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The Battle of Mine Run, also known as Payne's Farm, or New Hope Church, or the Mine Run campaign (November 27 – December 2, 1863), was conducted in Orange County, Virginia, in the American Civil War.
Nov 5, 2019 · The cavalry clash August 2, 1862, at Orange Court House marked the first of the 7th Virginia’s battlefield encounters. Jones had about 200 officers and men with him that day. –E.J.W. This story appeared in the January 2020 issue of America’s Civil War.
- Eric J. Wittenberg
Concerns the area between Wilderness in Orange County, Va., through Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County, Va., giving a general overview of the placement of troops just prior and during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Orange County, VA | Nov 27 - Dec 2, 1863. The American Battlefield Trust's Battle of Mine Run page features maps, history articles, recommended reading and more on this important 1863 campaign in Northern Virginia.
Summary. Includes areas of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va., where Meade approached the Rapidan River and the Mine Run Valley to try and push Lee's forces unsuccessfully back towards Richmond in the Mine Run Campaign of November 26-December 1, 1863.
Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November 1863. Includes areas of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va., where Meade approached the Rapidan River and the Mine Run Valley to try and push Lee's forces unsuccessfully back towards Richmond in the Mine... Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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Orange County, VA » Virginia Civil War Relics. During the Civil War, the towns of Orange and Gordonsville continued as important railroad hubs and hospital centers for the Confederacy.
