Skirmish at Dranesville

The area about Washington was occupied by both sides throughout the war. Mosby as a partisan ranger operated fairly freely here conducting raids. As the sign indicates, foraging was a significant element for the survival of forces, but here mainly for the South. The sign immediately behind this says that Lee entered at this spot to begin his march to Maryland resulting in the taking of the arsenal at Harpers Ferry and the bloody battle at Sharpsburg

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