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Halloween at Brandy Station

The fourth annual “Spirited Evening” at Brandy Station will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at the historic village’s Graffiti House,  19484 Brandy Road. Young and old alike will hear...

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Today at Brandy Station: ‘Why Study the Civil War?’

JMU history professor Bob Jacobs will speak Sunday afternoon at Brandy Station on the topic “Why Study the Civil War?” An adjunct professor at James Madison University for 30 years, Jacobs was a public...

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Coalition Enters Home Stretch to Save Heart of Brandy Station Battlefield

People have worked mightily for 30-plus years to preserve Culpeper County’s Brandy Station battlefield, scene of the biggest cavalry fight in the Western hemisphere. Against all odds, they’ve achieved...

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Virginia To Save 1,265 Acres at 12 Civil War Battlefields

Thursday afternoon’s press release from Virginia’s Office of the Governor:  Governor McDonnell Announces Civil War Battlefield Preservation Grants – New State Grants Will Help Protect 1,265 Acres on 13...

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Civil War Trust saves Brandy Station’s Fleetwood Hill

Some news in Sunday’s Free Lance-Star: The heart of America’s most storied cavalry battlefield is back in one piece. Fleetwood Hill, focus of the swirling, sprawling Battle of Brandy Station, has been...

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Why was Fleetwood Hill important in the American Civil War?

BY CLARK B. HALL Fleetwood Hill is without question the most fought over, camped upon and marched over real estate in the entire United States.  From March 1862 to May 1864, Fleetwood Hill—especially...

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$50M stretch goal set for Civil War Trust’s ‘Campaign 150′

In just 32 months, the Civil War Trust has reached the original goal of “Our Time, Our Legacy,” its ambitious $40 million fundraising campaign for the war’s sesquicentennial, the nonprofit group said...

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Civil War Trust Begins Restoration of Brandy Station’s Fleetwood Hill

A moment long hoped for by history-lovers is at hand. Today, the Civil War Trust began restoring the most important scene of America’s largest cavalry battle, Fleetwood Hill near the village of Brandy...

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