Bristoe Station - Bristow VA
N 38° 43.585 W 077° 32.515
18S E 279029 N 4289485
A silo stands on a Civil War battlefield, evidence of a post-war farm.
Waymark Code: WMF3K6
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2012
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The
Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park in Bristow, Virginia encompasses where the
Battle of Bristoe Station took place in October 1863. A solitary silo, remnant of a post-Civil War farmstead, is prominent on the rolling landscape.
Before and after the Civil War, Bristoe Station was primarily an agricultural community until Centex Homes bought the land in 2002 and put up a development. They gave the land that comprises the battlefield to the Civil War Preservation Trust who then turned it over to Prince William County. Land management plans included preserving the largely-unchanged landscape where the battle was fought, and protect other historic cultural and natural resources. Some c. 1890s farm buildings still stand. The silo stands alone with part of a stone foundation. Nearby there is a brick rambler house which may become a visitors center in the future.
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