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| Tango01 | 15 Nov 2016 11:56 a.m. PST |
"The Civil War was the defining moment in our nation's history. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Culpeper County, Virginia, which bore witness to two of the most significant battles of the war. The Battle of Cedar Mountain marked the first major clash in Culpeper and was also its bloodiest. The Battle of Brandy Station, the opening engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign, was the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America. The same fields later served as the setting for the largest-ever winter encampment of the Union Army of the Potomac. About 1,400 acres of hallowed ground have been acquired through successful public-private partnership efforts across these two battlefields. Representing some of the most marched on, fought over and camped upon acreage of the entire Civil War, this land provides a unique opportunity to create a new state park in the heart of the iconic Virginia Piedmont…"
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