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Sudley Springs Ford

South Riding, Virginia
· July 21, 1861
Military
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About 9:30 a.m. a Union flanking column of 15,000 men began crossing Catharpin Run here and moved southward toward Matthews Hill. Late in the afternoon this ford became one of the principal avenues of retreat for the defeated Union army.
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