Regular admission charged. Fund-raiser for John S. Mosby Foundation. Civil War-period band, light refreshments. Period attire recommended, but not required.
Tours depart from the depot visitors center.
Participants should arrive 15 minutes early to purchase tickets. Proceeds benefit the Museum of Culpeper History. On the Fredericksburg battlefield 138 years ago, an unidentified Union soldier from New York was promoted for bravery. Little did anyone know that five months later, while patrolling the perimeter in southern Stafford County, this same soldier would crouch in the dirt and give birth. It s estimated that nearly 400 women disguised as men fought during the Civil War.