The surrounding landscape here is part of a larger battlefield network preserved by the efforts of many dedicated people. Early battlefield preservation movements were often led by local history advocates and students studying the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m152628) HM
Founded in 1782, Stevensburg sits at the important intersection of the Old Carolina Road and Kirtley Road - the intersection where you now stand. The community is named for General Edward Stevens, a local Revolutionary War leader and state . . . — — Map (db m152625) HM
Near here the Second Corps of Grant's Army camped in the winter of 1863-64. To this point came Sheridan's cavalry, the Sixth Corps from Brandy Station, and the Fifth Corps from Culpeper. The Union Army moved hence to Germanna and Ely's Fords on the . . . — — Map (db m83729) HM
Before the creation of independent African American churches throughout Virginia, the enslaved often attended church with their owners. Laws regulating African American gatherings and worship became increasingly strict in the 1830s following "Nat . . . — — Map (db m152626) HM
On October 23, 1833, Pastors Thornton Stringfellow and John Churchill Gordon organized Stevensburg Baptist Church. The congregation elected Stringfellow as the pastor for the new church and split from Mount Pony Baptist Church, which had relocated . . . — — Map (db m152627) HM
Just south stands Salubria, a rare estate of Georgian architecture in Virginia's Piedmont. The house is notable for its elegant proportions, fine Flemish-bond brickwork, and superb interior paneling. Salubria probably was constructed in the . . . — — Map (db m4580) HM
Music, reading and letter writing were all important pastimes for Civil War soldiers throughout their military service, and winter encampments offered extra time for these activities. While many soldiers kept to those pastimes, the town had a . . . — — Map (db m152629) HM
Named for Peter Hansbrough, who purchased both adjacent Cole's Hill and Hansbrough's Ridge in 1812, this elevated land was a strategic location throughout the Civil War and passed between Union and Confederate control several times. Troops from both . . . — — Map (db m152631) HM
Union and Confederate forces engaged in the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War on June 9, 1863, from Stevensburg north to Beverly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. An important phase of this huge battle comprising nearly 17,000 mounted troops, . . . — — Map (db m152632) HM
While a telegraph system ran along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad northwest of Stevensburg, signal stations were the best way to pass messages during the winter of 1863-1864. Both the Confederate and Union armies used signal stations on hills . . . — — Map (db m152633) HM
