The Rappahannock was the river the battle of Fredrickburg was fought. From Wordnik.com. [Record Setting US Snowstorm as Seen From Space | Universe Today] Reference
Hooker's assumption that Sedgwick was on the north side of the Rappahannock was his own, and not Sedgwick's fault. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of Chancellorsville] Reference
I know Sperryville is in Rappahannock and that it’s a good hour’s drive away, but I don’t know why I’d go there or what, even, one might do there. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - BlueRidgeMac.] Reference
Upon the passing of some Patents in the Little Fork of the Rappahannock which is plainly within the bounds. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Robert Carter to John Randolph, [June 2, 1729]] Reference
Robert Carter generally used a return address of "Rappahannock" for the river on which he lived rather than "Corotoman," the name of his home, on his correspondence. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Robert Carter to Francis Lee, 1701 May 28] Reference
Fredericksburg to Port Royal, on the Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Little Washington, the county-seat of Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
Rappahannock resulted in complete defeat of Sedgwick. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Rappahannock had been given to George by their father. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington] Reference
Rappahannock Rivers known as the northern neck of Virginia. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
Northern Neck, between the Patowmeck and Rappahannock rivers. From Wordnik.com. [Colonial Records of Virginia] Reference
Chesterfield 21,299 | King William 8,547 | Rappahannock 8,044. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Pointers for Patentees] Reference
Rappahannock, they will find Fredericksburg only a slaughter-pen. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Bell, Robert S.; enlisted November 19, 1861; killed at Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
MRS. WASHINGTON: You will receive a plantation on the Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [History Plays for the Grammar Grades] Reference
Burnside to cross his army over the Rappahannock, seize the heights of. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
Rappahannock, as we desired, I would have caught him; personally he was. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
Rappahannock, occasionally exchanging a shot with ours across the stream. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
The city of Fredericksburgh is upon the south bank of the Rappahannock river. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
Some horse, under Stuart, remained north of the Rappahannock, toward Manassas. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
The campaign of the Rappahannock had shown brilliant flashes of strategy and valor. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Rappahannock river; that he did not know he was going to run the blockade when he started. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
Jackson's object now was to cross the Rappahannock, trying first one ford and then another. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
Hamilton's crossing, where it could draw supplies from the rich country along the Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The whole army was now ordered to fall back and occupy a stronger position behind the Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
Rappahannock, the picket of blue had his counterpart in the picket of grey upon the opposite shore. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
On that day Burnside left Annapolis to occupy Meade's position between Bull Run and the Rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Arrived at the Rappahannock, I found the railway bridge floored for the passage of troops and trains. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
The rebel successes on the Rappahannock have inspired them with new life, and have, to some extent, dispirited us. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Middlesex County, which is about 50 miles from James City, at the juncture of the Rappahannock river and Chesapeake bay. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
The James, the Rappahannock, and the Potomac Rivers made the Virginia frontier a series of long lines approaching to a parallel. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Secretary of War consulted about the extension of our territory to include the district between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
NATIVE AMERICAN FESTIVAL, learn about Native American traditions from eight area tribes, including the Rappahannock dancers and drummers. From Wordnik.com. [Fairfax County community calendar, Sept. 9 to 16, 2010] Reference
Alexandria Railroad, then to Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock, then to Port Royal, further east on that river, then to White House on the. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
Rappahannock; and all the batteries on the Potomac were abandoned between the 8th and 10th of March, 1862; the guns being removed to other quarters. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
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