FAUQUIER COUNTY VIRGINIA ON THE EVE OF WAR

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FAUQUIER COUNTY VIRGINIAON THE EVE OF WAR
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FAUQUIER COUNTY CENSUS
1860 21,706 Black 51 White 49
2005 61,500 Black 8 White 90 Hispanic 2
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TOLLROADS 1860 A toll every 6 miles 3 cents a
horse 10 cents a cart 24 cents a wagon
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THE ALEXANDRIA TURNPIKE
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THE RAILROAD SPUR TO WARRENTON
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90 of the population were farmers --corn, wheat
and tobacco 17 Blacksmiths 28 Water-Powered Mills
(including Chapmans Mill left) Biggest
Employer Keiths and Amblers Woolen Mills at
Waterloo employing 26 workers Average salary
210 a year, about a dollar a day, considered a
good wage.
LOCAL ECONOMY
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LEE v. MEADE The Forgotten Battles
Brandy Station Jeffersonton Fauquier
Springs Coffee Hill Bristoe Station Rappahannoc
k Station Mine Run
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THE ROAD TO BRISTOE STATION Lees Last Strategic
Offensive
October 1863
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Rosecrans
Bragg
STRATEGIC SITUATION AFTER GETTYSBURG
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UNION ARMY CORPS
CAVALRY
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Confederate Corps Commanders
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Lee with 50,000 attempts a 3rd Manassas against
Meades 80,000
LEE
MEADE
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STUART LEADS THE WAY!
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FACING STUART IS A NEW UNION CAVALRY
WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AT KELLYS FORD,
BRANDY STATION THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN
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STUARTS ROUTE INTO FAUQUIER
EWELLS CORPS FOLLOWS
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First Action at Jeffersonton Baptist Church!
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17 Confederate Cannons
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A.P. Hill Moves Into Fauquier
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A.P. HILLS ADVANCE PASSES
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WARRENTON
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LEE IN WARRENTON
MEADE REACTS!