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Brandy Station Revealed! Results of Extensive Historic Landscape Investigation Set to Be Shared

Public meeting on June 24 will reveal the findings of a year-long investigation into the hidden historic features of the Brandy Station Battlefield

Jared Herr, jherr@battlefields.org

(202) 367-1861

 

(Culpeper, Va.) — The public will get its first glimpse at the results of a year-long investigation into the hidden historic features of the Brandy Station Battlefield on Tuesday, June 24. A cultural landscape analysis commissioned by the American Battlefield Trust and conducted by the architecture, planning, design and communications firm MIG, Inc. will unlock lost and forgotten terrain features that can deepen public understanding of 1863 battle and other layers of history associated with Brandy Station. The public is encouraged to attend this visual presentation and learn more about this local historic treasure. 

  • WHAT:  Announcement of Year-long Investigation into the Hidden and Forgotten Features of the Brandy Station Battlefield 
  • WHEN:  Tuesday, June 24 at 6:30pm 
  • WHO:  MIG, Inc., American Battlefield Trust and Town of Culpeper 
  • WHERE:  803 South Main Street, Culpeper, Va. 

In 2024, the American Battlefield Trust commissioned the analysis of the Brandy Station Battlefield to assess the current state of the landscape and its historic features. Researchers identified manor houses and outbuildings, gravesites, stone walls, road traces and woodland areas, uncovering a vast amount of history and opening the potential for exciting preservation projects in the future. Archeologists, cultural historians and others continue to uncover more evidence of the site’s significant contributions to our American story — and find opportunities to bring the Brandy Station story alive for visitors. 

The Brandy Station Battlefield is best known as the site of the largest cavalry clash ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. Decades of diligent effort by American Battlefield Trust, the Brandy Station Foundation, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and battlefield advocates like historian Clark B. “Bud” Hall have saved more than 2,100 acres from development and transformed the battlefield from one of the nation’s most endangered historic places to the state’s 43rd state park. 

The American Battlefield Trust is dedicated to preserving America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educating the public about what happened there and why it matters today. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization has protected nearly 60,000 acres associated with the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War across 160 sites in 25 states. Learn more at www.battlefields.org. 

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