The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide
Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virginia. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide is the comprehensive guidebook to the most significant battles of the Civil War. Reviewed by Edwin C. Bearss and other noted Civil War authorities and sanctioned by the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, no other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility. |
Contents
Blackburns Ford | 15 |
Dranesville engagement | 25 |
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 1863 | 206 |
77 | 269 |
Manassas Junction after Jackson | 327 |
BERMUDA HUNDRED CAMPAIGN | 418 |
Common terms and phrases
A. P. Hill Army of Northern arrived artillery assault attack battery battle bridge Brig brigade captured casualties cavalry cavalry division Church Civil War Trails command Confeder Confederate corps Court House Creek crossed D. H. Hill defensive DEPARTMENT OF HISTORIC Duffié Early Early's earthworks east Ewell Ewell's Exit Federal fighting fire force Ford Fredericksburg Frémont front Grant Gregg guns Hill Hill's HISTORIC RESOURCES historic road Hooker II Corps infantry J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James River John Lee's left flank Longstreet Manassas McClellan Meade miles to Rte miles to U.S. National Park Northern Virginia numbers ordered Petersburg Plank Road point-of-view position Potomac Railroad Rappahannock Rappahannock River rear regiments retreat Richmond Ridge right flank rode Shenandoah Valley Sheridan side skirmishers soldiers Stuart troops Turnpike U.S. Rte Union army Virginia Civil VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT Virginia historical marker visitor center Warren Winchester wounded