Rapidan

[ rap-i-dan ]

noun

1. a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.

Example Sentences

Hunting Run has its head-waters near the Stevensburg plank-road, and flows north to the Rapidan.

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The Rebels made a hasty retreat towards Gordonsville, crossing the Rapidan at the railroad and burning the bridge behind them.

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General Lee put his army in instant motion to strike the advancing columns as they crossed the Rapidan.

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On our arrival we found that the enemy had retired, and were returning to their former position on the Rapidan.

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Grant, with his main body encamped in Culpepper County, occupied the north hank of the Rapidan.

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