Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bristow, Virginia
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Bristow is in Prince William County
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Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.5 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
As the North Carolinians moved down the slope behind you, Union artillery took a heavy toll on the Confederate infantry. A shell-burst killed Heth's horse, while another severely wounded both Kirkland and Cooke, taking them out of the fight. The . . . — — Map (db m151293) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.4 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
As Cooke's Brigade charged toward the railroad, they soon were in a foot race with Union reinforcements. Union troops reached the railroad first and unleashed their firepower against Cooke. One Union soldier wrote that the Confederates were, . . . — — Map (db m151291) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.2 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
As the Carolinians pulled back from their attack, an artillery duel continued over the battlefield. The rest of Lee's army arrived under Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell, bringing, 45,000 Confederates facing 8,000 Union troops. Darkness saved Warren's . . . — — Map (db m151288) HM
By 4:30 pm, Ewell saw the approach of Hooker’s two regiments to the north and the withdrawal of the 60th Georgia along the railroad. In the center, Forno’s Louisianans were already slowly pulling back. The arrival of Federal artillery and more . . . — — Map (db m167477) HM
On 26 August 1862 Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s command, led by Col. Thomas T. Munford’s 2d Virginia Cavalry and Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s division, arrived here at sunset after marching 54 miles in two days around Maj. . . . — — Map (db m4852) HM
In 1862, Federal soldiers in the area found as many as 82 men buried here. Here is a list of known burials in this cemetery as of 2012. As many as 41 are still unknown. William P. Adams Jesse Frank Nabors James Barber William Nunnelly J.G. . . . — — Map (db m64198) HM
The devastating crossfire provided by the 60th Georgia to your right on the other side of the railroad tracks had nearly an entire Federal brigade pinned down in this field. The Georgians used the cuts and fills along the railroad as a parapet to . . . — — Map (db m59402) HM
On Bristow Road (Local Route 619) 0.4 miles Nokesville Road (Virginia Route 28), on the right when traveling east.
In the autumn of 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, with Lt. Gen. A. P. Hill’s III Corps in the lead, pursued Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s Union army as it withdrew towards Washington. On the afternoon of 14 October, Maj. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m154867) HM
On Bristow Road (Virginia Route 619) just south of Nokesville Road (Virginia Route 28), on the left when traveling south.
George Brent, an English Catholic and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, joined with English merchants Robert Bristow, Richard Foote, and Nicholas Hayward in 1687 to purchase 30,000 acres here. They bought the tract from the Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m143100) HM
Welcome to Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park. The park interprets three important Civil war events that took place around Bristoe Station. This trail focuses on the fall 1861 Confederate encampment known as “Camp Jones” and the 1862 Battle . . . — — Map (db m59032) HM
On 10th Alabama Way just south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park. The park interprets three important Civil War events that took place around Bristoe Station between 1861-1865. This trail focuses on the Battle of Bristoe Station that was fought here on . . . — — Map (db m154870) HM
On Bristow Road (Virginia Route 619) just south of Nokesville Road (Virginia Route 28), on the left when traveling south.
The Civil War transformed this area. Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of both Federal and Confederate soldiers passed through this region. local road networks allowed soldiers to march rapidly in either direction. While the roads were important, . . . — — Map (db m143099) HM
On 10th Alabama Way just south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Twice baptized in blood for Liberty's sake, it will be a place to which in after times pilgrimages will be made by those who reverence the glorious, though suffering, past.
— Chaplain Joseph Hopkins Twichell, November 1, . . . — — Map (db m167450) HM
On Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park is one of Prince William County's most treasured open spaces. This peaceful landscape features over 2.7 miles of walking and equestrian trails. Wildlife abounds in the fields, woods and ponds. Evidence of . . . — — Map (db m232611) HM
From August through November of 1861, thousands of Confederate soldiers filled the acres surrounding Bristoe Station. These men belonged to the brigades of Brig. Gens. Henry Whiting and Cadmus Wilcox. This encampment was named Camp Jones after Col. . . . — — Map (db m59038) HM
The area around Bristoe became the final resting place for hundreds of soldiers who died in Northern Virginia. Soldiers from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia created state cemeteries to bury their comrades. Burial details . . . — — Map (db m59485) HM
On 10th Alabama Avenue at Iron Brigade Unit, on the left when traveling west on 10th Alabama Avenue.
During the late summer of 1861, Confederate troops from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia camped in the vicinity of Bristoe Station. Typhoid, measles, and other contagious diseases quickly swept through these camps . . . — — Map (db m154871) HM
On the afternoon of August 26, 1862, about 350 yards ahead, you would have witnessed a long line of freight trains containing dusty Federal infantrymen passing from the marshalling yards of Alexandria (to your left) on their way to the Federal camps . . . — — Map (db m59301) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.3 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue (Virginia Route 619), on the left when traveling south.
In this vicinity stood the home of Thomas K. Davis and his family. Davis purchased 136 acres in 1858 and by 1861 had built a substantial home, barn and outbuildings here. Davis also operated a store in the village of Bristoe Station at the northwest . . . — — Map (db m68483) HM
Prior to the action along the railroad, Brig. Gen. Nelson Taylor’s New York brigade, better known as the “Excelsior Brigade” came into the field here. Knowing little of the situation before arriving on the field, Taylor observed the . . . — — Map (db m59407) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.1 miles Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In the winter of 1863-1864 thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers encamped in the farms and woodlots surrounding Bristoe Station. With easy access to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, a pair of North-South and East-West roads, and a source of . . . — — Map (db m232527) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.3 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
As the Confederates fell back in confusion, General Thomas Smyth's Brigade was ordered to cross the railroad in front of you into what was then a pine tree thicket and attack the Confederate flank. With fixed bayonets, the Federals entered the . . . — — Map (db m151289) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.3 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
These men died from disease incurred while at Camp Jones near Bristoe Station and from numerous battles in Northern Virginia
"Fame's temple boasts no higher name, no king is grander on his throne: no glory shines with brighter . . . — — Map (db m151272) HM WM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.2 miles Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Gen. Hill now had nearly 4,000 North Carolinians moving forward to intercept the retreating Union Fifth Corps. Across the railroad track, to your right, elements of the Union Second Corps under Gen. Warren trudged wearily toward Bristoe Station. . . . — — Map (db m151282) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.1 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
At approximately 2 pm, the lead elements of Lee's army reached the hills in front of you. These men were part of Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill's Corps and they saw before them a rare opportunity to intercept and destroy a significant portion of . . . — — Map (db m154868) HM
On 10th Alabama Way just south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
After the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade settled in central Virginia on either side of the . . . — — Map (db m151278) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.2 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
As the North Carolina brigades advanced down the hill, Maj. David G. McIntosh was ordered to advance his artillery battalion here to support the Confederate attack. Hill chose the location over the protest of McIntosh due to its exposed position. . . . — — Map (db m151284) HM
On Chapel Springs Road at New Life Way, on the right when traveling north on Chapel Springs Road.
Near here is the site of the Anglican Dettingen Parish’s Broad Run Chapel which served this part of Prince William County from 1745-1758 until a new church was built on Slaty Run at Old Church Road. Though the Chapel was abandoned it was still . . . — — Map (db m218897) HM
As dawn broke on August 27, 1862, Stonewall Jackson moved two of his divisions up the railroad to the main Federal supply depot at Manassas Junction, leaving three brigades of Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s Division as a rear guard at Bristoe. Ewell’s . . . — — Map (db m59325) HM
On Bristow Road (Local Route 619) 0.4 miles east of Nokesville Road (Virginia Route 28), on the right when traveling east.
By the first quarter of the 1700s, revisions to the road laws in the colony mandated more convenient travel routes over land. In conjunction with new settlement pushing west through the Piedmont region to the Blue Ridge, a series of old Indian . . . — — Map (db m781) HM
In June of 1862, fighting in Virginia was focused around the Confederate Capital in Richmond. In a series of battles known as the Seven Days Campaign, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee beat back Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the . . . — — Map (db m59036) HM
In this creek bed, three Louisiana regiments made a stand. These men, many recruited from the wharves of New Orleans, had already established a reputation as hard fighters and were labeled “Tigers” by their comrades. Their brigade . . . — — Map (db m165660) HM
