The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863

 

 

The Battle of Brandy Station was one of history's greatest cavalry engagements with over 20,000 troops, including 17,000 cavalry, engaged in battle. Although the Union advance was repelled, the overwhelming dominance of the Confederate cavalry was broken.

The Graffiti House (below) served as a field hospital for the South during this and other local battles during the war.  It also served as a headquarters facility for the Federal forces during the winter encampment of 1863-64.  Soldiers from both sides made drawings and signed their names and units on the walls.  Rediscovered in 1993, much has been preserved.

 

 

BSF's Graffiti House

Graffiti House Hours

The Graffiti House is currently open by appointment for small groups up to four. Weekday and weekend tours between 11AM and 4PM may be scheduled. To schedule a tour, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Bob Gilbert, at 716-939-7612. The minimum advance reservation time required is 48 hours. Every effort will be made to accommodate your request, but please have a couple of dates that would work for you. For the protection of both our visitors and volunteers, masks are required.

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Please donate to the Brandy Station Foundation on May 4th on Give Local Piedmont Day at this link: 

https://www.givelocalpiedmont.org/donate/brandystationfoundation

Give Local Piedmont inspires community members to give generously to the nonprofit organizations that are making our region stronger.

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The March, 2021 edition of the The Grand Review is on the web

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Officers, Board members and Advisory Committee members updated

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We are continuously updating research on the graffiti. If you have old pieces of graffiti or pre-2000 photographs of graffiti on the walls in the Graffiti House, please write us at Brandy Station Foundation, PO Box 165, Brandy Station, VA 22714 ATTN: Secretary.

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Read this exciting Culpeper Star Exponent article about state park progress:

https://www.starexponent.com/news/va-agency-studying-potential-creation-of-culpeper-state-park/article_27f6d869-baf5-5fdc-b6b0-47f8cb80e729.html

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Please volunteer as a guide or greeter at the Graffiti House

 

 

 

The Graffiti House
19484 Brandy Road
Brandy Station, Virginia 22714

(540) 727-7718

 

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

 

Visitor Information

 

Lots of Civil War Graffiti

 

 

Through AmazonSmile persons who buy items from Amazon can designate their favorite charitable organization, Brandy Station Foundation.  AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. All one has to do is type Brandy Station Foundation in the box when prompted to pick your own charitable organization. 

 

         

The Graffiti House, which is operated

by the Brandy Station Foundation is a

member of the 'Tween Rivers Trail

 

Last Updated on 04/28/2021