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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.
Culpeper Battlefields State Park is a state park in Culpeper County, Virginia. The park was authorized for creation by Governor Glenn Youngkin on June 21, 2022 and officially dedicated on June 8, 2024. Many of the sites are already protected by other land preservation organizations.
Location of Culpeper County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Culpeper County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
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 .
General Custer and staff at Clover Hill, 1864. Clover Hill is a decaying 18th-century plantation house near Culpeper in Culpeper County, Virginia. [1] Clover Hill is best known for serving as the headquarters for Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer during the American Civil War.
Brandy Station is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. [1] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 191. [2] Its original name was Brandy. The name Brandy Station comes from a local tavern sign that advertised brandy. [3]
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 ...
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 the statewide election of a pro-desegregation governor. By the middle of the 1970s, [6] Culpeper was the last county in Virginia to desegregate its public ...