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Carrsbrook, Virginia

Coordinates: 38°05′35″N 78°27′28″W / 38.09306°N 78.45778°W / 38.09306; -78.45778
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Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook is located in Virginia
Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook
Location within the state of Virginia
Carrsbrook is located in the United States
Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°05′35″N 78°27′28″W / 38.09306°N 78.45778°W / 38.09306; -78.45778
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAlbemarle
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1492719[1]

Carrsbrook is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.[1]

Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's "Horse Company" and Confederate infantrymen were stationed in a camp near the Rivanna River at Carrsbrook during the Civil War. Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's men raided the camp under fire from Confederate forces. See Battle of Rio Hill.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Carrsbrook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 27, 2013.