The official Virginia Civil War battlefield guide /

142 two-color maps vividly depict battlefield action Detailed local driving directions guide visitors to each battlefield site Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salmon, John S., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2001
Mechanicsburg, PA : [2001]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Manassas Campaign, 1861
  • Aquia Creek 9
  • Cockpit Point 12
  • Blackburn's Ford 15
  • First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) 17
  • Ball's Bluff 21
  • Dranesville 23
  • Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
  • First Battle of Kernstown 33
  • McDowell 35
  • Front Royal 38
  • First Battle of Winchester 42
  • Cross Keys 45
  • Port Republic 50
  • Peninsula and Seven Days' Campaigns, 1862
  • Sewell's Point 67
  • Big Bethel 69
  • Hampton Roads 72
  • Yorktown (Dam No. 1) 76
  • Williamsburg 80
  • Eltham's Landing 83
  • Drewry's Bluff 86
  • Hanover Court House 88
  • Seven Pines 91
  • Oak Grove 95
  • Beaver Dam Creek 99
  • Gaines's Mill 102
  • Garnett's and Golding's Farms 107
  • Savage's Station 109
  • Glendale 113
  • White Oak Swamp 117
  • Malvern Hill 119
  • Northern Virginia Campaign, 1862
  • Cedar Mountain 132
  • Rappahannock Bridge 135
  • Manassas Junction Operations 139
  • Thoroughfare Gap 142
  • Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) 145
  • Chantilly 151
  • Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaigns, 1862-1863
  • First Battle of Fredericksburg 161
  • Kelly's Ford 165
  • Norfleet House (Siege of Suffolk) 168
  • Hill's Point (Siege of Suffolk) 170
  • Chancellorsville 173
  • Second Battle of Fredericksburg 184
  • Salem Church 188
  • Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
  • Brandy Station 198
  • Second Battle of Winchester 203
  • Aldie 207
  • Middleburg 210
  • Upperville 212
  • Manassas Gap 214
  • Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns, 1863
  • First Battle of Auburn 226
  • Second Battle of Auburn 230
  • Bristoe Station 233
  • Buckland Mills 237
  • Rappahannock Station 239
  • Mine Run 242
  • Overland Campaign, 1864
  • Morton's Ford 260
  • Walkerton 262
  • Wilderness 265
  • Spotsylvania Court House 270
  • Yellow Tavern 279
  • North Anna River 284
  • Haw's Shop 288
  • Totopotomoy Creek 290
  • Old Church 292
  • Cold Harbor 294
  • Trevilian Station 298
  • Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 1864
  • Port Walthall Junction 308
  • Swift Creek 312
  • Fort Clifton 314
  • Chester Station 316
  • Proctor's Creek 318
  • Ware Bottom Church 323
  • Wilson's Wharf 325
  • Shenandoah Valley Campaigns, 1864-1865
  • New Market 338
  • Piedmont 341
  • Lynchburg 343
  • Hanging Rock 347
  • Cool Spring 349
  • Rutherford's Farm 351
  • Second Battle of Kernstown 353
  • Guard Hill 355
  • Berryville 357
  • Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon) 359
  • Fisher's Hill 363
  • Tom's Brook 366
  • Cedar Creek 368
  • Waynesboro 372
  • Southwest Virginia Campaigns, 1862-1865
  • Cumberland Gap 378
  • Jonesville 380
  • Cloyd's Mountain 382
  • Cove Mountain 385
  • First Battle of Saltville 387
  • Marion 390
  • Second Battle of Saltville 392
  • Richmond and Petersburg Campaign, 1864-1865
  • First Battle of Petersburg 401
  • Petersburg Fortifications 403
  • Jerusalem Plank Road 406
  • Samaria (Saint Mary's) Church 408
  • Staunton River Bridge 410
  • Sappony Church 413
  • First Battle of Ream's Station 414
  • First Battle of Deep Bottom 416
  • The Crater 418
  • Second Battle of Deep Bottom 421
  • Globe Tavern 424
  • Second Battle of Ream's Station 426
  • Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights 429
  • Peebles's Farm 433
  • Darbytown and New Market Roads 436
  • Darbytown Road 438
  • Boydton Plank Road 441
  • Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road 443
  • Hatcher's Run 446
  • Fort Stedman 448
  • Appomattox Campaign, 1865
  • Lewis's Farm 457
  • Dinwiddie Court House 459
  • White Oak Road 461
  • Five Forks 463
  • Capture of Petersburg 467
  • Sutherland Station 471
  • Namozine Church 473
  • Amelia Springs 474
  • Sailor's (Sayler's) Creek 477
  • High Bridge 480
  • Rice's Station 483
  • Cumberland Church 484
  • Appomattox Station 487
  • Appomattox Court House 490
  • Epilogue: The Surrender 493