Catlett in Fauquier County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Photographed by John Kilday, September 22, 2023

1. St Stephen's Episcopal Church Marker

Inscription. St. Stephen's Church was organized in 1842 to serve residents of this area who previously had to travel from St. James' Church in Warrenton. Located between the strategically important Warrenton Turnpike and the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. St. Stephen's was in the path of both armies during the Civil War. The 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry established its headquarters in the sanctuary in April 1862 and two brigades of Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's calvary corps encamped nearby in Oct. 1863. The church burned during the war. Women led efforts to raise funds for a new Gothic Revival sanctuary, built in 1879, and to reopen the church in 1939 after the Great Depression.

Erected 2020 by Virginia Department of Historical Resources. (Marker Number FF 17.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1862.

Location. 38° 40.743′ N, 77° 40.042′ W. Marker is in Catlett, Virginia, in Fauquier County. It is on Old Dumfries Road 0.1 miles west of Greenwich Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map.

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Marker is at or near this postal address: 8695 Old Dumfries Rd, Catlett VA 20119, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stuart's Bivouac (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mosby’s Raid at Catlett’s Station (approx. 2.2 miles away); Neavil's Ordinary (approx. 2.2 miles away); Catlett’s Station (approx. 2.4 miles away); Stuart and Mosby (approx. 2.4 miles away); Battle of Coffee Hill (approx. 2.4 miles away); Second Battle of Auburn (approx. 2.4 miles away); Neavil’s Mill (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Catlett.

Another

Photographed by John Kilday, September 22, 2023

2. St Stephen's Episcopal Church Marker

marker is no longer nearby. Neavil's Ordinary (was approx. 2.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by John Kilday, September 22, 2023

3. St Stephen's Episcopal Church Marker

Photographed by John Kilday, September 22, 2023

4. St Stephen's Episcopal Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2023, by John Kilday of Warrenton, Virginia. This page has been viewed 538 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 23, 2023, by John Kilday of Warrenton, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.