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Timeline of Fauquier County, Virginia in the Civil War (詳細はAmerican Civil War battles. These battles included (in order) the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, the Battle of Kelly's Ford, the Battle of Aldie, the Battle of Middleburg, the Battle of Upperville, the First and Second Battle of Auburn, the Battle of Buckland Mills, and the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station. == Pre War == *1850 - Fauquier's population includes 10,352 enslaved individuals, 622 free African-Americans and 9,898 whites.〔1850 United States Federal Census〕 *1852 - In Markham, Turner Ashby organizes the "Mountain Rangers" to police railroad workers who troubled farmers.〔Scheel, Eugene, "The Civil War in Fauquier County", 1985 p. 10〕 The Rangers later become Co. A. 7th Va. Cavalry *October 21, 1855 - Anthony Burns, a runaway and fugitive slave, is excommunicated from the Jesus Christ Church at Union in Fauquier. Burns is captured and returned only to be purchased by abolitionists a year later. He is relocated to Canada and dies a free man. *1857 - The Supreme Court's Dred Scott Decision establishes that no black person, slave or free could ever enjoy the rights of a U.S. citizen. It also declares the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. *Spring 1858 - The Black Horse Cavalry is formed. It eventually becomes Company H of the 4th Virginia Cavalry.〔Helm, Lewis M.,"Black Horse Cavalry Defend our Beloved Country", 2004〕 *October 16, 1859 - Dangerfield Newby, an ex-slave and former Fauquier resident, joins John Brown in his raid. Despite attempts to purchase and free them, Newby's wife and children are held in slavery in Warrenton by Jesse Jennings. Newby becomes the first of Brown's raiding party to be killed.〔Toler, John, "250 Years in Fauquier County: A Virginia Story", 2008, p. 78〕 *October - December 1859 - The Mountain Rangers are assigned to picket duty after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Fauquier attorney Samual Chilton is appointed to defend Brown.〔Goetz, Dave, "Magazine of the University of Louisville", Fall 2000, Vol. 20, No. 4, p 12-15〕 He resigns when Brown refuses to plead insanity. The Black Horse Cavalry escorts Brown to the gallows. Fauquier physician Dr. Thomas Settle of Mount Bleak in Northern Fauquier pronounces John Brown dead.〔 *November 6, 1860 - Fauquier voters take to the polls in the presidential election and cast their votes as follows: John C. Breckinridge - 1,035 votes, John Bell - 988 votes, Stephen A. Douglas - 29 votes, and Abraham Lincoln - 1 vote (cast by Alexander Dixon of Vermont Farm).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of Fauquier County, Virginia in the Civil War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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