Culpeper (Y1837)
Marching Through Culpeper by Virginia Beard Morton. Trail passes specific sites in the book, The Depot, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church, the Court House, etc. This work of fiction about Constance Armstrong and her father features historically accurate Civil War battles of the period. Because Culpeper is strategically located between the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers and on the vital Orange and Alexandria Railroad, the county witnessed the movement of more troops than any other locale in the nation during the Civil War.
In The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb, Malcolm McCourry deserts during a Civil War battle at Culpeper.
Danville (Y0221 Town)
Trail passes a block away from the Danville Public Library where lawyer A.P. Hill does research in The P.M.S. Outlaws by Sharyn McCrumb.
Hampton (Y0874 Fort Monroe)
Edgar Allen Poe was a private in the Army stationed at Fort Monroe from November, 1827 to December 15, 1828.
Williamsburg (Y0287)
Trail goes through William and Mary campus where A.P. Hill and P.J. Purdue went to law school in The P.M.S. Outlaws by Sharyn McCrumb