Second Manassas Campaign Stuart's Catlett Station Raid
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PeterNoG
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This Virginia Historical Marker is on Lee Highway (US 211) just east of Holtzclaw Road (Hwy 681), about 3.5 miles of Warrenton, Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMKRNE
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2014
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~ text from the marker ~
On 22 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart led his cavalry on a raid behind Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's army. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River at Waterloo Bridge, two miles west, then rode around Pope's right flank just north of here to attack Catlett Station on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad after dark. The raid did little damage but Stuart captured Pope's colorful dress uniform coat. Stuart, who earlier had lost his plumed hat to Union cavalry, soon wrote Pope suggesting an exchange of "prisoners." Receiving no reply, Stuart sent the coat to Richmond, where Gov. John Letcher displayed it in the Capitol.
Marker Number: C58
Marker Title: Second Manassas Campaign Stuart's Catlett Station Raid
Marker Location: Lee Highway (US 211) just east of Holtzclaw Road (Hwy 681)
County or Independent City: Fauquier County
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources 1997
Web Site: Not listed
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