Loudoun County is situated at the very top of Virginia, bordered on the north by the Potomac River and Maryland, to the west by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River, and a mere 35 miles from Washington DC to the east. Due to her strategic location, the county saw more continuous and sustained action during the Civil War than any other location in the southern Confederacy, and in fact traded hands between Union and Confederate forces six times between 1862 to 1864. Many battles were fought on her soil, including Ball's Bluff and the battles of Middleburg/Aldie/Upperville just one month prior to Gettysburg. The battles at Manassas (also known as Bull Run) were just a stone's throw away in neighboring Prince William County. Colonel John Mosby (the famous "Gray Ghost") lived in and haunted the Loudoun countryside as a perpetual thorn in the flanks of the Union Army.

From 1861 to 1864, while the fighting raged back and forth across Loudoun's borders, the court books remained in hiding. Court was suspended and no court data (wills, deeds, probate, marriages, etc) was recorded during that time. However extensive data just prior to, and immediately after, the war is available, as well as Confederate military documents and private diaries and letters. Much of this information exists in the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, and in the Loudoun County Historical Library.

This site is a work in progress, and we appreciate your patience as we continue to find and put more data online. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Databases

• Index of Names - an alphabetical listing of the Loudoun County CSA soldiers found on this website. Most are located in the Confederate Graves database.
• A Civil War Chronology of Loudoun County, Virginia - A timeline of Civil War events in Loudoun County from 1861 to 1873.
• Loudoun County and the Civil War - A history written by the Civil War Centennial Commission, County of Loudoun, Commonwealth of Virginia (1961-1965). Includes rare Civil War drawings and photographs.
  • A County Divided
  • The Strategic Position
  • Death at Ball's Bluff
  • The Federal Occupation
  • The Fight at Waterford
  • The Antietam Campaign
  • Mosby and the Burning Raid
  • The Road Back
• The Originial Account of Ball's Bluff - A reprint of Page 2 of the October 30, 1861 newspaper article of The Democratic Mirror, Loudoun County's local newspaper since 1799, plus additional war information. This reprint was published by the Loudoun Times-Mirror as part of their Civil War & Historical Edition in 1961.
• Confederate Graves in Loudoun County - a complete listing of Confederate gravesites from the cemetery lists of Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. Indexed by cemetery.

Websites

• The Civil War in Virginia
• Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows - online searchable database with images of the original documents. Hosted by the Library of Virginia.
• The Confederate Flag - a history of the various flags, some familiar and some obscure, that were flown for the Confederate cause.

Societies

• Military Order of the Stars and Bars - Lineage society for male descendants of Confederate military veterans, officers or elected government officials of the Confederate Government.
• Sons of Confederate Veterans - Lineage society for male descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces during the American Civil War 1861-1865.
• United Daughters of the Confederacy - Founded in 1894 for the female lineal descendants of soldiers who served in the Confederate forces during the American Civil War 1861-1865. Provides information on membership, society objectives, scholarships, programs, magazine, and the Children of the Confederacy.

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