GDG- Belle Plain

[Tom Ryan]

<<Tom,

    Take a look at this:
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1864/june/belle-plain-v
irginia.htm

Regards,
Teej>>
Teej,

	Thanks for that item.  It pretty much tells the story.  It looks like Belle
Plain was a temporary landing for both Confederate and Union forces during
the CW.  I guess there is no town to speak of there at all today.

	Appreciate your help.

Tom

P.S. Here's an extract from the above website:

BELLE PLAIN, Virginia, the recent base of supplies for General GRANT'S army,
is simply a rude
landing on Potomac Creek, constructed for the present emergency, right at
the foot of a range of wooded hills, along which sharp, precipitous roads
wind away toward Fredericksburg, nine miles distant.
There are no houses of any sort within a mile of the landing, and the
appearance of the surrounding country is desolate in the extreme. The
offing, which is embraced in our sketch, was constantly
crowded with transports and naval vessels, receiving and unloading stores
and troops; and the scene from the heights on a clear day was almost as full
of life and animation as New York Harbor.

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