"Save 244 Acres at Brandy Station " Topic
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| Tango01 | 17 Mar 2017 3:47 p.m. PST |
"Today, I am excited to tell you about an incredible opportunity to save two important tracts at Brandy Station, site of the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America. As a friend and supporter of the Civil War Trust, you probably already know that thanks to your help we have already saved more than 2,000 acres at this Virginia battlefield. Now we have the chance to preserve an additional 244 acres, pieces of hallowed ground that might otherwise become subdivisions without your help. You'll recall on the morning of June 9, 1863, Union cavalry splashed across the Rappahannock River at Beverly's Ford, catching their Confederate counterparts unaware. By mid-morning a portion of the Confederate force under General W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee fell back from his position along a stone wall near Beverly's Ford and made a stand against on the northern end of Fleetwood Hill. Here on 70 acres you and I are working to preserve Lee withstood yet another attack led by Union General John Buford in what one observer called "the finest fighting of the war."…"
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| John Thomas8 | 17 Mar 2017 4:30 p.m. PST |
It's sad how ugly the area is now. More development will only make it worse. |
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.