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1. GRAFFH_170826_020.JPG: The 1863-64 Winter Encampment The Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station War has many faces and the residents of Culpeper County saw them all. Brandy Station played an important role in the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, though the Union and Confederate armies never clashed in the streets of the little town. A few months later, however, as winter descended, roads turned to muddy soup, and the frantic place of conflict slowed, the Union army established winter camps throughout the area. Located on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Brandy Station served as the Union Army of the Potomac's key supply and passenger depot during their 1863-1864 winter encampment in this area. Ingalls' Station, named for the army's Quartermaster General Rufus Ingalls, was 1.2 miles to the north. About 1 mile east-northeast, along the southern slopes of Fleetwood Hill, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, commander of the Union army, set up his headquarters. Here in Brandy Station, amid the hubbub of loading and unloading supplies and personnel, soldiers could have their pictures taken for $1.50 or spend their money on any number of other items. As one soldier remembered, "persons of almost any trade are...making money from the soldiers. There [in Brandy Station] you will see...Oysters, Fresh Fish, Condensed Milk, and numberless other signs which tempt the pocket book of the soldier...." "It was a very busy place," another soldier wrote, "...from morning till night trains of army wagons were coming and going...waiting for their time to load." With spring, roads dry out and temperatures rise, heralding a new season of battle. In early May 1864, the Army of the Potomac left its comfortable winter quarters and headed off to begin the bloody Overland Campaign. Help Preserve Battlefields • call CWPT at 1-888-606-1400 • www.civilwar.org The Hallowell Foundation generously contributed toward the interpretation of this site in memory of Carrington Williams. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
2. GRAFFH_170826_166.JPG: Glorious Skedaddle of Rebels
3. GRAFFH_170826_169.JPG: Edwin Dillingham
4. GRAFFH_170826_172.JPG: Sock it unto me
5. GRAFFH_170826_175.JPG: Walt Whitman
6. GRAFFH_170826_176.JPG: 15th Regt NY Engineers
7. GRAFFH_170826_199.JPG: First Snow Nov. 9th 1863
8. GRAFFH_170826_225.JPG: United States of America
9. GRAFFH_170826_333.JPG: J. Egbert Farnum
10. GRAFFH_170826_338.JPG: John Egbert Farnum
11. GRAFFH_170826_353.JPG: Battle of Kelly's Ford
12. GRAFFH_170826_386.JPG: Battle of Gettysburg July 3, 1863
13. GRAFFH_170826_451.JPG: Interesting warping of the door
14. GRAFFH_170826_455.JPG: "Sock it unto me" is written on the bottom. Walt Whitman is the face in the middle with a penis going into his mouth.
15. GRAFFH_170826_503.JPG: Like Marshal Ney one of the bravest of the brave
16. GRAFFH_170826_505.JPG: Erected by Geo. E. and His Wife Lenora J. Douglas 1928
17. GRAFFH_170826_509.JPG: Base stone from Kelley's Ford Battlefield near spot where Pelham fell
18. GRAFFH_170826_511.JPG: In memory of Major John Pelham born Sept. 7, 1838 in Calhoun Co., Ala. Mortally wounded March 17, 1863 nears Kelley's Ford Va.
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Wikipedia Description: Graffiti House
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The Graffiti House, located at 19484 Brandy Road in the eastern end of the town of Brandy Station, Virginia, is believed by the Brandy Station Foundation to have been built in 1858. It is one of few dwellings in the village built before the American Civil War to survive intact to this day. The house is notable because of the Civil War era graffiti on many of the walls. The graffiti found includes names, drawings, names of units, and inscriptions left by soldiers.

Because of its location on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad and the Carolina Road, the house, which was less than 0.25 miles (0.40 km) from the train depot, is thought by the Foundation to have been a commercial building as well as a dwelling. The Foundation reports that some graffiti has been removed or destroyed but considerable graffiti still remain. New graffiti were discovered as recently as December 2010.

The house was owned by James Barbour during the Civil War but his main residence was about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south. Barbour served on the staff of Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell.

Because of its strategic location, the house was used extensively by both the Union Army and Confederate States Army throughout the Civil War. It was used as a field hospital by the Confederates during the Battle of Brandy Station and at other times when battles occurred in the area. It was probably used as a field hospital for wounded soldiers evacuated by train after the Battle of First Bull Run or First Manassas. The earliest known graffiti in the house date to the Second Manassas Campaign in August 1862, as the armies transited Culpeper County.

At the outset of the Gettysburg Campaign, the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry battle ever to take place in North America occurred on June 9, 1863 in the fields adjacent to the Graffiti House. After the fighting ended, the house was used as a Confederate field hospital. Later that year, ...More...
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