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County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors also voiced their approval.
The proposal bills the project as a tourist draw that will have educational, cultural and economic benefits for Rappahannock by preserving local history.
Students from Rappahannock County High School helped produce maps for the proposal and other students will build the kiosk next to the library.
No large-scale military action took place in Rappahannock during 'the war, but the county served as a major thoroughfare for Union and Confederate forces. For example, most or all of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia passed through Rappahannock en route to Manassas, Antietem and Gettysburg.
Rappahannock was also part of the territory known as Mosby’s Confederacy, which refers to the region where Col. John S. Mosby - also known as the “Gray Ghost” - haunted Union troops with his guerrilla tactics.
More than 1,000 county residents served in the military during the war. Those who stayed home were subjected to having their homes, food and possessions confiscated by passing troops.
Virginia has more Civil War battlefields and sites than
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