Maggie's Farm

One of my favorite sites to visit when calling on a small pharma plant in Middletown, VA, years ago, was the plantation across the street. The plantation, Belle Grove, was in the center of the battle, and had a small outbuilding with an interesting provenance:

Southeast of Belle Grove is a large hill, which I believe is called Massanutten. The top of this hill was a Confederate outpost providing intelligence on (as well as the occasional, long-distance sniper round into) the Union forces. Sometime in the 1960's, if I remember correctly, the CIA became interested in this operation, because it was one of the first occasions of the use of such a fire control base. The beautiful maps and displays were left with Belle Grove as part of their permanent exhibition.

Perhaps someone else can fill in the gaps here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cedar_Creek