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    Ashby Gap, more commonly known as Ashby's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Clarke County, Loudoun County and Fauquier County...
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    ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains at a place known as Ashby Gap. Named for Thomas Ashby, this wind gap was a strategic point for both sides in the American...
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    country, it was established in a strategic spot at the eastern base of Ashby Gap along U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 50. Peter Glascock acquired the deed...
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    midway between the port of Alexandria and Winchester, Virginia, on the Ashby Gap trading route (now followed by U.S. Route 50). In 1863, Middleburg witnessed...
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    Mount Weather Paris Mountain North to south: Keyes Gap Wilson Gap Snickers Gap Ashby Gap Manassas Gap Peakbagger 39°4′54″N 77°51′44″W / 39.08167°N 77...
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    intersected both the Ashby's Gap Turnpike and Snicker's Gap Turnpike, which respectively led through Ashby's Gap and Snickers Gap of the Blue Ridge Mountain...
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    Stuart and was deployed near Beverly Robertson's brigade along the Ashby's Gap Turnpike. John R. Chambliss's brigade moved northward and joined "Grumble"...
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    partner, Ashby ran a mill on his father's property until his mother sold it to neighbor Edward Carrington Marshall of the Manassas Gap Railroad. Ashby enjoyed...
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    Gap – Vermont Ashby Gap – Virginia Balsam Gap – North Carolina Brock Gap – Alabama Brocks Gap – Virginia Buck Creek Gap – North Carolina Buford's Gap...
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    hollows that occur along the western slope of Blue Ridge Mountain south to Ashby Gap. The formation is often referred to as the rollercoaster by Appalachian...
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  • Confederate positions to confirm this assumption, he dispatched them to Ashby's Gap to attack Early's supply train, which was traveling to the south of Early's...
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  • Fort Ashby is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States, along Patterson Creek. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV...
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    Mosby Heritage Area Saint Dominics Monastery Appalachian Trail, Linden to Ashby Gap, Virginia Happy Trails Running Club Linden Volunteer Fire Department Warren...
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  • Stonewall Jackson's brigade marched from Winchester, Virginia, through Ashby Gap and boarded trains at the Piedmont Station at Delaplane, Virginia. From...
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    River Turnpike intersected both of the turnpikes leading through Ashby's Gap and Snickers Gap into the Valley. The Confederate cavalry brigade of Col. Thomas...
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  • lanterns, and telescopes to other stations at Ashby Gap, Burnt Springs, Harmony Hollow, and New Market Gap. On August 14, 1864, a group of Union troops...
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    — Edward E. Dodds Army E-05Sergeant 21st New York Volunteer Cavalry Ashby Gap, Virginia Jul 19, 1864 At great personal risk rescued his wounded captain...
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  • regiment in the fighting at Ashby Gap, Virginia, on July 19, 1864. During the minor engagement, known as the Battle of Ashby's Gap, a small group of Union...
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  • Battle of Rappahannock Station Battle of Droop Mountain Battle of Piedmont Battle of Lynchburg Battle of Cool Spring Ashby Gap Battle of Kernstown II...
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    Shenandoah Valley. Longstreet's First Corps (via Snickers Gap) and Hill's Third Corps (via Ashby's Gap) paralleled the movements of Second Corps to the east...
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    largest stone turnpike bridge in northern Virginia, designed to carry the Ashby's Gap Turnpike across the creek. The turnpike was replaced by U.S. Route 50...
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    runs from Aldie on the east to Ashby Gap on the west; Route 7, which runs from Clarke's Gap west of Leesburg to Snickers Gap west of Bluemont; and Route...
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    Stafford and Fauquier before passing over the Blue Ridge Mountains at Ashby's Gap. Modern day US Highway 17 follows much of this route. Originally located...
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    post office had been established in the village. Two years later, the Ashby's Gap Turnpike was completed from Aldie to Middleburg, and in 1818 the Snickersville...
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    Petersburg, Virginia July 30, 1864 Edward E. Dodds Canada Sergeant Army Ashby Gap, Virginia July 19, 1864 John C. Donnelly England, United Kingdom Ordinary...
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    Virginia by Richard Cochran. The two-story brick house is located on the Ashby's Gap Turnpike, near the west end of Middleburg, and is a prominent landmark...
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  • the strategic gaps. Little River Turnpike/Ashby's Gap Turnpike – Ashby's Gap Little River Turnpike/Snickersville Turnpike – Snickers Gap Alexandria Pike/...
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    William Miles of Company I led 100 men on a scouting expedition toward Ashby's Gap. Mosby ambushed this scouting party from a woods near Millwood, Virginia...
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  • Road Tolled state improvement Alleghany Mountain Turnpike Ashby's Gap Turnpike Aldie - Ashby's Gap - Berrys U.S. Route 50 Augusta Springs Turnpike Aurora...
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  • Snickers Gap, originally William's Gap in 1769, on Virginia State Route 7 Ashby's Gap, elevation 1,100 feet, on U.S. Route 50 Manassas Gap, also known...
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