Central Virginia I

Albemarle Barracks | Ashland Mill Redoubt | Camp Brandy Station | Buford's Knoll Battery
Camp Bullock | Camp Bumpass Station | Camp Caroline (2) | Chandler Crossing Redoubts
Camp at Clark's Mountain | Clark's Mountain Signal Station | Cole's Hill Signal Station
Culpeper Winter Encampment | Camp Dale | Camp Discipline | Camp Doles (3)
Camp Fannie | Camp Fredericks Hall | Camp Georgia (5) | Fort Germanna | Germanna Ford
Camp Gordon (1) | Camp Gordon (2) | Camp Hampton (1) | Camp Wade Hampton (2)
Camp Hanover Junction | Hanover Junction Defenses | Camp Jennie Hart | Hassinunga
Camp Helen (1) | Camp Helen (2) | Henagan's Redoubt | Camp Henry (1)
Jericho Mills Earthworks | Camp Madison | Camp Magon | Manakin Town | Massinacack
Camp Maynard | Camp Milledge | Mine Run Earthworks | Camp Miserable | Monahassanugh
Monasukapanough | Camp Montpelier (1) | Montpelier Winter Encampment (2)
Camp at Morton's Ford | Mount Pony Signal Station | Camp on Mountain Run
Orange Winter Enampment | Camp at Orange Court House | Ox Ford Earthworks
Camp Pender | Camp Pleasant | Bivouac Plenty | Point of Fork Arsenal | Camp Pole Cat
Camp Randolph (2) | Camp Rapidan | Rapidan Line | Rapidan Station Battery
Camp Rapidan Station | Rassawek | Shackaconia | Smith's Island Fort | Somerset Battery
Stegara | Camp Stevensburg | Camp Stonewall | Camp Sumter | Camp Terrell | Camp Thomas
Camp Toombs (6) | Camp Turner | United States Ford | Camp Waller's Tavern
Camp Young (2)

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VIRGINIA CIVIL WAR TRAILS

Last Update: 20/JUNE/2026
Compiled by Pete Payette - ©2026 American Forts Network

Buford's Knoll Battery
(Brandy Station Battlefield)
(Brandy Station Foundation)
(1862 - 1864), near Brandy Station
Two extant gun pits still remain on a hill above Beverly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. Originally built by the CSA after the Battle of Cedar Mountain (August 1862), re-used by the Union in November 1863. The battery itself was not used in the Battle of Brandy Station (June 1863). Publicly accessible site located on the Brandy Station Battlefield, north of the Culpeper Airport. Markers at site.

Mount Pony Signal Station
(1862 - 1864), near Culpeper
The Union built a signal station here in August 1862 before the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Used by the Confederates shortly afterwards. Used by the Union during the Army of the Potomac's winter encampment of 1863-64.

Union signal stations in 1862 - 1863 were also located on Cole's Hill and Stony Mountain near Stevensburg, Cedar Mountain to the southwest, and also on Thoroughfare Mountain in Madison County (captured by CSA in October 1863).

Camp Henry (1)
(1861 - 1862), Culpeper
A CSA recruiting and training camp at Clayton's Old Field on the west side of Mountain Run (west of Blue Ridge Ave.). Site was also used as part of the Union Army of the Potomac's winter encampment in 1863 - 1864. Most of the site is now part of Yowell Meadow Park. Markers on site. A stone monument (1971) is also here commemorating the 1775 mustering site of the famous Culpeper Minute Men. State marker on US 522 just west of downtown. Of interest in town in the old train station at 113 South Commerce Street is the Culpeper Museum of History with Civil War exhibits.

Culpeper County Confederate Camps
(1862 - 1863), Culpeper County
Named Confederate camps in Culpeper County included:
Camp Brandy Station (October 1863) (13th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located at Brandy Station.
Camp Fannie (January 1863) (Company B (Georgia Troopers), Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion) a cavalry picket post probably located somewhere near Stevensburg.
Camp Georgia (5) (January 1863) (Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion) located seven miles from Culpeper Court House.
Camp Hampton (1) (February 1863) (Phillips' Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion) located near Culpeper Court House.
Camp Helen (1) (November 1862) (Troup Artillery (Georgia)) located near Culpeper Court House.
Camp Maynard (February 1863) (Company K, Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion) a cavalry picket camp probably located somewhere near Stevensburg.
Camp Milledge (September 1863, and November 1863) (Milledge's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery) located near Stevensburg.
Camp Stevensburg (January-February 1863, and August 1863) (Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion) located near Stevensburg.
Bivouac Plenty (March 1862) (8th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located near Culpeper Court House.

Culpeper County Winter Encampment
(1863 - 1864), Culpeper County
The main body of the Union Army of the Potomac spent the winter (November 1863 - May 1864) in various locations across the county, including Culpeper (Court House), Brandy Station, Stevensburg, and along the railroad south of the court house near Winston, and to the rear of Rappahannock Station (near Elkwood) and Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. State marker on VA 3 in Stevensburg. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia originally planned to winter here that year, but after the battles of Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station (November 1863), they were forced across the Rapidan River into Orange County. Names of the various company and division camps are not known or undetermined.

Near Culpeper Court House: camps of the 4th, 6th, and 9th Regiments New York Infantry; and the 17th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry.

Near Stevensburg: camps of the 2nd and 5th Regiments New York Infantry; 1st Regiment Ohio Infantry; 1st Regiment Vermont Infantry; and the 5th, 6th, and 7th Regiments Michigan Infantry.

Near Winston: camps of the 1st Regiment New York Infantry; 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry; and the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Regiments U.S. Regular Infantry.

Near Brandy Station towards Rappahannock Station: various camps of the III Corps and VI Corps.

Between Stevensburg to Kelly's Ford: various camps of the II Corps and V Corps.

Camp Bullock (January 1865) was located near Brandy Station (Maine troops, unit not specified).
Camp Dale (units ?) was located near Brandy Station.

Hassinunga
(c. 1600), Richards Ferry
A major Manahoac Indian town on the south bank of the Rappahannock River, about one mile upriver from the Rapidan River, noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded. The Manahoac Indians had seemingly disappeared from modern Culpeper/Orange Counties by 1670 when explorer John Lederer passed through.

United States Ford Earthworks
(1863), United States Ford
CSA / Union earthworks still remain on the south side of the Rappahannock River, one and one-half miles downriver from the Rapidan River. Site is named for the nearby United States Gold Mine (pre-Civil War). Private property, no vehicular access.

Fort Germanna
(History of Germanna)
(1714 - 1719 ?), Germanna
German immigrants were settled here by then colonial Governor Spotswood on the banks of the Rapidan River under the guise of "frontier defense", but were really intended for gold and iron mining operations. The original group of settlers left in 1719 for Germantown in Fauquier County. A second group of German settlers arrived in 1717 and left for Madison County in 1725. The site of the pentagonal stockade, with a central blockhouse and nine cabins, was probably built over by Governor Alexander Spotswood's manor house (1722 - 1750), which also no longer exists, but was excavated in the 1980's. The blockhouse was also used as a church/meetinghouse, and it may have existed for several years after the stockade was dismantled. A new regional visitors center was built in 2000 near Germanna Community College, in a form suggesting the fort's blockhouse/church.

Germanna Ford Earthworks
(1863), Germanna
Extensive CSA trenches and gun pits (two lines) still exist on the south side of the Rapidan River, mostly located on the present-day Locust Grove campus of Germanna Community College. Abandoned before the Battle of Mine Run (November 1863) as the Confederate Army consolidated their winter camps behind (west of) Mine Run. The Union Army's advance through here in May 1864 (Battle of the Wilderness) from Culpeper County was unopposed.

Shackaconia
(c. 1600), Indiantown
A major Manahoac Indian town on the south bank of the Rapidan River, upstream of the modern VA 3 bridge, noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded. Apparently abandoned by 1670. A group of Saponi Indians was living here in the 1730's to 1742, hence the modern name of the site.

Mine Run Earthworks
(1863 - 1864), near Locust Grove
Extensive CSA and Union earthwork trench lines were constructed along both sides of Mine Run. Almost all of the Union works were destroyed by the Confederates after the Battle of Mine Run (November 1863). Traces remain of the CSA works in wooded areas along both sides of VA 20, between County Rts. 602 and 621. Private property.

Near Mine Run were the CSA 1863-64 winter encampments of Hoke's Brigade (6th, 21st, 54th, 57th Regiments North Carolina Infantry).

Clark's Mountain Signal Station
(1862 - 1864), Orange County
A Union signal station first used during the Battle of Cedar Mountain (August 1862). Used by the Confederates afterwards, and fortified by them as part of the Rapidan Line. Traces of earthworks may possibly remain (?) along the northwest side of the mountain facing the Rapidan River.

CSA Camp at Clark's Mountain (December 1863 - April 1864) was just northeast of the mountain, about one mile from the Rapidan River, and about one and one-half miles from the Somerville Ford. This was the winter encampment of Gordon's Brigade, which included elements of the 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, and 61st Regiments of Georgia Infantry.

Just south of Clark's Mountain were the camps of Posey's/Harris' Brigade (12th, 16th, 19th, 48th Regiments Mississippi Infantry). A little further south, along Mountain Run, were the camps of Stafford's Brigade (1st, 2nd, 10th, 14th, 15th Regiments Louisiana Infantry), and the Stonewall Brigade (2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, 33rd Regiments Virginia Infantry).

West of Clark's Mountain were the camps of Perry's Brigade (2nd, 5th, 8th Regiments Florida Infantry), and Wilcox's/Perrin's Brigade (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th Regiments Alabama Infantry).

Rapidan Station Battery
(1863 - 1864), Rapidan
A CSA earthwork on the north bank of the Rapidan River protected the railroad crossing into Orange County. Part of the Rapidan Line of fortifications.

CSA Camp Rapidan Station was located at the rail station also on the north bank of the river, and probably also on the south bank. The 35th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in August 1861, and the 48th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in December 1863.

Orange County Winter Encampment
(1863 - 1864), Orange County
The winter encampment area of the CSA Army of Northern Virginia (November 1863 - May 1864), located in various sites across the county (Orange (Court House), Rhoadesville, Burr Hill, Rapidan, Madison Mills, Montpelier Station, Gordonsville) which were protected behind extensive earthworks along the south side of the Rapidan River from Liberty Mills to Mitchell's Ford (north of Burr Hill), termed the Rapidan Line, and then turning south along the previously constructed Mine Run earthwork lines. A small monument on private property ("Middle Hill") about one mile east of Orange off of VA 20 marks General Lee's headquarters camp (state marker on VA 20). Extant earthworks and gun battery pits are located at several sites (all private property), including the Mitchell's Ford area along County Rt. 620, and on US 522 just south of the present Rapidan River bridge (east of the old Somerville Ford crossing).

Various named Confederate camps throughout the county included:
Camp Doles (3) (February-March 1864) (4th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located near Raccoon Ford on the Rapidan River.
Camp Gordon (1) (July-August 1863) (Gordon's Brigade, including the 4th, 12th, 21st, 38th, and 44th Regiments Georgia Infantry) located four miles northeast of Orange.
Camp Gordon (2) (August 1863) (Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion) located somewhere near Orange Court House (probably the same area as above).
Camp Jennie Hart (April 1864) (3rd Regiment Georgia Infantry) located at the Madison Run rail station, four miles south of Orange.
Camp Madison (March-April 1862) (7th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located two miles west of Orange near Laurel Run.
Camp Miserable (March 1862) (11th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery) located somewhere near Orange Court House.
Camp at Morton's Ford (September-October 1863) (12th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located near Morton's Ford on the Rapidan River.
Camp on Mountain Run (January 1864) (Milledge's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery) located on Mountain Run, northeast of Orange.
Camp at Orange Court House (May 1863) (44th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located east of Orange.
Camp Pender (September-October 1863) (45th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located somewhere near Orange Court House.
Camp Pleasant (December 1863) (45th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located somewhere near Orange Court House.
Camp Pole Cat (August 1863) (Benning's Brigade, including the 15th Regiment Georgia Infantry, and possibly also the 2nd, 17th, and 20th Regiments Georgia Infantry) located about three miles above (Old) Verdiersville and about six miles from Summerton's Ford on the Rapidan River.
Camp Randolph (2) (1863 - 1864) (units ?) located near the old Mount Pisgah Church in the Rhoadesville - Verdiersville area.
Camp Rapidan located near Raccoon Ford on the Rapidan River. Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion was here in October 1862 and again in December 1862. Phillips' Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion was here in November 1862.
Camp Terrell (April-May 1864) (44th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located somewhere near Orange Court House (probably near Raccoon Ford).
Camp Thomas (March-May 1864) (35th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located somewhere near Orange Court House (probably near Montpelier Station).
Camp Turner (April 1864) (4th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located somewhere near Orange Court House (probably near Raccoon Ford).

North of Burr Hill were the camps of Jones' Brigade (21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, 50th Regiments Virginia Infantry).

Near Morton's Ford on the Rapidan River were the camps of Steuart's Brigade (1st, 3rd Regiments North Carolina Infantry, 1st Maryland (CS) Battalion, and 10th, 23rd, 37th Regiments Virginia Infantry).

Near Raccoon Ford on the Rapidan River were the camps of Dole's Brigade (4th, 12th, 21st, 44th Regiments Georgia Infantry).

On Mountain Run south of Raccoon Ford were the camps of Hay's Brigade (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Regiments Louisiana Infantry).

Near Somerville Ford on the Rapidan River were the camps of John Pegram's Brigade (13th, 31st, 49th, 52nd, 58th Regiments Virginia Infantry).

Near Unionville: Ramseur's Brigade (2nd, 4th, 14th, 30th Regiments North Carolina Infantry), Battle's Brigade (3rd, 5th, 6th, 12th, 26th Regiments Alabama Infantry), Daniel's Brigade (32nd, 43rd, 45th, 53rd Regiments North Carolina Infantry, and 2nd North Carolina Battalion), and Robert Johnston's Brigade (5th, 12th, 20th, 23rd Regiments North Carolina Infantry).

Near Madison Run Station: Davis' Brigade (2nd, 11th, 42nd Regiments Mississippi Infantry, and 55th Regiment North Carolina Infantry), Cooke's Brigade (15th, 27th, 46th, 48th Regiments North Carolina Infantry), Henry Walker's Brigade (22nd Battalion and 40th, 47th, 55th Regiments Virginia Infantry), Archer's Brigade (5th Battalion and 13th Regiment Alabama Infantry, and 1st, 7th, 14th Regiments Tennessee Infantry), Mahone's Brigade (6th, 12th, 16th, 41st, 61st Regiments Virginia Infantry), and Wright's Brigade (3rd, 22nd, 48th Regiments Georgia Infantry, and 2nd Georgia Battalion).

Near Trimmers Crossing northeast of the court house, between Madison Mills and Rapidan Station: Kirkland's Brigade (11th, 26th, 44th, 47th, 52nd Regiments North Carolina Infantry).

Montpelier Winter Encampment (2)
(James Madison's Montpelier)
(1863 - 1864), Montpelier Station
The winter encampment site of elements of the CSA Army of Northern Virginia, Wilcox's Division, Third Army Corps (November 1863 - May 1864) (McGowan's Brigade (1st, 12th, 13th, 14th Regiments South Carolina Infantry), Scales' Brigade (13th, 16th, 22nd, 34th, 38th Regiments North Carolina Infantry), and Thomas' Brigade (14th, 35th, 45th, 49th Regiments Georgia Infantry)) is located on the wooded grounds of Montpelier, President James Madison's former plantation (1760). Several hut sites (in the McGowan's Brigade area) are marked and still evident (excavated in 2002) on a walking trail in the wooded area on the north side of VA 20 across from the present-day train station. Several log huts were reconstructed (2012-14) behind the "Gilmore Cabin", which was built after the war (c.1870) with logs from some of the original huts. The present railroad line was rerouted through this area well after the Civil War.

Lane's Brigade (7th, 18th, 28th, 33rd, 37th Regiments North Carolina Infantry) was encamped further west near Liberty Mills.

Camp Montpelier (1) (April 1862) was an earlier camp located on the Montpelier Estate grounds, occupied by the 2nd Regiment Georgia Infantry.
Camp Stonewall (1864) (units ?) undetermined site.

Somerset Battery
(Hampstead Farm Archaeological District)
(1863 - 1864), Old Somerset
Traces of three CSA gun pits and associated infantry trenches still exist on high ground along the Rapidan River just northwest of the intersection of VA 20 and County Rt. 609. Part of the 1863 Rapidan Line, this battery protected the road from the Liberty Mills river crossing (VA 231) to Gordonsville and the railroad junction. Defended at the time by dismounted cavalry (16th and 21st Brigades Confederate Cavalry) with two guns, it was attacked and briefly captured by Union cavalry in the December 1864 raid from Madison to Gordonsville. Private property.

Stegara
(c. 1600), near Scuffletown
A major Manahoac Indian town noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded. A Late Woodland Period Indian burial mound (aka "Rapidan Mound") on the south bank of the Rapidan River was excavated in 1958, 1980, and 1988, but the actual townsite has never been found with certainty. Abandoned by 1700, probably before 1670. The last remnants of the burial mound have since disappeared (June 1995 flood).

Smith's Island Fort
(1725 - unknown), near Madison
A small fort and stockade built by German settlers after moving away from the Germanna settlement (see above). Site located on the north side of the Robinson River at White Oak Run near Hebron Lutheran Church (1726, rebuilt 1740), north of town. White Oak Run was originally known as Smith's Run, and there was once an island at the convergence of the two rivers, hence the name. "Hebron Church" state marker on VA 231 three miles north of town.

Camp Wade Hampton (2)
(1863), Madison County
A CSA cavalry camp (February 1863) (Company A, Georgia Hussars (also designated as Company F, Jeff Davis Legion (Mississippi)), location unknown.

Louisa County Confederate Camps
(1862 - 1864), Louisa County
Confederate camps located within the county included:
Camp Bumpass Station (August 1863) (Phillips' Legion (Georgia), Infantry Battalion) located at Bumpass.
Camp Fredericks Hall (August-September 1863) (Semmes' Brigade, 10th, 50th, 51st, and 53rd Regiments Georgia Infantry) located near Fredericks Hall.
Camp Toombs (6) (August 1862) (20th Regiment Georgia Infantry) located a few miles south of Gordonsville.
Camp Young (2) (June 1864) (Young's Cavalry Brigade, including the 7th Regiment Georgia Cavalry, with possibly also Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Phillips' Legion (Georgia), Jeff Davis Legion (Mississippi), and the 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry) located near Louisa Court House.

Camp Waller's Tavern
(1863), Spotsylvania County
A CSA camp located near Waller's Tavern in southern Spotsylvania County (near present-day Lewiston on County Rt. 614), about 20 miles south of the Zoar Church (near present-day Chancellor), and about nine miles north of the Virginia Central Railroad (later C & O) line through Louisa County (near Fredericks Hall and Bumpass). The 10th Regiment Georgia Infantry, and Phillips' Legion (Georgia), Infantry Battalion, were here in late August-early September 1863.

Monasukapanough
(c. 1600), near Charlottesville
A major Monacan Indian town on the north bank of the South Fork Rivanna River, north of town near the Carrsbrook community, noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded. A Late Woodland Period Indian burial mound was once located here, which was first excavated by Thomas Jefferson in 1784. Jefferson noted in the mid 1750's that a group of Monacans paid a visit to the mound to worship their dead ancestors. State marker on US 29 at the South Fork Rivanna River bridge.

Albemarle Barracks
(1779 - 1780), Charlottesville
A VA state militia supply depot and POW encampment for 2,577 British and 1,882 Hessian troops that were captured at Saratoga, NY in 1777. They were previously kept in Boston, MA, but were moved to a warmer climate. The officers were quartered in private houses within a twenty-mile radius of town. Aside from log huts for the winter, no permanent facilities were built. As the British army under General Cornwallis moved northward from North Carolina, the remaining prisoners (about 2,000 after death, desertions and exchanges) were moved to Frederick Barracks in Hagerstown, MD, via Winchester. No remains of the encampment site are left. Located northwest of downtown, north of Ivy Creek. State marker located at the end of Barracks Farm Road (County Rt. 658). Period graves were discovered in the early 1980's on Ivy Farm Road (County Rt. 1015) when the area was developed for upscale single-family homes. Monument (1983) at grave site.
Of interest is the "Colle Manor" state marker located on VA 53 about 1.5 miles southeast of town.

Monahassanugh
(c. 1600), near Wingina
A major Monacan Indian town, located on the north bank of the James River east of Cunningham Island (west of town), noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded. Later known as the Nahyssan Indians, they relocated to Manakin Town on the James River in 1654 after raids by northern Iroquois Indians.

Rassawek
(c. 1600), Columbia
A major Monacan Indian town, located on the west bank of the Rivanna River, noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded.

Point of Fork Arsenal
(1780 - 1801), Columbia
A state arsenal and military encampment located on the west bank of the Rivanna River southwest of town, on the north side of the James River. It was originally built to protect vital military supplies that were sent west from Richmond as the British army made moves towards Virginia in late 1780. It was abandoned by Patriot forces in 1781 under threat of a British attack. The British then captured and destroyed all remaining stores and supplies. Re-established after the war as a major state militia supply depot.

Massinacack
(c. 1600), near Michaux
A major Monacan Indian town located on the James River downstream of Mohawk Creek and the present US 522 bridge, noted on John Smith's map of 1608. Unknown if palisaded. Visited by explorer John Lederer in 1670.

Manakin Town
(1654 - 1699), Manakin
A Monacan Indian town/fort built on lands which were later officially set aside in 1680 by the colonial government according to the 1677 "Treaty of Middle Plantation". At first the English settlers downriver objected to the new settlement and then attacked in 1656 with help from Powhatan/Pamunkey Indian allies. The Monacans defeated the English and Pamunkeys, killing the Pamunkey leader Totopotomoy, in what was later termed the "Battle of Bloody Run". The Monacans were later evicted in 1699 during renewed troubles with white settlers. French Huguenot immigrants were resettled here by the colonial government in 1701.

The minor Monacan Indian town of Mowhemcho (c. 1600), which was noted on John Smith's map of 1608, was located on the south bank of the James River nearby at Watkins Landing. Unknown if palisaded or if only a hunting town.

Camp Helen (2)
(1862 - 1863), near Coleman's Mill Crossing
A CSA winter camp (December 1862 - April 1863) (Troup Artillery (Georgia) located about four miles north of Chesterfield Station (now present-day Ruther Glen), on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad about ten miles north of Hanover Junction (present-day Doswell).

Camp Caroline (2)
(1863), near Ruther Glen
A CSA winter camp (January-April 1863) (Milledge's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery) located near Chesterfield Station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (present-day Ruther Glen). Most of the other artillery units of the Second Corps (Jackson's Corps), Army of Northern Virginia, also spent the winter in this area.

Camp Sumter
(1862 - 1863), near Ruther Glen
A CSA winter camp (December 1862 - April 1863) (11th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery) located near Chesterfield Station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (present-day Ruther Glen).

Hanover Junction Defenses
(North Anna Battlefield Park)
(1864), near Doswell
On the south side of the North Anna River at Ox Ford, within the North Anna Battlefield Park, well-preserved Confederate earthworks still remain on the "Gray Trail", in a line towards Verdon and New Market Mill on the Little River. Extant Union trenchworks are also located here on the newly opened "Blue Trail". Other Confederate works were also once located at Chandler Crossing (two redoubts on the north bank of the river and one redoubt on the south bank at the wagon road bridge (present-day US 1), and rifle pits at the railroad bridge). The CS Henagan's Redoubt still remains on the north bank of the river on private property, but can be seen from Oxford Road (County Route 689). Info on the "Battle of the North Anna River" (May 1864) is available from both the Richmond and Fredericksburg NPS visitor centers, and the Hanover County Parks Dept. (Ox Ford site manager). Doswell was originally known as Hanover Junction.

Near Noel's Station on the south bank of the North Anna River at Jericho Mills, on National Park Service property (administered by Richmond National Battlefield), are extant lines of preserved Union earthworks and several gun pits. This property is not yet developed for public visitation, but annual guided tours are offered by NPS staff.

Also in the area were two CS redoubts located near South Anna on the south side of the South Anna River at the railroad bridge, with rifle pits on the north bank; four CS redoubts and several rifle pits located along the railroad south of Taylorsville between the Little River and the South Anna River; and a CS redoubt on the north bank of the South Anna River at Ashland Mill.

Camp Hanover Junction (May 1864) (9th Regiment Georgia Infantry) was at or near Doswell, on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad.

Camp Magon (August 1862) (Troup Artillery (Georgia)) was an earlier camp located about one mile north of the rail junction, on Bull Run.

Camp Discipline
(1862), Hanover Court House
A CSA cavalry camp (July 1862) of Cobb's Legion (Georgia), Cavalry Battalion, located in an open field near the county courthouse.


NEED MORE INFO: Street names: Fort Myers Road in central Hanover County

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