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

 

The Brandy Station Foundation is a member of The Friends of Culpeper Battlefields - a coalition supporting a state park in the Culpeper region.

Please visit https://www.culpeperbattlefields.org

 

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Graffiti House Hours

The Graffiti House is open Saturdays from 11AM-4PM through December 18, 2021. As the Brandy Station Foundation is an all volunteer organization, please call the Graffiti House at 540-727-7718 to verify that we are open. Also, tours by appointment for small groups of up to ten may be scheduled with an advanced reservation time of five days; those tours may be scheduled between 11AM and 4PM any day of the week by calling the Foundation at 540-727-7718 to leave a message or emailing bsfgh1863@gmail.com. Every effort will be made to accommodate your request based on BSF volunteer availability. The Graffiti House will be closed from December 19, 2021 through January 31, 2022. We will be open in February 2022 for tours by appointment. In March 2022, the regular Saturday hours are scheduled to resume. For the protection of both our visitors and and volunteers, masks are required.

 

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

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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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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 01/18/2022