Today at Brandy Station

The Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable announced a remarkable tour event.  On June 8, 2013, the organization is sponsoring a tour of the Brandy Station Battlefield, sight of the largest caval...

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After what some have describe as too much time away from this blog (and they are correct), I've decided it's time to resume Today At Brandy Station. As we move into the third year of the war - ...

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As published in the Culpeper Star-Exponent, May 12, 2012 By: JEFF SAY Culpeper Star-Exponent Published: May 12, 2012 The Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield were honored Monday with a ...

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Wednesday in Middleburg I had the pleasure of being present at a standing room only event at the National Sporting Library and Museum when Governor McDonnell presented a Transportation Enhanc...

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Monday in Culpeper. I had the distinct pleasure of joining many of my fellow FoCMB Board Members, and others in the office of Delegate Ed Scott (R-30th District) on Monday afternoon to take pa...

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Yesterday at Brandy Station: May 5, 2012 A fairly busy Saturday for me.  It began with members of the Civil War Roundtable of Eastern Pennsylvania.  The group meets in Allentown and journeyed...

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Today at Brandy Station: May 2, 2012 After about six months, I have decided to return to "Today at Brandy Station."  I am no longer aligned with the Brandy Station Foundation, but for consis...

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Today at Brandy Station: The past six months What follows are the events which surrounded my departure from the Board of Directors of the Brandys Station Foundation.  The final straw which led...

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This Weekend in Culpeper: November 11-13, 2011 Over the past three days -- I had the honor -- along with Bud Hall, to facilitate a tour of historic sites in Culpeper, Fauquier and Loudoun Count...

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Yesterday at Culpeper: November 5, 2011 While driving on the eastern edge of Culpeper yesterday afternoon, I saw the home Colonel Charles S. Wainwright wintered in is gone.  The house was in s...

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Today from Rappahannock Bridge: October 16, 1863 A dispatch posted October 14 has made the Richmond Daily Dispatch. The story provides and update on the advances of Lee's army into Fauquier Cou...

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Today along the Hazel and Rappahannock Rivers: October 12, 1863 The Bristoe Campaign is now underway. After attempts by Federal cavalry to stop their Confederate counterparts along the Rapidan ...

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Today at Brandy Station: October 9, 2011 Thankfully, yesterday's Culpeper Airfest caused minimal damage to the St. James Plateau property.  I became aware of the potential for parking on th...

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Today at Brandy Station: October 8, 2011 More accurately, the St. James Plateau. The Civil War Trust, stewards of the majority of the preserved and saved Brandy Station Battlefield, allowed C...

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Today at Rappahannock Station: September 28, 1863 Portion of a letter from Colonel H.F. Clark, ADC and CS (Commissary Department) to Lt. Col G.H. Woods Chief C.S. 3rd Corps: “Do you wish any...

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Today in Culpeper: September 24, 1863 We sometimes forget that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who fought in the Civil War were family men. Husbands and fathers. They gave up thier lives a...

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Today at Brandy Station: September 23, 1863 In 1862 and 1862, the majority of volunteers who enlisted in the Federal armies did so out of patriotism, civic pride and sense of duty. By 1863, thos...

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Today in Culpeper Court House: September 21, 1863 George Camp recounts in a letter to an unknown recipient back home of his experiences in the past week. Spelling has not been corrected. A port...

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Today at Cedar Mountain: September 8, 1863 From the diary of Jed Hotchkiss. "I started back at an early hour, going by Cedar Run to examine the route to the battle field and the location of Hud...

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Today at Beverly Ford: September 7, 1863 Below is a portion of a letter from Private William Lamson to his sister. Lamson is in the 20th Maine and they are camped on the Fauquier County side of ...

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Today at Germantown, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac: September 6, 1863 Today's entry is from Series I, Vol. 29, Part II, pp 158-159, of the War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union...

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Today at Germantown: September 5, 1863 Lt. Colonel Theodore Lyman, a recent arrival at the headquarters of George Gordan Meade, spent his first Sunday with the Army of the Potomac. Assigned as ...

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Today along the Rappahannock: September 4, 1863 The follow piece is taken from a letter written by Major Henry Abbott, of the 20th Massachusetts to his father. Abbott writes from Mitchell's Sta...

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Today at Brandy Station: May 2, 1864 The Army of the Potomac was consolidating it's forces in and around Brandy Station and Culpeper. The Fifth Corps, which had been guarding the Orange & Alexan...

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Today at Stevensburg: May 1, 2011 In Today's Culpeper Star Exponent It is no surprise that VDOT has chosen to widen Route 3 along its existing path. This is the 'option' the agency has pushed fr...

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