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By Roger Piantadosi
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Though it was the site of no major battles or storied incidents, Rappahannock County’s experience of the Civil War was no less deep or noteworthy than it was anywhere else in 19th-century America.
And soon there will be up to 30 signs and markers throughout the county to remind folks - including “a whole new category'” of visitors - of this truth.
The first five »f the steel, glass-encased markers were installed by Civil War Trails workers Tuesday, two on the Rappahannock County Courthouse lawn and one each in Amissville, Ben Venue and Sperryville. More markers, and highway signage directing visitors to the trail will appear in the weeks and months to come.
The Rappahannock Historical Society’s John and Judy Tole accompanied the crew to the installation sites Tuesday. John Tole, who did most of the research, writing and documentation gathering over the past three years for the markers, said: “Rappahannock County was not a hotbed of military action
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