Salute! Good Night Dixie! The beautiful Culpeper Confederate Memorial was dedicated on May 31, 1911, by the A.P. Hill Camp No. 2 of the United Confederate Veterans and local Culpeper citizens. It honors the county's local citizen soldiers who did their duty and answered the call to defend their homes, family, and homeland against a deadly invasion, served, and died during the “Civil” War. Culpeper County was a hotspot for conflict, hosting at least 160 battles and skirmishes, including the Battl

Incredible interview of Confederate Veteran Julius Franklin Howell. Delivering a wider perspective into the Civil War Era. Howell was born in Virginia in 1846, and he enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1862 after many of his classmates were killed at Williamsburg during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Howell served in the 24th Virginia Cavalry, and he served as a courier until 1864, when his regiment was moved to the north of Richmond as Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Gra

3.7K views · 420 reactions | 13 seconds on the Confederate side of the Goose Creek Bridge near Upperville, Va. looking toward the Union side at the end. This was one of several June 1863 cavalry engagements that bolstered Union Cav morale before the Battle of Gettysburg. | Garry Adelman's Civil War Page | Facebook