, and the Battle of Brandy Station occurred on June 9, 1863, in Culpeper County. Culpeper was the boyhood home of Civil War General A. P. Hill, who fought against Union forces. The negative impact of the Massive Resistance campaign against school integration led to ...