On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at Reedville Road (Virginia Route 229), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway.
Here Lee and Jackson had their headquarters. Here, August 24, 1862, they formed the plan to attack Pope’s line of supply and bring him to battle before McClellan could join him. — — Map (db m23959) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at Waterloo Road / Wildwood Circle (County Route 613), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway.
Culpeper County. Area 284 square miles. Formed in 1748 from Orange, and named for Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia 1680–1683. The battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862, was fought in this county.
Rappahannock County. . . . — — Map (db m8293) HM
On Old Bridge Road (Virginia Route 622) at Waterloo Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling north on Old Bridge Road. Reported missing.
Stuart, starting here with his cavalry on August 22, 1862, rode around Pope's army to Catlett's Station. He destroyed supplies and army material and captured Pope's headquarters wagons. — — Map (db m7729) HM
On Old Bridge Road (Virginia Route 622) at Waterloo Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling north on Old Bridge Road.
The village of Waterloo, with stores, warehouses, and two woolen factories, developed here along both sides of the Rappahannock River in the mid-19th century. The settlement was the terminus of a canal system that transported goods to and from . . . — — Map (db m216877) HM
On Laurel Mills Road (County Route 618) at Richmond Road (County Route 729), on the left when traveling east on Laurel Mills Road.
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m50140) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) west of Viewtown Road (County Route 642), on the right when traveling west.
Here Stonewall Jackson, on his march around Pope’s army by way of Jeffersonton to Bristoe Station, turned north, August 25, 1862. — — Map (db m8263) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) east of Holly Springs Road / Weaver Road (County Route 639), on the right when traveling west.
Here, J.E.B. Stuart, raiding around Pope’s army, turned northeast, August 22, 1862. He passed through Warrenton and went on to Catlett’s Station, where he captured some of Pope’s wagons, in one of which were found Pope’s order book and uniform. — — Map (db m8294) HM
On Viewtown Road (County Route 642), on the left when traveling south.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River to Virginia and camped at Bunker Hill in the northern Shenandoah Valley after the September 17, 1862, Battle of Antietam. Union Gen. George B. McClellan and the . . . — — Map (db m64423) HM
On Laurel Mills Road (County Route 618) at Richmond Road (County Route 729), on the left when traveling east on Laurel Mills Road.
Dangerfield Newby (ca. 1820-1859), a free mulatto for whose family this crossroads is named, was the first of John Brown’s raiders killed during the attack on Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859. He was the eldest child of Henry Newby and a slave, . . . — — Map (db m50611) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at View Town Road (County Road 642), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway.
Eliza Brown was a slave on the Pierce farm several miles west of here. When Union Gen. George Armstrong Custer camped here in August 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg, he hired her to be his servant and cook. Custer's wife, Libbie, mentioned . . . — — Map (db m173058) HM
On Laurel Mills Road (County Route 618) at Richmond Road (County Route 729), on the left when traveling east on Laurel Mills Road.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee passed through Rappahannock County on four occasions during the Civil War. The first occurred on August 26, 1862, on the march to Manassas, and the second took place in October during the retreat after the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m49652) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at Richmond Road (Virginia Route 729), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway.
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m49449) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the right when traveling east.
In mid-August 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee concentrated the Army of Northern Virginia on the western bank of the Rappahannock River near Jeffersonton, about 10 miles east of here. Union Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia was located on the . . . — — Map (db m64421) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at Richmond Road (Virginia Route 729), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway. Reported permanently removed.
The three brick cabins in the field before you are tangible connections to the enslaved people of Rappahannock County before and during the Civil War. Many slaves escaped to Union lines here and elsewhere, and some former bondsmen served in the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m49451) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) just west of Richmond Road (County Road 729), on the right when traveling east.
The three brick cabins in the field before you are tangible connections to the enslaved people of Rappahannock County before and during the Civil War. Many slaves escaped to Union lines here and elsewhere, and some former bondsmen served in the . . . — — Map (db m173050) HM
