Morton’s Ford

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Morton’s Ford is a historic river crossing on the Rapidan River in Virginia, notable for its strategic role during the American Civil War.

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Morton’s Ford canonical 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location ⓘ
historic river crossing ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Morton’s Ford ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryCampaign Overland Campaign theater area ⓘ
linked to: Overland Campaign
controlledByAtVariousTimes Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Rapidan River ⓘ
currentStatus historic site ⓘ
eraOfPrimarySignificance 1861–1865 ⓘ
hasHeritageValue Civil War battlefield landscape ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after a local family or landowner with surname Morton (uncertain) ⓘ
hasStrategicRoleIn American Civil War ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
isOfType ford ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedInCounty Orange County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Virginia ⓘ
linked to: central Virginia
locatedNear Culpeper County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Rapidan River ⓘ
nearbyTown Culpeper, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Town of Culpeper

Orange, Virginia ⓘ
notableFor strategic river crossing during the American Civil War ⓘ
partOfDefensiveLine Rapidan River defensive line ⓘ
region Piedmont region of Virginia ⓘ
sawMajorActionOnDate February 6, 1864 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicFunction crossing point for troop movements ⓘ
potential invasion route between Union and Confederate territories ⓘ
usedBy Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
usedDuringConflict American Civil War ⓘ
wasFrontierBetween Confederate forces ⓘ
Union forces ⓘ
watercourse Rapidan River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rapidan River → hasCrossing → Morton’s Ford ⓘ