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Piedmont Station and Delaplane Markers image, Touch for more information
By J. J. Prats, October 18, 2006
Piedmont Station and Delaplane Markers
RANKED BY RELEVANCE, THEN GEOGRAPHICALLY
1 Virginia, Fauquier County, Delaplane — Piedmont StationBy Train to Manassas — First Manassas Campaign —
Here at Piedmont Station (now Delaplane) trains were used for the first time in history to move troops to impending battle. On July 19, 1861 the fields surrounding this stop on the Manassas Gap Railroad—which appeared then almost exactly . . . Map (db m41648) HM

2 Virginia, Fauquier County, Delaplane — B-21 — Delaplane(Formerly Piedmont Station)
On July 19, 1861 Stonewall Jackson’s brigade of General Joseph E. Johnston’s corps marched to this station from Winchester. They crowded into freight and cattle cars and travelled to the 1st Battle of Manassas. The use of a railroad to carry more . . . Map (db m642) HM

3 Virginia, Fauquier County, Paris — B-20 — Jackson’s Bivouac
After a day’s march from Winchester on 19-20 July 1861, Brig. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson halted his lead brigade of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Valley army near here. At 2:00 A.M. his 2,500 men sank down to rest. When told that no . . . Map (db m1401) HM

4 Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas“On to Richmond!”
(During the Civil War, two railroads—the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria—intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy as a supply depot and for military transportation. . . . Map (db m2464) HM

5 Virginia, Fauquier County, The Plains — The PlainsThe Death of a “Jessie Scout” — Mosby’s Confederacy, First Manassas Campaign, Second Manassas Campaign —
The Plains, situated on the Manassas Gap Railroad between Piedmont Station and Manassas Junction, was frequently traversed by troops from both sides. Throughout the war, local resident Edward (Ned) Carter Turner kept a detailed diary. . . . Map (db m156110) HM
 
 
 
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