(Preface): After the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia escaped to Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln repeatedly urged Union Gen. George B. McClellan to pursue and attack. Following a plan . . . — — Map (db m42491) HM
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 m3754) HM
(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia went into the Shenandoah Valley, then north through Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m41655) HM
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 m3753) HM
Mary E. Conover Mellon lived nearby with her second husband, the philanthropist Paul Mellon. Interested in the humanities and deeply influenced by the work of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, she was instrumental in establishing the Bollingen Series of . . . — — Map (db m208635) HM
Paul Mellon, one of the foremost American philanthropists of the 20th century, lived nearby. An heir to the vast banking and industrial fortune left by his father, Andrew W. Mellon, he supported universities, civic improvement projects, conservation . . . — — Map (db m208636) HM
Paul Mellon established Rokeby Stables near here on property purchased in 1931 by his father, Andrew W. Mellon, financier and U.S. secretary of the treasury. Paul Mellon bred and raised champion racehorses, including American Way, Grand National . . . — — Map (db m236584) HM
This site, known during the war as Vineyard Hill, commands a clear view of the road, stone walls, and fields in front of you where 10,000 cavalry and infantry clashed in the Battle of Upperville on June 21, 1863. It was the fifth day of attack and . . . — — Map (db m1550) HM
Leapfrogging westward in a delaying action against advancing Union cavalry June 21, 1863, the rear guard of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, commanded by Gen. Wade Hampton, took up a strong position on the steep ridge just behind you. From there two . . . — — Map (db m1549) HM
On June 21, 1863, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart’s troopers under Gen Wade Hampton, retreating from Rector’s Crossroads (Atoka), crossed this bridge and took a strong position of the steep ridge behind you. From there, Confederate artillery . . . — — Map (db m225884) HM
1) 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber
2) Trooper’s forage bags – included coffee, sugar, hardtack, and mess gear
3) Blanket roll – change of clothes, wrapped around a wool blanket and covered with a rubber blanket
4) Canteen
5) 1859 McClellan saddle, . . . — — Map (db m224793) HM
The Goose Creek Bridge was built in 1802 and was used daily by pedestrians, carriages, horses, and vehicles until 1957. The bridge is a four-arched stone bridge, 212 ft. long, and is the oldest remaining turnpike bridge in Virginia, dating to . . . — — Map (db m238417) HM
In 2017, The Civil War Trust and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Transportation transferred properties to NOVA Parks consisting of a 20-acre battlefield park to mark the Battle of Upperville fought on this site and nearby properties on . . . — — Map (db m235948) HM
