Carrsbrook, Virginia

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Carrsbrook
Unincorporated community
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Carrsbrook
Location within the state of Virginia
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Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°05′35″N78°27′28″W / 38.09306°N 78.45778°W / 38.09306; -78.45778
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Albemarle
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1492719 [1]

Carrsbrook is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. [1]

Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's "Horse Company" and Confederate infantrymen were stationed in a camp near the Rivanna River at Carrsbrook during the Civil War. Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's men raided the camp under fire from Confederate forces.

See Battle of Rio Hill.

References

  1. 1 2 "Carrsbrook". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved July 27, 2013.


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