| 单词 | Rappahannock |
| 例句 | Their homeland in the early 1600s stretched from what is now called Chesapeake Bay, inland along the Chickahominy, Rappahannock, and Potomac Rivers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z There was drama here, I can tell them—thousands upon thousands of us crossing the Rappahannock with banners flying, drums rolling, and our instruments of death gleaming in the sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There Booth and Herold quenched their thirst and sought a ride south, across the Rappahannock River to Port Royal, then on to a nearby railroad station. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The top half of Virginia is bisected by the Rappahannock River, which meanders from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the north and empties into Chesapeake Bay. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The soldiers’ next destination was clear: Cross the Rappahannock, then on to look for Jett. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Come noon, we arrived at the Rappahannock and walked along the road by its banks until we came to a house where the grounds were not full of activity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We waited in the rain, and the two launches drifted upon the Rappahannock, and still the Crepuscule made no move to aid. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Octavian, of whom I have written, and William Williams, another servant of the College of Lucidity in the days of our ascendancy, set forth seven days ago with a foraging detail navigating the Rappahannock River. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If they kept moving, the soldiers of the Sixteenth New York would reach the same spot where the fugitives had crossed the Rappahannock by tomorrow afternoon, April 25. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, an hour before sunset, came word that federal cavalry were crossing the ferry over the Rappahannock River from Port Conway to Port Royal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It is a vexing matter of some note that when the foraging party aboard the Crepuscule sloop-of-war returned this morning, they reported they had lost several of their number in an engagement upon the Rappahannock. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Confederates had seen the patrol crossing the Rappahannock on the ferry. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The river was the Rappahannock in Virginia; the little town lying on the river was Fredericksburg. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee remembered: beautiful woman on a golden horse, riding with Pender on the banks of the Rappahannock. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We set it upon the Rappahannock and cast off. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We passed down the Rappahannock, and at dawn, came to the Bay. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The light fell as we were swarmed down the Rappahannock toward its mouth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jay and Kevin had frequented Virginia’s Rappahannock County for years, visiting friends for weeks at a time and taking advantage of the area’s antique shops and wineries. On Love: Jay Brown and Kevin Adams 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z No, this band of Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals are Rappahannock County friends, with a bond rooted in regular Sunday morning meetings on a local country store’s porch. In ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ unlikely group of Washingtonians debate issue that resonates Just three stories high, this timeless inn sits at water’s edge, perched on a bluff overlooking Carter’s Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock. Glorious Summer Retreats 2011-08-10T13:20:08.043Z Rappahannock harvests about 10 million oysters annually from its three farms on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, but it also owns and operates a network of restaurants in several states. With restaurants closed, oyster farmers need home cooks to start shucking 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Shrimp and grits, fried oysters from the Rappahannock and fried green tomatoes are especially popular. On a Virginia driving tour, tracing patriot Patrick Henry’s path to history 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z That changed when she and classmates at Rappahannock County Elementary School went through Kid Pan Alley, a music education program that turns kids into songwriters. Music class has kids writing the songs 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z “It used to be that the Rappahannock was the final bastion of defense, but even that’s being crossed now,” said Stephen W. Sylvia, publisher of North South Trader’s Civil War magazine. Journeys: In Virginia, Touring Lesser-Known Civil War Sites 2011-04-29T20:30:10Z Born and bred to her purpose as surely as her majestic black steed Phaeton, she is barely out of Miss Porter’s when called back to her family estate, Saratoga, on Virginia’s Rappahannock River. Review | Southern historical fiction gets the soap opera treatment in ‘The Dying of the Light’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z But it was in the last place you’d expect to find it: on a woodsy 25-acre lot along the Rappahannock River nestled in Virginia’s Hunt Country. A quirky custom home goes from ’50s time capsule to modern family getaway 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Two years ago, she was named one of the Rappahannock News’ citizens of the year, cited for her lasting contributions to the community. The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z As Rappahannock adopts another type of shellfish aquaculture, the company’s economic strength may be just as important as its experience hatching, growing, harvesting and shipping oysters. How to resurrect the Chesapeake scallop? Get diners to eat them on the half shell. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z He was a Washington resident and spent every other weekend on a farm in Rappahannock County, Va. Walter Nicholls, Washington Post Food section reporter, dies at 64 Deep in the woods of Rappahannock County, Virginia, a tiny red house languished dilapidated and vine covered until Joe Svatos bought the 200 surrounding acres. Historic Log Cabin Renovation 2012-10-08T16:20:03.250Z The Rappahannock crew received an early lesson in bay scallop fragility. How to resurrect the Chesapeake scallop? Get diners to eat them on the half shell. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The Potomac, Rappahannock and James rivers were all Susquehanna tributaries. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The reference to three blacksmiths comes from a book Diane MacPherson read, “Beyond the Rim: From Slavery to Redemption in Rappahannock” by James D. Russell. Review | Discovering big things in a quaint package at a new Virginia dining destination 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Although the northern end of the line is well marked by the Fairfax Stone and easy to get to, the southern end is a nebulous point “at the start of the Rappahannock River.” Following the Fairfax Line — no matter where it goes 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He’s getting married soon, and the venue is a restaurant on the Rappahannock River. Are your homemade cocktails lacking? Maybe the problem is coming out of your tap. 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Last November, in a gritty northeast corner of town, Union Market opened, a gleaming food hall featuring local farmers, artisanal vendors and stalls like Rappahannock Oyster Co., which offers quick, luxurious bites of Chesapeake shellfish. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z Anthony took Jaymie back to the winery that started it all, Rappahannock Cellars, and, in the barrel room, he dropped to one knee. On Love: Jaymie Phares and Anthony Marocco They grew wild, billions of them, made plump and sweet from the brackish mix of waters where rivers including the Rappahannock, the James and the Potomac meet the Atlantic Ocean. A new star oyster joins the platter, straight from the Chesapeake 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z They will spend the next 30 minutes or so picking through the bags to select about 150 shellfish for an informal reception the following night at the Rappahannock Oyster Bar inside the District’s Union Market. How to resurrect the Chesapeake scallop? Get diners to eat them on the half shell. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The Rappahannock team regularly relies on a slim volume, “Bay Scallop Culture,” which the institute published in 1998. How to resurrect the Chesapeake scallop? Get diners to eat them on the half shell. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Leaving his wife, Annie, behind, he crossed the Rappahannock on a Union Army boat near what is now Old Mill Park on Caroline Street. In (and around) Fredericksburg, Va., walking the steps of a slave’s Trail to Freedom 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Oysters and other seafood by Rappahannock Oyster Company available to purchase. Chefs Amy Brandwein and Matthew Adler to teach gnocchi techniques 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Rappahannock still faces numerous challenges before it enters the wholesale scallop market. How to resurrect the Chesapeake scallop? Get diners to eat them on the half shell. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Valliant, who worked at Rappahannock Oyster Bar, was interested in starting an oyster farm. A new star oyster joins the platter, straight from the Chesapeake 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Rappahannock was an early adopter of oyster aquaculture in Virginia. How to resurrect the Chesapeake scallop? Get diners to eat them on the half shell. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Erected in 1922 among the corn and wheat fields, in a community where formal education often ended after seventh grade, Scrabble was the first school for black children in Rappahannock County. The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Fredericksburg might want to start hyping itself as Brooklyn on the Rappahannock. Destination Design: Fredericksburg Swirling snowflakes and snow-covered marshes greeted Dana Gibson the first time she and her family drove to the 1948 cottage that would become their Rappahannock River weekend place. A river cottage holds true to its 1948 roots with a simple, vintage style 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The Northern Neck is a peninsula, bordered by the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south. Manatee rescued from pound net off Virginia’s Northern Neck 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “I’ve also played Cardinal Bellarmine in James Reston’s ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ and General John Belle Hood in James Reston’s ‘Sherman, the Peacemaker’ in an open-air theatre also in Rappahannock County,” he continued. Gertz’s China book named among the best ever about communism 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Their task at building community is complicated by their location, the former Rappahannock Oyster Bar inside Union Market, a food hall with early closing hours and a demonstrated willingness to give loyal vendors the boot. Review | Yasmine is a kebab house inside Union Market, and so much more 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z For centuries, a Native American tribe considered a large swath of land with cliffs jutting out along the Rappahannock River in Virginia’s Northern Neck as its ancestral heart and homelands. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z After the Rappahannock Area Health District received more than 20 complaints that Strickland wasn’t following the mandates, the Virginia Heath Department sent inspectors to Gourmeltz. Restaurateur who defied covid rules presses his fight ‘till the end’ 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The estate is also bordered by about a mile of Fiery Run, a stream that feeds the Rappahannock River. This 191-acre estate is on the market for $5.9 million 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z David Dew, a real estate broker who sells homes near the Rappahannock River in and around White Stone, Va., said a larger number of retired clients were voicing concerns about weather patterns. ‘Do You Really Want to Rebuild at 80?’ Rethinking Where to Retire. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Anne Richardson is chief of the Rappahannock Tribe. Opinion | Virginia recognizes the promise of Indigenous-led conservation 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z In their heyday before English settlers arrived, the Rappahannocks — after whom the river is named — lived off the rich, fertile land in the area, known as Fones Cliffs. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “This quaint, yet growing community offers abundant recreational opportunities. King George is bordered by the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers.” Single-family houses in quaint King George, Va. 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z And there’s plenty of need, said Sherry Norton–Williams, a prevention specialist with the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board. Virginia-based van, training targets opioid overdoses 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Physically, I was safe and healthy in that Victorian house on the Rappahannock River, surrounded by people I love, keeping each other safe from marauding respiratory droplets and germs on groceries. Why some travelers are choosing old favorites over new horizons 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The partnership between the Rappahannock Tribe and the Chesapeake Conservancy is deeply rooted in a shared mission of land conservation. Opinion | Virginia recognizes the promise of Indigenous-led conservation 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Fast forward and the English settlers forced the Rappahannocks — like dozens of other American Indian tribes — off their land. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Lodgers can select from five guest rooms within the inn, plus a five-bedroom farmhouse on the 80-acre property in Rappahannock County. Review | The Restaurant at Blue Rock reopens with a new look — and a talented new chef 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Fones Cliffs is a major East Coast nesting place for bald eagles, considered sacred in Rappahannock culture. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z We love to walk around the fish market, all the intense smells and the atmosphere, then we’d have oysters at the Rappahannock Oyster Company. How Jennifer Morris of the Nature Conservancy would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Our collaboration on land conservation has coalesced around an iconic feature on the Rappahannock River called Fones Cliffs, within the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Opinion | Virginia recognizes the promise of Indigenous-led conservation 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Eventually, the Rappahannocks were left with just a fraction of their once-vast lands that they deem sacred. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The Rappahannock Electric Cooperative said on social media that Monday’s storm knocked out power to roughly 98,000 customers. Snow hits D.C. region for second time in a week and forces more shutdowns 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “I’m elated about it,” Rappahannock Chief Anne Richardson said in an interview before the announcement. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The new toll lanes will connect to a newly opened three-lane crossing over the Rappahannock River that doubled capacity along southbound Interstate 95. 10-mile extension of 95 Express Lanes in Virginia unlikely to open next year 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The bluffs supported three Rappahannock towns that were mapped by Captain John Smith in 1608. Opinion | Virginia recognizes the promise of Indigenous-led conservation 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Because one parcel is owned by a federal agency and the other two will be owned by the Rappahannocks and put under conservation easements with the U.S. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z One Rappahannock customer, Tamara Sandy of Spotsylvania County, said she and her mother lost power at their home after Monday’s snowstorm and it wasn’t restored until Wednesday night. Snow hits D.C. region for second time in a week and forces more shutdowns 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The tribe and its partners celebrated the acquisition in an emotional ceremony Friday afternoon, on the shores of the Rappahannock River across from a section of the cliffs. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The Doegs that survived disease and armed conflict brought by the English are believed to have relocated to the eastern bank of the Potomac River or to the northern bank of the Rappahannock River. Wessynton has serene places, tranquil spaces surrounded by history 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The miles-long vistas enabled Rappahannock warriors to take stock of approaching watercraft, and the bluffs are a magnet for breeding, migrating and wintering bald eagles. Opinion | Virginia recognizes the promise of Indigenous-led conservation 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “The conservation of it is the culmination of more than a decade of work to preserve the wildlife and habitat at Fones Cliffs and return the land to its rightful owners — the Rappahannocks.” Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z At the signing, G. Anne Richardson, the fourth-generation chief of the Rappahannock Tribe, said the order represents a new start after centuries of hardship. New rule requires consultation with Virginia tribes about development 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Three Rappahannock towns were mapped in the area by the English explorer John Smith, who survived an ambush by the tribe at Fones Cliffs in 1608. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The owners had a house in the mountains in Rappahannock County but wanted a place on or close to a river because the husband is an avid fisherman. Nature lovers house in McLean, Va., for sale for $7 million 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Now they are looking for someone to take over their vineyard and winery in Rappahannock County, Va. Virginia vineyard, winery and house for sale for $6 million 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z For the Rappahannocks, owning more of their ancestral land is meaningful. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z A new three-lane crossing over the Rappahannock River will open Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. New I-95 bridge to open near Fredericksburg, bringing relief for drivers at one of the highway’s biggest bottlenecks 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Like other Virginia tribes, the Rappahannock struggled to maintain their cultural identity for generations. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Still, the future of these networks is unclear as utility companies like Rappahannock Electric Cooperative have been sued by property owners for infringing on their property rights when they’ve sought to invoke the new provisions. Facebook will open its fiber networks to expand broadband access in rural Virginia 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “Rappahannock County also had several other vineyards that were producing outstanding wines, which made us more confident that we could establish a vineyard on this land,” she wrote. Virginia vineyard, winery and house for sale for $6 million 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z After centuries of land takeovers and discriminatory practices, the Rappahannocks were essentially a landless tribe, experts said. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Another bridge over the Rappahannock is under construction to create the same capacity for the northbound lanes, which is scheduled to open in 2024. New I-95 bridge to open near Fredericksburg, bringing relief for drivers at one of the highway’s biggest bottlenecks 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia has taken ownership of more than 460 acres of ancestral homeland along the river that bears its name, thanks to a groundbreaking partnership with donors, environmentalists and government agencies. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z I love oysters too, so I would go to Rappahannock Oyster Bar at the Wharf. How the founders of Grounded would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Only about a dozen counties in the state are below this standard, including Madison and Rappahannock. Public health officials urge masking as Northern Virginia sees more coronavirus transmission 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The Rappahannocks once lived in villages and towns in the lush lands along the river, and before English settlers arrived, archaeology and tribal experts estimate they numbered roughly 2,100. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The new spans over the Rappahannock will eventually connect with the 95 Express Lanes, which are being extended by 10 miles from Route 610 in Stafford County to Route 17 in Fredericksburg. New I-95 bridge to open near Fredericksburg, bringing relief for drivers at one of the highway’s biggest bottlenecks 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service and donated the title to the land to the Rappahannock Tribe, which will place it in trust with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The child lived in the Rappahannock Area Health District, which includes four counties and the city of Fredericksburg. D.C. government employees prepare for return to their workplaces starting Monday 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z G. Anne Richardson, 64, fourth-generation chief of the Rappahannock Tribe, attended Sharon Indian School, one of the last to operate in Virginia. Covid funds spell relief for six Virginia Indian tribes 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z In one of his most famous maps of the region, Smith — the English explorer — depicted three Rappahannock towns at Fones Cliffs. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The body was being transported from Rappahannock County to the medical examiner’s office in Manassas for formal identification and to determine a cause of death, officials said. Body believed to be missing teen discovered in Virginia park 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The site that now belongs to the Rappahannock had been planned as an upscale residential community. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Carter was just 18 when he drowned in a swimming accident in the Rappahannock River, Owens-Carter said. A Black high school baseball team won a championship in 1969. Their hometown waited 50 years to celebrate. 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The Rappahannock Electric Cooperative reported more than 8,200 customer outages, while officials in Petersburg, Va., said several roads were closed because of downed trees and power lines. National Digest: Mid-Atlantic ice storm leaves thousands in the dark 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z He noted in detail how he and his men had been attacked at Fones Cliffs by the Rappahannocks. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The Rappahannock Electric Cooperative reported more than 8,200 customer outages, while officials in Petersburg said several roads were closed because of downed trees and power lines. Ice storm leaves thousands without power in mid-Atlantic 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Federally recognized in 2018, the Rappahannock now number about 300 but once dominated the fertile land along this stretch of river. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The two are being held without bond in the Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond. Two charged after Virginia man’s body found in woods 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z In 2018, Van Voorhis was the first girl to play football at Christchurch, a boarding school located about an hour east of Richmond on the shores of the Rappahannock River. She’s aiming to play Division III football this fall — at defensive back 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Initially, the settlers left the Rappahannocks alone as they focused on taking over the empire of the Powhatan Indians to the south and establishing their colony of Jamestown. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z He was placed in the Rappahannock Regional Jail. Police: Man fires gun at car during road rage incident 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The earliest English settlers, preoccupied with the Powhatan Indians to the south, along the James and York rivers, initially respected Rappahannock territory. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles were waged in the Rappahannock watershed: Brandy Station, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness. Afloat on a tranquil river, paddlers dip into a different kind of current events 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He’s the only doctor in the Rappahannock Area Health District doing on-site testing, according to public-health officials. Virus testing gives ‘peace of mind’ at Virginia school 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z That changed rapidly in the late 1640s as English settlers pushed their way into the Rappahannock land and turned it into plantations. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Shelton and her husband have also tried repeatedly to squash other proposed mines that they viewed as a threat to their bucolic community, which borders the Rappahannock River. Embattled Fed Nominee Celebrates Free Markets, but Not in Her Backyard 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z And it will build a small replica village of the 16th century to demonstrate and preserve Rappahannock traditions. Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land, 350 years later 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Instead of highway traffic, the presence of ghosts becomes palpable when slowly and quietly paddling the Rappahannock. Afloat on a tranquil river, paddlers dip into a different kind of current events 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z A teenager who disappeared Monday in the Rappahannock River in Stafford County was found dead Wednesday morning, the county sheriff’s office said. Local Digest: One man killed, another wounded in Brookland, D.C. police say 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Rappahannocks were forced off the best, most fertile land, King said, and were eventually left with little land of their own. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The Rappahannock is always considered to be dangerous. Search continues for teen in Virginia’s Rappahannock River 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Several retailers-including Wawa and Weis Markets-have made food, gift card or monetary donations, and both the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region and the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative have provided significant grants as well. Virginia agency brings meals to schoolchildren, families 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z And situated on the Rappahannock fall line is Fredericksburg, about 50 miles downstream from where Ann, Jim and I launch our small boats. Afloat on a tranquil river, paddlers dip into a different kind of current events 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He said Murchison is being held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, Va., with an extradition hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Authorities arrest 11th suspect in 2018 killing of 10-year-0ld Makiyah Wilson 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z A turning point in Rappahannock history came in 2018, when they were federally recognized as a tribe. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z He was being held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on no bond, the office said. Woman found fatally shot in College Park hotel room 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The alley, located where Canal and Caroline streets meet at the northern end of the city’s Historic District, leads down to the Rappahannock River. Volunteers clean up alley with ties to Underground Railroad 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z They serve Indian food — their bar area isn’t as great at Rappahannock, but the food is amazing. A D.C. Dream Day with Capital Fringe’s Julianne Brienza 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Stanley was taken to a hospital for his injuries and later taken into custody at Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond. Virginia dad pummels man in bedroom allegedly molesting young kids, police say 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “We love the Rappahannock River and respect the hundreds of species of plants and creatures of the land.” Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Courtney was released from the Rappahannock Regional Jail after an apparent oversight traced back to a bond granted earlier in the home invasion case. Man mistakenly released from jail now charged with murder 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Mackenzie Cissell left her job with the Rappahannock County School District, where she was in line to become the finance director, for a slower lifestyle on 15 acres. A yak escaped a butcher and gained Internet fame. It’s the latest struggle for his former tech worker owner. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Then I’d kayak to the Wharf, go home and shower, and then go back out with friends at Rappahannock Oyster Bar at the Wharf. A D.C. Dream Day with Capital Fringe’s Julianne Brienza 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., was censured by the Rappahannock County Republican Committee last week over his voting record, his third reprimand by a local GOP group since officiating a same-sex wedding several weeks ago. Virginia GOP committee censures congressman after he officiated same-sex wedding 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Still, the Rappahannocks said they do want to use some land to educate the public and their own people about the tribe’s history and show the respect they have for the land. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Spear said most of the national home builders at the time did not venture south of the Rappahannock River. 2 successful businesses, based on technologies centuries apart 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Before Augustine succumbed to a sudden illness in 1743, he moved his family to Ferry Farm on the Rappahannock River, where Mary would live until she moved to nearby Fredericksburg in 1772. Review | Widow, slaveholder, mother of our first president 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The individual, described only as a male, was found on River Road, which runs along the Rappahannock River. Area news in brief: One dead in fire in McLean area 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z ICE requested the Rappahannock Regional Jail hold her for an additional period of time, Arismendi said, but she was eventually released. ICE cooperation bills progress through Virginia legislature 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “This property has been rescued, and now a sacred piece of property can be returned to our tribe and remain as an iconic feature of the Rappahannock River,” said Rappahannock Chief Anne Richardson. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The Civil War Trust owns a beautiful piece of land on a knoll overlooking the railroad and vehicular bridges that traverse the rapid, curving waters of the Rappahannock River. Civil War history, small-town friendliness along the Rappahannock River 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Washington’s second Rappahannock Oyster Bar, which opened at the end of November, is a gorgeous glass-walled dining room inside a 1912 oyster shed. The best happy hours at the Wharf (yes, the Wharf) 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The defining work of his catalogue is 2015’s “River,” a love letter to the sights and sounds of the Rappahannock, which ran near where Bachman grew up. Virginia guitarist Daniel Bachman takes a step back to look forward 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Recent archaeological work, driven by 2018 data analytics, has unearthed evidence of the Rappahannock Tribe’s vast range along the river that bears its name. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Instead, the land has been acquired in pieces by allies of the Rappahannock tribe. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z In their first match, in early September, in a theatre in the Rappahannock town of Little Washington, Riggleman and Cockburn sparred with the helpful mediation of the former Boston Globe columnist Thomas Oliphant. A Democrat’s Midterm Bid to Win in Virginia’s Fifth District, Home of Charlottesville 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Although Cockburn has had a house in the Rappahannock horse country for 19 years and made it her primary residence 11 years ago, it’s her Georgetown home that her critics tend to focus on. Learning to do a double flip: From red to blue and from reporter to politician 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z This is a remote peninsula, mostly undeveloped, where the waters of the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay meet. With Cultivation, Have Oysters Become Too Perfect? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “There were voices that the Rappahannock needed to have that they weren’t getting,” said archaeologist Julia King of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, who has led the effort. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z This past spring, the Chesapeake Conservancy bought another piece, about 460 acres at the southern point of the cliffs, and turned over ownership of it to the Rappahannock tribe. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z In Virginia, Fredericksburg was hit especially hard by the surging Rappahannock River. While war raged in the Pacific, Washington fought the great flood of 1942 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Cockburn tells Virginians who are skeptical of her liberal views that where she lives in Rappahannock, “we have to shoot deer because otherwise they’d be in our bed.” Learning to do a double flip: From red to blue and from reporter to politician 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Sponsored by the Rappahannock News and Businesses Rappahannock, the debate was the first of five scheduled between the 5th District candidates. Candidates for Va. congressional seat tangle over residency in first debate 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the Rappahannocks were among a handful of Virginia tribes who finally achieved federal recognition under a bill passed by Congress and signed by the president. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The nonprofit plans to turn it over to the Rappahannocks. Native American tribe in Va. reclaims big parcel of its homeland 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z He is being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. Police: Man attacked Virginia police officer with box cutter 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until recent years that local producers, such as Rappahannock Oyster Co., revived Washington’s roots as an oyster town. The 24 dishes that took D.C. from culinary backwater to food destination 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Cockburn, a former “60 Minutes” producer and author, said she lives in Rappahannock — although she identified herself as a resident of Georgetown and New York in 2013 while promoting a novel she had just written. Candidates for Va. congressional seat tangle over residency in first debate 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The findings suggest the Rappahannocks were a powerful tribe with equal standing to others that got more attention from European settlers. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Although she said she was scared that the snake was still in her car, she drove it — nervously, she said — the 10 minutes to her home in Rappahannock County. Snake slithers out of car’s air vent as Virginia woman is driving 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Rappahannock in Los Angeles opened for lunch in early May and will start dinner service on Friday. You will soon be able to get Canter's Deli sandwiches at this new food hub in Pasadena 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Local restaurants, wineries and ale-makers have donated fine goodies for the event, which benefits Rappahannock Community College; these folks have raised about $800,000 so far for their cause, and plan to continue. Inside the Beltway: Trump tweets reach 76% of the nation 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In addition, the storm did severe damage to the distribtion system of the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. Storm downs trees, causes flooding and cuts power 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The native people on the Rappahannock lived just beyond the range of the first colonists and kept themselves separate. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Sharon Killian, a clinical services director at the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board, said the report mirrors what she sees among her clients. ‘Deaths of despair’ on the rise in Virginia 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z His family’s Rappahannock County home then sat for years, fell into disrepair and eventually sold. Philly man visits Virginia for letters he sent home in 1969 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The Virginia Department of Health proposes to help Rappahannock Yachts with the construction of a dedicated transient floating dock with 18 slips, five linear moorings and restroom facilities. Virginia to receive $646k for boating infrastructure 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission spokeswoman Christine Rodrigo says no one aboard the bus was injured, and the commission is cooperating with the investigation. Pedestrian struck, killed by bus in downtown Washington 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z While the nearby Pamunkey Tribe carved out a reservation in the late 1600s, the Rappahannock lost their ancestral land and scattered. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A spokeswoman for the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission said one of their OmniRide buses was involved in the accident, and no passengers reported injuries. Man fatally struck by bus in downtown Washington near the Mall 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z As part of the agreement, the northbound Rappahannock River Crossing will be built and $232 million will be allocated to I-95 corridor improvements. Opinion | Will Virginia finally address the mess on I-95 at the Occoquan River? 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z At Brine, a seafood restaurant from the same team behind Rappahannock Oyster Bar in Union Market, you can expect just-caught fish and, of course, fresh oysters. Going shopping? Here’s where to eat near Washington’s retail hubs. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Accordingly, by the time Victoria and I make it to Rappahannock Oyster Co. Richmond, Virginia, shows history from colonial times through Civil War to contemporary foodie city 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The way King and Strickland see it, the Rappahannocks were right and the English historians were wrong. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Seven of the jurisdictions are already in the process of replacing them - Lee County, Rappahannock County, Russell County and the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Poquoson and Martinsville. Virginia scraps touch-screen voting machines as election for governor looms. 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Walker certainly welcomed the work done at his campground located at the gateway to the Rappahannock River fords in eastern Culpeper, a topic about which he wrote a book. Restoration on the Rappahannock River 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Before the Heritage Trail_the 1.6-mile asphalt stretch connecting the two parts of the Rappahannock Canal Path_opened at the end of 2012, brush and overgrowth marred the entrance to Ficklen Island. Officer swaps tickets for trash bags for riverbank crimes 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Moore was charged with three felony counts of abduction and felony assault and battery, Carey said, and was held without bond at Rappahannock Regional Jail. Police arrest woman after finding gun in suitcase at Cannon House Office Building 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z On a bluff over the brown water of the Rappahannock River, King and her colleague, Scott Strickland, pick their way across a farm field. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Thousands attend a pig roast he and his wife, Lisa Collis, host in big election years on their farm on the Rappahannock River. Warner steps into the spotlight in Trump-Russia probe 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Snakeheads are abundant in the Potomac and its tributaries and can also be found in the Rappahannock. Likely 1st catch of invasive snakehead reported in Lake Anna 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The status of the 16-year-old wasn’t immediately clear, though Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie Compton told the newspaper he is no longer attending the high school. Affidavit: Teen threatened attack on Columbine anniversary 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z American Rivers ranked the Rappahannock No. 5 on its 2017 Most Endangered Rivers report. Report ranks Rappahannock among 10 most endangered rivers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z On the Rappahannock, all the native villages are clustered on the north shore. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The Rappahannock monument will be dedicated in April, while ones in Page and Greene are in the works with Augusta, Rockingham and Warren to come. New monuments honor Virginia residents forced from homes 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Drumgole, 44, of Rappahannock Academy, died of his injuries at a hospital shortly after, according to police. Family of security guard fatally stabbed by shoplifting suspect grieves 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Rappahannock County Schools Superintendent Dr. Gary Blair declined to discuss the status of the younger student but told the AP he’s confident the school no longer faces a threat. Affidavit: Teen threatened attack on Columbine anniversary 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z A wills and trusts lawyer who practices in a log cabin on the Rappahannock River, Howell assumed the speakership at a time when his party enjoyed a slim majority in the 100-seat chamber. Va. House Speaker William Howell, a pragmatic Republican, will not run again 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Historians have long asserted that was because the Rappahannocks wanted to keep a safe distance from the great Powhatan to the south. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The project, titled “Watermen’s Way,” will raise money for three groups: the Virginia Watermen’s Association, the Irvington Steamboat Era Museum and the Rappahannock Art League. White boots of Northern Neck Watermen become art project 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z There was a significant jump in number of detections within Warren and Page counties and even into Rappahannock, Rockingham and Madison counties. Emerald ash borer moves deeper into Valley 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The allegations contained in the affidavit were first reported Sunday by The Rappahannock News . Affidavit: Teen threatened attack on Columbine anniversary 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Settle initially joined state police in 1986, left to serve as Rappahannock County sheriff and rejoined the police force in 2000. State Police gets new head of investigative branch 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Susie and Otha Nelson lived here beginning in the 1920s, waging a lifelong fight for the survival of their people, the Rappahannock Tribe. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Jan Dobrowolski, a jewelry designer affiliated with the Rappahannock Art League in Kilmarnock, said artists throughout the Northern Neck are excited about taking part in the project. White boots of Northern Neck Watermen become art project 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z River Rock Outfitters in Fredericksburg helps organize tubing, canoeing and kayaking on the Rappahannock River. Flexibility in use of space gives community in Fredericksburg, Va., broader appeal 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Blair said Monday that he first learned of the investigation into the threat against Rappahannock County High School on April 11. Affidavit: Teen threatened attack on Columbine anniversary 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z “Half Cherokee, Rappahannock, part Negro, part white. Blood don’t know what it wants to be. You just got born in the wrong place is all.” The White and Black Worlds of 'Loving v. Virginia' 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The Rappahannocks said no — Smith was shorter and hairier than the guilty Englishman. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z With about 860 parking spaces, the lot is a drop-off site for commuters using the Potomac and Rappahannock Transit Commission’s OmniRide bus line connecting Lake Ridge and Washington. Someone tampered with a road sign so they could call Hillary Clinton a b - - - - 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Shucktoberfest The event offers unlimited beer from Blue Point Brewing Co. and oysters from Rappahannock Oyster Co., live bluegrass, games and a football-viewing lounge. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Oct. 20-26, 2016 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Those blessings included a $60,000 grant from the Honeywell Charitable Fund, which is administered by the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region. SERVE to expand its mission with new food pantry warehouse 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z In addition to Baltimore Harbor and the Patapsco River, they plan to map the rest of the Potomac River, and the Elk, Northeast, Rappahannock, Sassafras and York rivers. Conservancy creating virtual tour of Chesapeake Bay 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z And because the Rappahannock River basin is not heavily developed, the work hints that there’s far more to discover about the tribe’s extensive range. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Sheriff's officials say they are still investigating, and Love-Robinson is being held in the Rappahannock Regional Jail. Accused teen 'doctor' arrested on new charges in Virginia 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Oysters: Head to Union Market’s Rappahannock Oyster Bar Tuesday through Friday between 4 and 7 p.m. and you’ll get a dozen oysters for $12. Where to find half price food and drink deals every day of the week 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Rappahannock County can be at once bucolic and savage. General Flee: Virginia ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Store to Close After Cultural Fender Bender 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z North of the Rappahannock River, Connolly says, “Virginia looks more like a Mid-Atlantic state than a Southern state.” Trump’s sour Virginia cocktail 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The Rappahannocks fought back every way they could. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z On the 89 acres the Butchers own along the Rappahannock River in Marshall, Va., sits Turner’s vision: a simple, rectangular home with a front porch. They wanted to ‘do something cool’ for their Va. vacation home. So they got a silo. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Oysters: Eat the Rich’s Brine Time happy hour, which runs from 5 to 7 p.m., features $1 Rappahannock River Oysters and a $6 oyster back shooter with rye whiskey. Where to find half price food and drink deals every day of the week 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He insists money, fame and four years in Congress don’t put him among the Rappahannock elite. General Flee: Virginia ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Store to Close After Cultural Fender Bender 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Local oyster and seafood companies, including Rappahannock River Oysters, will sell $1 oysters at happy hour. Three new beer gardens to check out this weekend 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Last summer in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in a one-off performance of The Peacemaker by James Reston Jr, Blumenthal played the president’s ghost. ‘I work. I write. And do some politics’: Sidney Blumenthal talks Lincoln, Clinton and Trump 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Preservation Virginia is also taking aim at statewide utility infrastructure proposals, such as the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines and the building of electrical transmission line towers across the Rappahannock and James rivers. Virginia’s most endangered places include black cemeteries, a legislative office complex, and a former slave dwelling 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Early on, the Trumps, according to executives familiar with the search, contacted Patrick O’Connell of the famed Inn at Little Washington in Rappahannock County, Va., about opening a D.C. flagship restaurant. Donald Trump, José Andrés and the death of a grand Washington restaurant 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Roger Piantadosi, 62, editor of the Rappahannock News, says criticism of its coverage “seems to be a reflection of what’s happening in the country. It’s all about ‘us’ and ‘them’ and taking sides.” General Flee: Virginia ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Store to Close After Cultural Fender Bender 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z After being transferred to the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford County, Latson hit a guard who was moving him from one cell to another. Lawsuit says Virginia jailers abused autistic inmate 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Four wastewater treatment facilities are strung along the Rappahannock, and the surrounding land use is largely agriculture and forest. Sexual oddities plague bass in Chesapeake Bay tributaries 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Reeves, Moran and two NRA lobbyists met at Rappahannock Restaurant for an oyster dinner — and to remind themselves what was at stake. Va. will again recognize concealed-carry permits from other states 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The railroad and its port on the Rappahannock River made Fredericksburg an important target; the site of two major battles, it was bombarded, occupied and looted. PBS Civil War miniseries ‘Mercy Street’ lives in Alexandria 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z “There’s certain things I believe in: the Bible, the Constitution and that the zoning ordinances of Rappahannock County apply to everybody,” he says. General Flee: Virginia ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Store to Close After Cultural Fender Bender 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The writer, a Republican, represents the 18th District, which encompasses all of Rappahannock and portions of Fauquier, Warren and Culpeper counties, in the Virginia House of Delegates. Endangering Virginians by executive fiat 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The registry will also include a rural historic district in Rappahannock County. Virginia Landmarks Registry adding 11 entries 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z With fewer than 500 residents, Irvington is located on the shore of Carter’s Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock. IRVINGTON, Va. 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Rappahannock will supply SeaCare with oysters and Lagoon Seafood with oysters and clams. Governor says trade mission boosts Virginia seafood exports 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z One divide runs between “been-heres,” whose ancestors were born in Rappahannock, and “come-heres” who made their money in the nation’s capital and spent it on weekend houses in the country. General Flee: Virginia ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Store to Close After Cultural Fender Bender 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The festival will conclude with “Rappahannock: The Story of a Historic and Beautiful River and its People.” Garden Club of Virginia to present film festival 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Rappahannock Regional Jail Authority, Va., $60.1 million of revenue and refunding bonds. Treasury Auctions for the Week of Sept. 28 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z If you like oysters — raw, roasted, fried — then hop in the car and drive down to Virginia’s Northern Neck, the peninsula where the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers join the Chesapeake Bay. IRVINGTON, Va. 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The most recent U.S. death was last week when a Virginia man died after a catfish spine injury sustained in the Rappahannock River became infected. With Global Warming, Expect More Deadly Vibrio Cases 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Opponents such as the Chesapeake Conservancy and Friends of the Rappahannock say wiping away hundreds of trees will destroy the scenery that Smith viewed before English settlers arrived. Eagle ‘hot spot’ in Virginia could be replaced by a golf course and resort 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Besides Sweet Briar, other endangered places include the Gibson Cottage at the Warm Springs Hotel and the town of Port Royal on the Rappahannock River. Sweet Briar College among ‘most endangered’ Va. places 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z VRE is a partnership between the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission and, like other transit systems, it depends heavily on local, state and federal subsidies. VRE kicks off major expansion plan with new Spotsylvania station 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z A few miles south of Irvington in Topping, the Rappahannock River Oyster Co. offers visitors a tour of its industry with explanations by the watermen. IRVINGTON, Va. 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But before Burnside could lay siege to the city, he first had to ford the Rappahannock River. American Civil War Battlefields: Then and Now 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z On a recent Tuesday, about two dozen brown-feathered eagles, 1-year-old and younger, playfully screeched and swooped at each other over the Rappahannock. Eagle ‘hot spot’ in Virginia could be replaced by a golf course and resort 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Other, similar trails are in the planning and implementation stages in Rappahannock, Henry, Accomack, Page, Frederick and Rockingham counties, as well as the Williamsburg region. Artisan trail planned in Virginia’s Northern Neck 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Virginia embarked on its largest state-funded oyster replenishment in history two years ago, building large reefs on the James, York, and Rappahannock rivers, as well as on the Chesapeake Bay — at Pocomoke and Tangier sounds. The good die young: ‘Dead zones’ find oysters where they should be safe 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z About 10 years ago, he said, he shot a 350-pound bear in Rappahannock County. Man kills 650-pound black bear while hunting in Fauquier County 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sili said Caroline residents are far more concerned about ongoing applications for sand and gravel mines along the Rappahannock River. Caroline official questions drilling’s impact 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z There are gorgeous views of the Rappahannock River, nice fishing and tasty seafood. Eagle ‘hot spot’ in Virginia could be replaced by a golf course and resort 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Local examples include determining that a famous in-the-trenches image of Union soldiers was taken near the Rappahannock River in Spotsylvania, not Petersburg, as had long been thought. Fredericksburg area Civil War scenes viewed in 3-D 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z It defined the Washington region as going from the District to Washington and Frederick counties and down to Rappahannock and Stafford counties in Virginia. D.C. more expensive than New York? It’s complicated. Beverly Jones is a leadership and transitions coach who runs Clearways Consulting in Washington, D.C., and Rappahannock County, Va. She was formerly a lawyer representing energy clients, universities and nonprofits. Boomer Women Hit The Glass Ceiling; Four Tips To Crack It Now 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Yes, available for purchase from food trucks and restaurants, including Red Hook Lobster Pound, TaKorean and the Rappahannock Oyster Company. Drink up: A guide to local fall beer festivals “I don’t know why I made this house,” said Bill, who is 76 and lives in Rappahannock County, Va. “I just had it in my head I needed to make a Chinquapin house.” More on Alexandria’s torpedo factory and a Soviet leader who did shop at Giant Madison was born on the property on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Frederick County in 1751. Owners want to restore Madison’s birthplace in Va. 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Before developer Jim Abdo’s idea to remake the town of Washington, Va. made headlines just over a week ago, some residents of the town and surrounding Rappahannock County hadn’t heard much about his plans. Abdo’s plans for Little Washington get rocky reception The county seat for Rappahannock County has not changed dramatically since. He remade H Street and Logan Circle. Now D.C. developer takes on a country town. After building a steady market for their trademark oyster, the Rappahannock River, they began to build a range of flavors, as an ambitious brewery might create a flight of beers. A Chesapeake Homecoming 2014-03-24T19:09:28Z Apprised of the fact that Lee’s army was scattered through the woods and byways south of the Rappahannock River around Chancellorsville, he lacked the nerve to commit his troops to a decisive battle. Gettysburg: Lincoln's Search for Generals 2013-07-02T15:35:28Z Located on the grounds of the Westmoreland Berry Farm, it offers a moderately steep, narrow dirt path that brings you to a view of the Rappahannock River. Exploring nature with a little online help 2013-05-31T18:49:54Z Virginia is reallytwo states: You have Northern Virginia, and then everything below the Rappahannock. The Caucus: Campaign Diary: Candidates Spend Final Day in Swing States 2012-11-06T12:45:39Z As his name and fortune grew he bought his first vacation home in Rappahannock County, a 50-acre estate, from David Brinkley more than 20 years ago. He remade H Street and Logan Circle. Now D.C. developer takes on a country town. Oysters had almost disappeared from the Chesapeake Bay when the Croxtons, first cousins and co-owners of the Rappahannock Oyster Company, graduated from college. A Chesapeake Homecoming 2014-03-24T19:09:28Z By mid-June, Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was stretched out from the Rappahannock almost to the Potomac. Gettysburg: Lincoln's Search for Generals 2013-07-02T15:35:28Z The Navy said the boat rapidly approached the refueling ship Rappahannock about 10 miles off Jebel Ali, Dubai, and disregarded warnings. | Middle East: United Arab Emirates: Survivor Disputes U.S. Account of Shooting 2012-07-18T03:01:41Z US defence officials said on Monday that after "the vessel disregarded non-lethal warnings and rapidly approached the US ship", a security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a .50-calibre machine gun. Shot India fishermen 'not warned' 2012-07-17T13:54:37Z After "the vessel disregarded non-lethal warnings and rapidly approached the US ship", the security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a .50-calibre machine gun, fearing the boat was a threat, US defence officials said. India presses US over UAE death 2012-07-17T10:45:34Z “Now they can’t get enough of them,” said Mr. Woods, twirling the flesh into a plump and attractive “Rappahannock roll” that sits up high in the shell. A Chesapeake Homecoming 2014-03-24T19:09:28Z Rappahannock used a series of non-lethal, preplanned responses to warn the vessel before resorting to lethal force,” he said in the statement. U.S. Navy Ship Fires on Boat Off Dubai 2012-07-16T17:23:00Z The Rappahannock river laves the east slope of the Welford garden. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z A tenth was erected during the summer, including Maryland, the District of Columbia, and that portion of Virginia lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z A fort was maintained near the falls of the Rappahannock, and with 250 men the town was legally founded in 1727 and was named for Frederick, son of George the Second. Fredericksburg and Its Many Points of Interest 2012-03-26T02:00:37.797Z An earlier version of this article misstated the location of a restaurant opened by the Rappahannock Oyster Company. A Chesapeake Homecoming 2014-03-24T19:09:28Z When those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a.50-caliber machine gun.” U.S. Navy Ship Fires on Boat Off Dubai 2012-07-16T17:23:00Z In close proximity to the Falls Plantation, and the Falls of the Rappahannock river, this homestead well sustains its reputation as having had an artistic and romantic past, which is inseparably intertwined with the present. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Northumberland extended from the Potomac to and across the Rappahannock River and from the tip of "Northern Neck," as the territory lying between the two rivers was called, indefinitely westward. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z Early in December, 1862, Burnside, urged by the clamor of the Northern press and populace, resolved to cross the Rappahannock, and despite the near approach of winter to assume the offensive. Fredericksburg and Its Many Points of Interest 2012-03-26T02:00:37.797Z While the "father of his country" was an infant, the parents removed to Stafford county, on the Rappahannock river, opposite Fredericksburg. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z The Rappahannock is a fleet replenishment oiler, used to refuel other naval vessels at sea. U.S. Navy Ship Fires on Boat Off Dubai 2012-07-16T17:23:00Z For several years they worshipped in a church of their own situated on the banks of the Rappahannock known as Shiloh Baptist Church—for in this section they were Baptist in their creed. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Northumberland Divided In 1651, that portion of Northumberland lying on both sides of the Rappahannock River was divided and a new county, called Lancaster from the English shire of that name, was formed. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z Washington was raised to manhood, and it is said where he threw the silver dollar across the Rappahannock, also where he chopped the famous cherry tree. Fredericksburg and Its Many Points of Interest 2012-03-26T02:00:37.797Z The new home was at Pine Grove, in Stafford County, on the Rappahannock River, opposite Fredericksburg. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z At least ten thousand had assembled from the camps cantoned in winter quarters for miles between the Potomac and along the Rappahannock Rivers. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Beautiful Old “Chatham” Among the pleasant places worthy of consideration, from an historic, and artistic viewpoint, none is more interesting than old Chatham, on Stafford Heights, directly across the Rappahannock from Fredericksburg. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z It did not extend across the Rappahannock River. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z This was accomplished on Monday, the 4th of May, when Sedgwick was driven across the Rappahannock, at Bank’s Ford. Fredericksburg and Its Many Points of Interest 2012-03-26T02:00:37.797Z I found the army encamped in the mud for miles along the Rappahannock river. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Cavalrymen scoured the country, and eleven days after the shooting discovered them in a barn on Garrett's farm, near Port Royal on the Rappahannock. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Fredericksburg itself was for a time threatened when the English admiral, Cockburn, made a raid up the Rappahannock. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The next county to be formed in the colony was Stafford, which lies on the north side of the Rappahannock River to the west of Westmoreland. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z The despatch was taken to General Pope, who, thus advised by accident, immediately set about retiring from Culpeper to the east bank of the Rappahannock. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z All the mud and bad roads on the Peninsula could not bear the least comparison with that of Falmouth and along the Rappahannock. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z At the crossing of the Rappahannock, theirs was the dangerous duty to protect the makers of the pontoon bridges. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z And the upper river canal was being built, a public enterprise from which great results were expected and which was to extend about forty miles up the Rappahannock. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z It was taken from Lancaster County, being the portion that lies on the south side of the Rappahannock River and extends to Dragon Run, the northern boundary of Gloucester. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z Thus on that day Pope put his army in retreat by the several crossings of the Rappahannock to its strong camps of the north side, leaving his cavalry in observation. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z A council of war was held by our generals, and the conclusion arrived at that the enterprise should be abandoned, and that the army should recross the Rappahannock under cover of darkness. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z With Smith's return to the mouth of the Rappahannock the mist descends again upon Loudoun for many years. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z Southward, Lee’s army stretched over thirty-three miles, from the fords of the Rappahannock, where the hard riding cavalrymen of Stuart and W. H. F. Lee watched, to Port Royal, Jackson’s right. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Culpeper lay on the south side of the Rappahannock and north of the Conway River commonly called the fork of the Rappahannock River. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z The Ninth Corps was a distinct body reorganized under Major-General A. E. Burnside, and posted in co-operative position near the railroad bridge over the Rappahannock River. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z FREDERICKSBURG, a city of Spottsylvania county, Virginia, U.S.A., on the Rappahannock river, at the head of tide-water navigation, about 60 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The position which we had thus gained uncovered the road to United States Ford, on the Rappahannock. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Old-fashioned flowers nodded in the breeze which blew up from the Rappahannock, and the Doctor’s own tobacco ships, with their returned English cargoes, swung on their anchors at the foot of the terraces. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The fork of the Rappahannock was the area between the Rappahannock River and its tributary, the Conway, now called the Rapidan. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z General Meade got his army together near Warrenton on the 31st of July, and ordered a detachment of artillery, cavalry, and infantry across the Rappahannock at Kelly’s Ford and the railroad bridge. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Near the beginning of Mr. Conway's small volume entitled "Barons of the Potomack and Rappahannock" occurs the sententious remark that "a true history of tobacco would be the history of English and American Liberty." A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z We remained at Culpeper until August 18, when we were aroused at midnight and started on the road to the Rappahannock. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Some of the Beautiful Floats It began with floats of the four tribes of Indians in this section which recognized the great king Powhatan as their ruler, the Mattaponi, Chickahominy, Pamunkey and the Rappahannock tribes. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Its territory was taken from those portions of Shenandoah and Frederick counties that adjoined "the counties of Rappahannock and Fauquier in the southern part thereof." How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z The enemy had destroyed the bridge over the Rappahannock and blown up one of the piers. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The course occupies a site on a ridge above the Rappahannock River where Union artillery provided cannon fire during the ill-fated Union attempt to cross the Rappahannock and defeat Confederates in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Civil War Links 2011-10-12T04:00:00Z On the morning of April 27, 1863, we left our winter camp at Stafford Court House and marched to Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z It is probable that these pioneers ventured into the surrounding country, and not at all unlikely that some of them strayed as far as the falls of the Rappahannock. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The troops remained in camp on the banks of the Rappahannock five weeks, preparing for the Fall campaign. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z On the 20th of August the march was made, the right wing to the vicinity of Kelly’s Ford on the Rappahannock River, the left to the railroad bridge and fords above. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The third, and northernmost, of these peninsulas lies between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The next morning we marched down to Rappahannock Station in company with two other old regiments of the Brigade, and boarded the cars for Alexandria, on our way to New York. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z The fear that the enemy would come up the Rappahannock River to attack this place was never realized. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z As we retired from the Rappahannock to the fortified Heights of Centreville, the enemy followed, shouting victory; every step they advanced seemed to them an assurance that Washington was in their grasp. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z The east banks of the Rappahannock lifted quite above those occupied by the Confederates, giving advantageous position to the Union artillery fire, and offering no point above Kelly’s Ford to force a crossing. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z What men first knew this land between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers? The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z On the night of August 22 the enemy were expected to make an attempt to cross the Rappahannock at Beverly Ford, where I was stationed on picket duty. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z He was one of three men who aided John Wilkes Booth to cross the Rappahannock at Fort Royal, and directed him to the Garrett barn, where Booth met his death. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Truex; pontoon trains were now sent forward, and preparations made to again cross the Rappahannock. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z When the left wing marched from Rappahannock Bridge, the enemy crossed a considerable force to the west bank, and covered it with a number of superior batteries well posted on the east side. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The following account of what happened at the mouth of the Rappahannock was written by members of the company, Dr. Walter Russell and Anas Todkill. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The enemy occasionally made demonstration as though to cross at the fords of the Rappahannock, but all the while moving up toward the mountains. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z The hills of the Rappahannock, once crowned so threateningly with battlements of artillery, echoed the volume of sound, until it rung across the valley. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The rebel army was busily engaged in erecting winter quarters, and building forts on the Rappahannock, little dreaming that the Union army was again advancing. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z The heavy rainfall admonished him to forego further operations and return to the army while yet there was a chance to cross Cedar Creek and the Rappahannock before the tides came down. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z When Smith decided that it was time to push on Mosco warned him not to visit the Rappahannock Indians. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z On the night of the 8th, our whole force, infantry, artillery, and cavalry, moved down to the Rappahannock at Beverly Ford. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Looking across the Rappahannock he could see “Chatham,” the great winged brick house where General Burnside had headquarters, and where, under the wide spreading oaks, General Lee had won his bride, the pretty Mary Custis. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The terrible lesson they learned at Bristoe was not to be forgotten very soon, nor our advance on the Rappahannock. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z The brigade of cavalry under General Hampton kept careful watch of the fords of the upper Rappahannock. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Todkill attempted to return to the barge but was intercepted by the Rappahannocks. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z We camped at night on the headwaters of the Rappahannock, in a country described as naturally poor, and entirely ruined by cultivation. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z When Gettysburg was over, both armies came back to face each other along the Rappahannock, twenty to thirty miles above Fredericksburg. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z At ten o'clock the Rappahannock was reached, the night very dark and cold; the men were compelled to wade the river waist deep, the water running rapidly. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z Before we were fully settled in our winter quarters, and when just beginning to enjoy our camp theatricals, we heard that General Burnside was looking for another crossing by the lower Rappahannock. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z After the barge had moved about half a mile away the Englishmen looked back and saw the thirty or forty Rappahannocks of the ambuscade "dancing and singing very merrily." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z During all that day and night the army of General Pope was streaming across the Rappahannock to the north side, only a portion of his cavalry still remaining to the south. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z These were the intentions, so far as they can be known and judged, which led to the crossing of the Rappahannock at that particular juncture. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Details were made each morning for picket from the various regiments, and stationed along the Rappahannock. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z By land,—the shortest,—to go down the Potomac to the Lower Rappahannock, landing at or near Urbana, and thence march for the Confederate capital. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Then it was straight sailing down the Bay, past the mouths of the Rappahannock and York, and finally, into the James. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Rappahannock, 92; crossed, 38, 40, 41, 66, 69, 79. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z They founded a mission, perhaps on the Rappahannock, but soon all were slain. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The column crossed the Rappahannock on pontoons, marching sixteen miles, wading Aquia Creek, camping in a field at four o'clock. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z The withdrawal from Centreville was delayed some weeks, waiting for roads that could be travelled, but was started on the 9th of March, 1862, and on the 11th the troops were south of the Rappahannock. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The tract is said to have been a vast domain which extended from the Rappahannock to the Potomac and some distance along both rivers. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Virginia first stocked the fish in the James and Rappahannock rivers in the 1970s for sport fishing. Blue catfish catch a Virginia record, and a monster of our own creation 2011-07-01T04:11:51Z In 1649 the king had granted the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock rivers to several of his supporters, and after the Restoration they leased their rights to Sir Humphrey Hooke and two others. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z It was several months before the Friendship anchored at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z I marched from the Rappahannock, following on Jackson’s trail, and camped at White Plains. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z In the name of God, Amen, I Epraphrodibus Lawson, of Rappahannock, being sick of body, but of perfect memory, Glory be to God, do make this my last will and testament. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z About the first of the new year a party of them made a sudden raid upon the upper plantations of the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, massacred thirty-six persons, and fled to the woods. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z The plantations had gradually spread up the James and Rappahannock, encroaching upon the Indian lands. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z After the battle the Regiment recrossed the Rappahannock and were again in camp. History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York 2011-05-25T02:00:23.703Z The delay thus brought about gave time for him to quit his weaker ground and retire to strong defensive heights behind the Rappahannock River, where he held us in check five days. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The merchants hoped to settle new "adventures" in the land between the Potomac and the Rappahannock. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z After marching all the next day we joined our wagon train at dusk, near Rappahannock Station, and found that we were just in time, for the whole army was on the move to Fredericksburg. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z His enemies were two neighbouring confederacies, the Mannahoacs, between the Rappahannock and York rivers, and the Monacans between the York and James rivers, above the falls. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Passed through Richmond the 11th of May, crossed the Rappahannock at U. S. ford the 15th, and arrived at Alexandria on the 19th. History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York 2011-05-25T02:00:23.703Z Half an hour’s close watch revealed that the move was for the Rappahannock River. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Eight of these tribes lived in the land between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers: Moraughtacund, on the bank of the Rappahannock River in the territory that was later Richmond and Lancaster Counties. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z We have since been doing picket duty on the Rappahannock. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Some of his lands were on the banks of the Rappahannock River, near which he had money invested in iron-mines. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z A subsequent grant from the crown had conveyed to certain persons all the tract between the heads and courses of the Rappahannock and Potomac, and the Chesapeake Bay. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z As we were there to learn from personal observation, our vigilance was prolonged until the wagons rolled down the declivities of the Rappahannock. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Their main village was at the junction of the Rappahannock and the Morattico Rivers. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The capture of a sutler's train near Fairfax and a raid upon an outpost on the Rappahannock occurring at the same time are both ascribed to Mosby in person by the soldiers. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z When George was eleven years old his father died, leaving to him the home where they lived on the Rappahannock, and to his brother Lawrence the great plantation on the Potomac afterward called Mount Vernon. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z On the thirtieth of April, 1864, we marched to Rappahannock Station, and there camped for the night. The Empty Sleeve or, The Life and Hardships of Henry H. Meacham, in the Union Army 2011-03-17T02:00:11.640Z Nevertheless, he began to realize, as he felt Jackson’s march to his right, that he must abandon the line of the Rappahannock and attend on the movements of that command gone astray by the mountains. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z About this time, while he was at Ferry Farm, he decided one day to "wash" in the Rappahannock. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The ride out to Rappahannock Station, where our regiment was last heard from, was full of novelty and interest to one who had never been on a long march before. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z The Army of the Potomac was again on the north bank of the Rappahannock. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z They traveled for several miles in an ox-cart, and then by team, to a place called Hop Yard Wharf, on the Rappahannock River. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z I was west of the Rappahannock when the command should have been at Washington City. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The following excerpt from his narrative tells of the night he spent at Leedstown, Westmoreland County, a thriving tobacco port of the Rappahannock River. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The following letters were written from the winter quarters of the regiment on the Rappahannock, and explain themselves. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z On the 6th the army recrossed the Rappahannock by the bridges which had been preserved by the stubborn courage of the Third Corps, and the battle of Chancellorsville passed into history. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z He accordingly set out for the river and, walking briskly, he found himself about noon at Leestown, a small landing-place on the Rappahannock. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z A mile and a half above Fredericksburg the Rappahannock cuts through a range of hills, which courses on the north side in a southeasterly direction, nearly parallel, and close to its margin. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z So taking a feed of Corn with me into the Boat, which my Horse eat in his passage, I crossed the River Rappahannock. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z At times they have captured our mail, and afterwards they have taunted us by shouting out the contents of our letters to our pickets across the Rappahannock. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Returning to Virginia I accompanied the army of the Potomac in the march from Berlin and Harper's Ferry to the Rappahannock. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Three battles ensued—at the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, and Salem Church, which resulted in the defeat and rout of “fighting Joe,” and his rapid retreat to the north bank of the Rappahannock. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The matter might have slipped my own mind, had not the British member of the Cosmopolitan, last night, read aloud the following memorandum of the thing, found in a deserted Confederate camp on the Rappahannock. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Once the River was crossed it was only a ten or twelve mile ride down through King George County to her childhood home on the banks of the Rappahannock. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z But we never suffered as much on the south as on the north side of the Rappahannock. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z The left of his line extended from Chancellorsville towards the Rappahannock, covering the Bark-Mill Ford, where he communicated with the north bank of the river by a pontoon bridge. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z “With the most splendid army on the planet,” as characterized by the hyperbolous Joe himself, he crossed the Rappahannock, on his way to Richmond. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The giant oyster, which Burke named Hannah for its Rappahannock origin, was on display at the Urbanna Oyster Festival this month and is getting a new home on a sanctuary reef in Virginia. Old oyster offers hope for species in Chesapeake 2010-11-15T23:25:00Z The chill winds of winter were still blowing across the Rappahannock, but the crocuses were in bloom, when Nelly's baby arrived, on March 16, 1751. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z In addition to the Potomac, buoys deployed in the interpretative system are in or near the Elizabeth, James, Patapsco, Rappahannock, Severn and Susquehanna rivers. Chesapeake buoys provide data on the bay 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z He furnished supplies and kept open house for his comrades in arms; but he fell in a cavalry engagement on the Rappahannock, in October, 1863, leaving a wife and three young children. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z With an army of 150,000 men, this man of straw crossed the Rappahannock, and attacked Lee at Fredericksburg, in obedience to the howl of the Northern Demos, of “On to Richmond!” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Beverly Kennon was also most active in this system of defense and personally planted many torpedoes in the Potomac, Rappahannock and the James. A brief sketch of the work of Matthew Fontaine Maury during the war, 1861-1865 This, his inheritance, embraced all lands lying between the headwaters of the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers to the Chesapeake Bay, comprising more than five million acres. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z A delay was made on the banks of the Rappahannock. The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I "Another campaign on the Rappahannock, boys," said one officer in my hearing. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z They procured an abundance of cattle, sheep and poultry from the Island, and in about nine or ten days captured eight old schooners loaded with flour, from the Rappahannock, and bound to the Eastern markets. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The distance from our camp to the banks of the Rappahannock, was perhaps two miles. My First Campaign The town of Leeds on the banks of the Rappahannock River was a thriving center of trade and shipping in colonial days. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z "Two armies covered hill and plain, Where Rappahannock's waters Ran deeply crimsoned with the stain Of battle's recent slaughters." From Bull Run to Appomattox It was accordingly resolved still further to reinforce the troops in front of General Sedgwick, in order, if possible, to drive him across the Rappahannock. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z We then crossed the Rappahannock and camped for the night. Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 By the end of the seventeenth century, Herndon states, tobacco farming dominated the lowlands all along the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers below the fall line. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia His manor house, Mount Airy, in Richmond County, was situated on an elevation, and overlooked the Rappahannock River, several miles distant. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The main army marched slowly back up the valley, crossing at the various gaps east of Winchester, and occupied a position on the south bank of the Rapidan, a branch of the Rappahannock. From Bull Run to Appomattox They struck across the country north, and reached the Rappahannock at Tappahannock Court-House, dashing into that place, and capturing a lieutenant and fifteen men! whom they paroled. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Around the station and between Culpeper and the Rappahannock the country was open and favorable for cavalry engagements. Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 Learned through the State Journal that a friend and former teacher, E. C. Hungerford, had fallen in the fight on the Rappahannock. An Artilleryman's Diary It seems that an English name was preferred instead of the Indian name for that land between the Rappahannock and the Potomac. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z After the battle of Chancellorsville almost the entire force in the valley passed over the Blue Ridge and joined Lee's army on the Rappahannock. From Bull Run to Appomattox It was not only a success, but it toughened the soldiers and prepared them for the hardships and battles which followed on the Upper Rappahannock, at Aldie, Middleburg, and Gettysburg. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z In the early morning of the 23d there was heavy artillery firing at Rappahannock station again. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts The Confederate General Ewell had a force of 8,000 men on the Upper Rappahannock which is some distance east of the mountains. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia In 1647, the Assembly passed another act for the "reducing of the inhabitants of Chicacoan and the other parts of the Neck of Land between the Rappahannock and the Potomack River." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Our principal article of food was fresh fish, caught from the Rappahannock river. From Bull Run to Appomattox He fell upon Stuart on the 9th of June, on the broad, open plains along the Rappahannock. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z We soon passed through Rappahannock station where there were a lot of dead horses lying about, probably the result of the firing we had heard early in the morning. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts Evidently he liked to test his strength by such sports, for it is said that he threw a Spanish dollar across the Rappahannock River opposite the town of Fredericksburg. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia One day in the year 1654 the frontier home of Thomas Meade on the Rappahannock, in Lancaster County, was the focal point toward which the men of the Northern Neck were converging. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z We afterward learned that their stand at Brandy Station was only intended to check our forces until theirs could get across the Rappahannock river, about three miles distant. From Bull Run to Appomattox A few days later Stuart attempted a counter raid in rear of the army, but was driven across the Rappahannock with ease. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z At eleven o’clock I was relieved from guard duty and at about twelve o’clock we left there and before daylight the next morning we were on the other side of the Rappahannock. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts On the further side of Bull Run, he fortified himself so strongly that Lee saw it was useless to advance further, and, on the 18th of October, he returned to the line of the Rappahannock. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The tribes between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers belonged to the Powhatan confederacy. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z All during the late fall and winter and early spring he was preparing an immense army, whose rendezvous was on the Rappahannock and in the district about Culpeper Courthouse. From Bull Run to Appomattox Two great cities of log-huts sprang up in the dense forests on both sides of the Rappahannock, peopled by more than two hundred thousand men. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z During the afternoon we were told that the army was to fall back to the north side of the Rappahannock and that our brigade was to act as rear guard. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts They had crossed from Maryland into Virginia and taken refuge in a barn near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He told the English that the Mannahocks were a "naughty" race, as bad as the Rappahannocks, and that they had better be on their way. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z McClellan was relieved of his command, and Gen. Burnside took his place and gathered a large army in front of Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock river. From Bull Run to Appomattox The other divisions of the Twelfth Corps and the Fifth Corps forming the other side of the letter, extended from Chancellorsville to the Rappahannock. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The house stood on a rising ground overlooking a meadow which bordered the Rappahannock. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The Rappahannock and Rapidan were to be crossed a short distance west of Fredericksburg, and the left wing attacked. The Greater Republic A History of the United States They begged Smith to subdue the Rappahannocks also. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The infantry went into camp at night, but the cavalry marched through most of the night, crossing the Rappahannock several miles above where we had been fighting. From Bull Run to Appomattox The enemy had retired to a strong position near the Rappahannock, which he had previously fortified. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The northern neck between Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The main portion of the corps of Meade, Howard, and Slocum, numbering 36,000 men, marched thirty miles up the Rappahannock and crossed the stream without resistance. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Among the things that Smith demanded was the son of a "king," named Rappahannock, as a hostage. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Lee's army still occupied the south bank of the Rappahannock, near the late battlefield, while just opposite, on the north bank, was the Union army waiting to see what the next move would be. From Bull Run to Appomattox He decided, therefore, to cross the Rappahannock, and make a desperate push to obtain possession of the road, which would divide Lee's army. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z In the neck between Rappahannock and York rivers, are contained six other counties, viz: 1. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The Confederates were found occupying earthworks on the north of the Rappahannock. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He then sent for the King Rappahannock to come, and bade him choose the one he most desired. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Here Gen. Lee was strongly entrenched, and the enemy, after remaining in our front for some days, fell back to their old position on the Rappahannock. From Bull Run to Appomattox It was soul-inspiring to witness such heroic devotion, but heart-sickening to stand on the bank and see them slaughtered,—their blood turning to crimson the turbid waters of the Rappahannock. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Besides this bay, the country is watered with four great rivers, viz: James, York, Rappahannock, and Potomac rivers, all which are full of convenient and safe harbors. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts This was proof that the Union right flank had been turned, and Meade immediately started his trains toward the Rappahannock, following a few hours later with his army. The Greater Republic A History of the United States When bargaining with Necotowance Captain Fleet had been authorized to build a fort on the Rappahannock, "an important station." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z They halted at the Rappahannock and occupied both sides of the river. From Bull Run to Appomattox De Russey opened with his sixty pieces from the hills north of the Rappahannock, throwing shells over the heads of the advancing troops. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z In May, 1682, he was committed a prisoner on board the ship, the Duke of York, lying in the Rappahannock river. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Stoneman crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford, where his force was divided. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The designated "riding place" on the Rappahannock was above the fort at Corotoman. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z After a tour of scouting and picketing along the Rappahannock River south of Fredericksburg, we were assigned to General McDowell's corps of observation, which was composed of three divisions of infantry,—McCall's, Shields's, and King's. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac At noon the fog disappeared, drifting up the Rappahannock. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The neck between Rappahannock and York rivers, within which Pamunky neck is included. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts McClellan's plan was to move against Richmond, from the lower part of Chesapeake Bay, by way of Urbana on the Rappahannock. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Boats from Scotland came directly to this trading village situated near the head of the Rappahannock River. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z But there was no opportunity for us to attack the enemy's cavalry in mass until we arrived, on the 20th, on the open plains to the south of Rappahannock Station. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac Foothold having been secured on the southern bank of the Rappahannock, the army began to cross. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He proved to be of great service to the English in exploring the Rappahannock. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Meade, fearful that the great prize was about to escape him, made strenuous efforts to intercept him, but failed, and returned to the Rappahannock, while Lee established himself in the neighborhood of Culpeper. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The property was on the Rappahannock and at this part of the River it had dwindled to a small stream. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z On April 29 we moved out of camp, crossed the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers, pushed boldly into the enemy's country, and soon came back faster than we went. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac There was discussion and speculation whether Burnside, from his encampment at Annapolis, would suddenly take transports and go to Wilmington, or up the Rappahannock, or the James, or the York. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The barge running aground at the mouth of the Rappahannock, Smith amused himself "spearing" them with his sword, and in taking one from its point it stung him in the wrist. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Accordingly, he sent his cavalry across the Rappahannock, whereupon Lee withdrew to a position behind the Rapidan, which was so strong that Meade dared not attack, and he, therefore, attempted a flank movement. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The town of Fredericksburg was just across the Rappahannock from Ferry Farm. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z It is to be noted that the roll does not include the names of proprietors residing in the Northern Neck, as the peninsula between the Potomac and the Rappahannock is called. The Planters of Colonial Virginia If somebody drove over to Rappahannock, past Dunnsville, and telephoned back that there was a brush fire at Dunnsville, I wouldn't be surprised to get to Dunnsville and find a brush fire there. Sam, This is You There were five forts: two on the James, and one on each of the three rivers, Rappahannock, York, and Potomac; the number of cannon was thirty. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia He had a brother who had crossed the ocean and was living in Virginia, on the banks of the Rappahannock River. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read It was "pleasantly situated on the South Shore of Rappahannock River, about a Mile below the Falls." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Wednesday, March 18.—The enemy attacked our lines at Rappahannock Station yesterday. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery His home was destroyed by fire and he moved back to the north bank of the Rappahannock in 1739. A History of the Town of Fairfax Colonel Moore Fantleroy, of Rappahannock County, not being present at the election, "moved against him, as if clandestinely elected, and taxed the house of unwarrantable proceedings therein." History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia There was discussion and speculation whether Burnside, from his encampment at Annapolis, would suddenly take transports and go to Wilmington, or up the Rappahannock, or the James, or the York, uniting his forces with Butler's. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Cuttatawomen, one town by this name was located at the junction of the Corotoman and the Rappahannock Rivers, in what was later known as Lancaster County. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z We marched six miles towards the Rappahannock; halted at mid-day, and camped in the woods. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Scylla, Miss Betsey, went with them, or Charybdis, the houseboat party, would have to decline Tom Curtis's offer to tow them up the Rappahannock River. Madge Morton's Trust Rappahannock County was formed from the upper part of Lancaster in 1656. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Shortly afterward the bridge was taken up, and the Rappahannock again flowed between the hostile camps. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry At the time of the settlement of the New World it is evident that there were more than two thousand Indians living in the land between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Sedgwick is fighting hard near Banks’ Ford, being pressed towards the Rappahannock. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Tom Curtis and Jack Bolling wrote and asked me to let them tow us up the Rappahannock River this summer. Madge Morton's Trust Proceeding along the Rappahannock they came to the Germantown, ten miles below the falls, where they halted for some days. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia During Monday night and Tuesday morning we started back, and after daylight Tuesday, the 5th of May, we “got back on our side of the Rappahannock.” Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry He summoned the kings of the Rappahannocks to a conference. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Friday, September 11.—Cannonading heard in the direction of the Rappahannock. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery In a little while Tom Curtis's motor launch, followed by the "Merry Maid," entered the Rappahannock from the Chesapeake Bay. Madge Morton's Trust At the head of the Rappahannock they admired the rich virgin soil, the luxuriant grass, and the heavy timber of primitive forests. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia In a few days we started out and reached Falmouth, a hamlet nearly opposite Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock river on the 17th of November. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry While on his return visit to England Henry Spelman wrote a manuscript, entitled "Relation of Virginia," in which he described the country between the Rappahannock and the Potomac. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The Second corps left camp at ten o’clock A. M., marched to Bealton Station, from there to Rappahannock Station, going in camp for the night. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery They were gliding down the Rappahannock toward the great Chesapeake Bay. Madge Morton's Trust Returning to England for ordination, he recrossed the Atlantic, and entered upon the duties of that parish on the banks of the Rappahannock. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia We have a report, to-day, that our expedition from this city has succeeded in boarding and capturing two of the enemy’s gun-boats in the Rappahannock. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Kittamaqund, too, lived for awhile, died and, it is believed, was buried in the land between the Rappahannock and the Potomac. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Wednesday, March 25.—The cavalry has crossed the Rappahannock. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery It was far more deserted than any place that she had ever noticed along the Rappahannock. Madge Morton's Trust The rest dispersed themselves over the country, some on the James, some on the Rappahannock. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Wood captured a third gun-boat in the Rappahannock, having eight guns. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Perhaps one of the strangest deeds on record is the one signed by Accopatough, King of the Rappahannock Indians. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z All the corps are marching towards the Rappahannock. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery |
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