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American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Falling Waters. On the morning of July 14, 1863, The Confederate division of Brig. Gen. Henry Heth, acting as a rearguard for the Army of Northern Virginia retreating from Gettysburg, defended the pontoon bridge crossing opposite Falling Waters, Virginia five miles south of Williamsport, Maryland.
A general overview of the various units involved in the fighting at Falling Waters has been super-imposed over a modern-day road map of northern Berkeley County in order to provide some perspective of where the battle took place.
The Battle of Falling Waters, fought on July 2, 1861, has several names and is frequently confused with an 1863 engagement. However this Civil War battle, the first in the Shenandoah Valley, also called the Battle of Hoke's Run, and the Battle of Hainesville, contributed to the Confederate victory at the Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) less than ...
Falling Waters Battlefield. Falling Waters Road, two miles south of Williamsport, Maryland, is the site of the last Confederate defenses of their Potomac River crossing back into Virginia after the Gettysburg Campaign. The Donnelly House, near where Confederate Gen. James J. Pettigrew was mortally wounded, still stands but is on private property.
Battle of Falling Waters, July 2, 1861. The Battle of Falling Waters, fought on July 2, 1861, has several names and is frequently confused with an 1863 engagement. However this Civil War battle, the first in the Shenandoah Valley, also called the Battle of Hoke's Run, and the Battle of Hainesville, contributed to the Confederate victory at the ...
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the United States Army and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a U.S. Army offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. [1][2] It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most ...
Fort Pillow State Historic Park is a state park in western Tennessee that preserves the American Civil War site of the Battle of Fort Pillow. The 1,642 acre (6.6 km²) Fort Pillow, located in Lauderdale County on the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, is rich in both historic and archaeological significance.
