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Culpeper County In The American Civil War
Culpeper or Culpepper may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Culpeper (surname), a list of people with the surname Culpeper, Culpepper or Colepeper Places * Culpeper, Virginia, United States, a town ** Culpeper station, a railroad station ** Culpeper Historic District * Culpeper County, Virginia, United States ** Culpeper National Cemetery ** Culpeper Regional Airport * Culpeper Basin, New Jersey, United States * Culpepper Island, a small uninhabited isle off the coast of Barbados, West Indies * Culpepper Island (Galápagos), other name of Darwin Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador Other uses * Culpepper (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1874 Preakness Stakes * Culpeper baronets, two extinct titles in the Baronetage of England See also * Culpeper's Rebellion Culpeper's Rebellion was a popular uprising in 1677 provoked by the enforcement of the Navigation Acts. It was led by settler John Culpeper against the ruling Lords Proprietor in Albemarle County, Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper (surname)
Culpeper, Colepeper, or Culpepper is a surname, first written "de Colepeper" in the 12th century in Kent, England. By Warren Culpepper, 18 February 2012. Accessed 13 March 2020. Notable people with it include: * Culpeper baronets, including: ** Sir Thomas Culpeper, 3rd Baronet (1656–1723), English politician * Baron Colepeper, Barons Colepeper, including: ** John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper (d. 1660), English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1643–1646 ** Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635–1689), English colonial governor of Virginia * Alan Culpepper (b. 1972), American distance runner, married to Shayne Culpepper * Brad Culpepper (b. 1969), American football player * Daunte Culpepper (b. 1977), American football player * John Culpepper (other), also Culpeper and Colepeper * Martin Culpepper (–1605), English clergyman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper, Virginia
Culpeper (formerly Culpeper Courthouse, earlier Fairfax) is an incorporated town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. The population was 20,062 at the 2020 census, up from 16,379 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Culpeper County. Geography Culpeper is located at . According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.31 square miles (18.9 km), of which 7.27 square miles (18.8 km) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km) is water. History After establishing Culpeper County, Virginia in 1748, the Virginia House of Burgesses voted to establish the Town of Fairfax on February 22, 1759. The name honored Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693–1781) who was proprietor of the Northern Neck peninsula, a vast domain north of the Rappahannock River; his territory was then defined as stretching from Chesapeake Bay to what is now Hampshire County, West Virginia. The original plan of the town called for ten blocks, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper Station
Culpeper station is a train station in Culpeper, Virginia. It was originally built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in 1904, replacing an 1874 station house which itself replaced two stations originally built by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. It is currently served by Amtrak's long-distance ''Cardinal'' and ''Crescent'' routes, along with two daily ''Northeast Regional'' trains with final stops in New York or Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ... to the north and Roanoke to the south. When then-owner Norfolk Southern Railway tried to demolish a portion of the depot in 1985, a citizens' committee formed to save the building. In 1995, the town successfully prepared a $700,000 renovation grant under the Virginia Department of Transportation Enhancement Prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper Historic District
Culpeper Historic District is a national historic district located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. History It encompasses 129 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of the town of Culpeper. Notable buildings include the Culpeper County Courthouse (1874), Municipal Building (1928), jail and sheriff's office (1908), the Ann Wingfield School (1929), St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (1821), Culpeper Presbyterian Church (1868), Culpeper Baptist Church (1894), Antioch Baptist Church (1886), Southern Railway Station (1904), Farmers & Merchants Bank Block (c. 1900), Masonic Building (1902), Booton Building (1898), and Second National Bank (c. 1912). The contributing object is the Confederate Memorial dedicated in 1911. Also located in the district is the separately listed A. P. Hill Boyhood Home. an''Accompanying photo''an''Accompanying map''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper County, Virginia
Culpeper County is a county located along the borderlands of the northern and central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 52,552. Its county seat and only incorporated community is Culpeper. Culpeper County is included in the Washington–Baltimore–Arlington, DC–MD–VA–WV–PA Combined Statistical Area. History At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of future Culpeper County were a Siouan-speaking sub-group of the Manahoac tribe called the Tegninateo. Culpeper County was established in 1749, with territory partitioned from Orange County. The county is named for Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, colonial governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683. In May 1749, the first Culpeper Court convened in the home of Robert Tureman, near the present location of the Town of Culpeper. In July 1749, Tureman commissioned 17-year-old George Washington as the first County surveyor. One of his first duties was to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper National Cemetery
Culpeper National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the town of Culpeper, in Culpeper County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses of land, and as 2021, had over 14,000 interments. History During the American Civil War, the territory around the city of Culpeper was defended vigorously by both sides, as it was a strategic point almost exactly between Washington D.C. and the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. Numerous battles took place in the region, including the Battle of Cedar Mountain and the Battle of Chancellorsville. The dead from those conflicts were buried nearby in makeshift grave sites. After the war a reburial program was initiated, and in 1867, Culpeper National Cemetery was established to reinter many of the remains from the makeshift sites. The original cemetery comprised , bought from Edward B. Hill of Culpeper for $1,400. The original Second Empire Victorian caretake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper Regional Airport
Culpeper Regional Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the of Culpeper, a city in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Located in Brandy Station, Virginia, the airport opened in 1968. The runway originally measured 3200 ft. by 75 ft. In 1983, the runway was lengthened to 4000 ft. In 2004, the runway was expanded to 5000 ft. by 100 ft. It can handle corporate-size jets and large twin-engine aircraft. The airport has an airfest every October since 1998, with performances such as aerobatics. Brandy Station Battlefield The airport is located within the core battlefield of Brandy Station, as defined by the American Battlefield Protection Program. It was the site of the largest cavalry battle in the western hemisphere. In the first phase of the Battle of Brandy Station, Confederate artillery was set up in a line, the east end of which was on the current site of the airport. Union cavalry charged on their position, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper Basin
The Culpeper Basin is one of the Newark Supergroup's Triassic rift basins. It lies east of the Appalachian Mountains and extends from the Madison County—Orange County line in Virginia to Frederick, Maryland.Bedrock map and geotechnical properties of rocks of the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland Leavy, B.D., Froelich, A.J., and Abram, E.C. Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1313-C. 1983. Map Scale: 1:125,000. A diverse group of sedimentary rocks including , , and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpepper Island
Culpepper Island is a tiny rock (island) in the Atlantic Ocean close to Bayfield and Ragged Point in Saint Philip, Barbados. The island is uninhabited. Geography It is quite possible to wade out to Culpepper Island from the mainland during low tide as it is only about 30 meters away, but discretion must be used, as Culpepper is on the turbulent Atlantic Ocean side of Barbados. Further, the rocky footing can also be dangerous to walk on. Visitors are well advised to bear in mind that the ''East Point Lighthouse'' at Ragged Point was built to save ships from the dangers of this same turbulent coastline and Cobblers Reef. Flora and fauna Culpepper Island is sparsely overgrown and uninhabited. It was claimed that peasants from Barbados once carried sheep to graze on the island, but this claim seems uncredible because neither the small size nor the very sparse vegetation makes the island attractive for this purpose. An adult pair of Barbados leaf-toed geckos, once presumed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpepper Island (Galápagos)
Darwin Island (Spanish: ''Isla Darwin'') is among the smallest in the Galápagos Archipelago with an area of just . It is named in honour of English scientist Charles Darwin. With no dry landing sites, Darwin Island's main attractions are found in the Pacific Ocean, which is teeming with a large variety of marine life. Although the island had been marked on maps and had initially been given the name Culpepper Island on Admiralty charts, the first landing on Darwin Island was not until 1964, by helicopter. The small detached group formed by Darwin Island and Wolf Island is sometimes referred to as Darwin and Wolf or Darwin-Wolf, formerly Culpepper and Wenman. Geology Darwin Island is the remains of an extinct volcano that reaches above sea level. It is situated north-west of the main Galápagos Island group on the Wolf-Darwin Lineament, which extends from the Galápagos Platform to the Galápagos Spreading Centre, a mid-ocean ridge separating the Nazca and Cocos tectonic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpepper (horse)
Culpepper was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the 1874 Preakness Stakes. Background Culpepper was bred by D. J. Crouse in the state of Ohio. His sire was Revolver, and his dam was Gentle Annie. Racing Career As a two-year-old, Culpepper ran in the July Stakes, coming in third. At some point after the two-old-season, Culpepper was sold to trainer Hugh Gaffney. As a three-year-old, he ran in the Preakness Stakes, ridden by William Donohue. The favorite to win the race was Saxon, a British-bred horse who would go on to win that year's Belmont Stakes. He ended up coming in last in the Preakness, and Culpepper won the race. Culpepper's success was not replicated in the Withers Stakes The Withers Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old horses over the distance of miles on the dirt scheduled annually in February at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York (state), New York. T ..., in which he came 13th. He then came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culpeper Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created in the Baronetage of England for members of the Colepeper family (also known as Colpeper, Culpeper or Colepepper) of Kent and Sussex. Both are extinct. The baronets descended from the Colepeper of Bayhall, Pembury, Kent and from Sir Thomas Colepeper Castellan of Leeds Castle who died in 1321. The Baronetcy of Colepeper of Preston Hall, Kent was created on 17 May 1627 for William Colepeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent. He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1637. His grandson, the third Baronet, served as High Sheriff in 1704 and was Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1705–1713 and 1715–1723. The baronetcy was extinct on his death. The Kent estates passed to his sister and via her second marriage to the Milner family. The Baronetcy of Colepeper of Wakehurst, Sussex was created on 20 September 1628 for William Colepeper, of Wakehurst, a descendant of the senior line of the Bayhill family. He was High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
