During the Civil War, Culpeper was a crossroads for a number of armies marching through central Virginia, with both Union and Confederate forces occupying the town by turn. (Wikipedia)
Library of Congress:
Photo taken by Timothy H. O’Sullivan
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Record page for image: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp/item/cwp2003000109/PP/
