Footsteps of History
The
Civil War in Leesburg
A
strategic point for troop movements, Leesburg played an important
part in the war. At the 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff, The Confederate
troops pushed the Yankees back across the Potomac River. Many homes
on King Street acted as hospitals. One of the wounded was later to be
a famous stateman, Oliver Wendell Holmes. The 1861 battle claimed the
life of Col. Edward Baker, a close friend of President Lincoln, and
spawned a congressional committee to investigate the conduct of the
war. The battlefield is marked by one of America's smallest national
cemeteries.
Links:
Leesburg
Studies its Forts - an article about Leesburg during the Civil
War
The
Battle of Ball's Bluff
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This page was created
16 July 2004 & was updated on 29 June 2012 at 9:30 pm
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