Museum of Culpeper History

Our upcoming link(s) to the Dinosaur

General Robert E. Lee - Headquartered in Culpeper several times during the Civil War

Clara Barton - Famous nurse and founder of the Red Cross performed her first field duty in Culpeper at the Battle of Cedar Mountain

Patrick Henry - Argued cases concerning religious freedom in Culpeper, Va. Courthouse

A.P. Hill - Born in Culpeper, Va. and lived in what is now called the A.P. Hill Building on the corner of Main &amp; Davis St. / a celebrated Civil War hero

Daniel Boone - Lived in Stevensburg, VA for 3 years during the 1750

Walt Whitman - Famous American poet, also served as a nurse in Culpeper, Va. during the Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant - Commander of the Union Army and later President of the US, resided in the Town of Culpeper for several months during the winter and spring of 1864

Lafayette - Marched through Culpeper, Va.during the Revolutionary War and returned in the early 1800

George Washington - Employed by Culpeper County 1749-1751 as the official surveyor in Va.