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2 unusual facts about Rapidan River


John Porter Hatch

Hatch's brigade made a series of daring raids on enemy positions near the Rapidan and Rappahannock rivers.

Samuel S. Carroll

Transferred with this brigade to the Northern Virginia area, he was severely wounded in the chest in a fight near the Rapidan River.


Germanna

The site of the first settlement is located in present-day Orange County along the banks of the Rapidan River, with subsequent settlements of Germans being established on sites in present-day Culpeper and Spotsylvania counties.

James Reasoner Civil War Series

The series centers on the fictional Brannon family, which resides in Culpeper, Virginia, a village and county in north central Virginia north of the Rapidan River that served as a major supply depot for the Confederate army.

John R. Chambliss

Promoted to brigadier general, Chambliss continued in command of the brigade, through the cavalry fighting from the Rapidan River to the James, gaining fresh laurels in the defeat of the Federals at Stony Creek.


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