Lee wrecks the Orange and Alexandria after Bristoe Station
October 1863, Bristoe Station, Virginia.
- Date
- October 1863
- Where
- Bristoe Station, Virginia
- What happened
- Cut
- Event
- 86 of 174
On October 14 Warren's corps used the railroad embankment at Bristoe Station to ambush A. P. Hill's corps, inflicting about 1,380 casualties. When the Confederates pulled back, starting October 18, they destroyed much of the Orange and Alexandria. Meade had to rebuild the railroad when he reoccupied the area.
The line
Nearby
- 1 miJackson captures and burns the Union depot at Manassas JunctionAugust 27, 1862, Manassas Junction, Virginia
- 4 miManassas Junction supply baseConfederate · Rail junction, Manassas, Virginia
- 4 miManassas Junction supply depotUnion · Depot, Manassas, Virginia
- 7 miStuart raids Pope's supply depot at Catlett's StationAugust 22, 1862, Catlett, Virginia
- 16 miMilitary railroads move two corps from Virginia to TennesseeSeptember 25, 1863, Bealeton, Virginia
- 18 miConfederate batteries close the lower Potomac to shippingOctober 1861, Freestone Point, Virginia