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Bealeton: VA-3 - US-20 - Constitution Hwy - Germana Hwy
Wilderness Battlefield straddles the rolling divide south of the Rapidan River in Virginia’s Piedmont, and its dense woodland and road network made this ground pivotal during the Civil War. Union and Confederate armies fought the Battle of the Wilderness here from 5 to 7 May 1864, opening Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign. The battlefield is preserved within Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, one of the country’s major Civil War memorial landscapes. State Routes 3 and 2 run through the area, linking this historic terrain with communities across Orange and Spotsylvania counties.
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Built around a railroad station, Bealeton grew into a rural community in Virginia's Fauquier County. It lies in the rolling Virginia Piedmont, a region of farms, wooded tracts and small settlements between the Blue Ridge foothills and the tidal lowlands farther east. Rail service on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad helped shape the community in the 19th century, and the name Bealeton Station remains part of its historical identity. Roads linking Warrenton, Culpeper and Fredericksburg place Bealeton within reach of several distinct corners of northern Virginia. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Bealeton and Fauquier County relate to Virginia's Piedmont.
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