Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) drooker cannot begin to understand what

cannot begin to understand what his friend is now facing

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Now seventeen-years-old

and the unique hardships Sharpsburg’s civilians lived through when two major armies decided to wage war around their sleepy Maryland village

Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps

Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) drooker cannot begin to understand whatby Ryan T. Quint Here for the first time, shared through the eyes of those who lived it, is the story of Dranesville and the early war in Northern Virginia. After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe it was All quiet along the Potomac. Reality was altogether different. The fall and early winter of 1861 was a hotbed of activity that culminated in the