Friday, June 7, 2013

June 1, 1861---The Battle of Fairfax Court House



JUNE 1, 1861:    


The Battle of Fairfax Court House was a skirmish between a small Union Regular Army cavalry force and a Virginia (Confederate) militia infantry company in the village of Fairfax Court House in Fairfax County, Virginia. 

Captain John Quincy Marr of the Virginia Warrenton Rifles militia company of Fauquier County, Virginia was the first Confederate soldier to die in combat with Union soldiers. 

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