Culpeper

Culpeper is an incorporated town in Culpeper County, Virginia. The population was 9,664 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Culpeper County.

Culpeper in Southern Victory
General George Patton made Culpeper his headquarters during the initial part of General Daniel MacArthur's invasion of Virginia. Patton launched a counter-attack from Culpeper and the surrounding foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, intending to cut through the salient. While blunting the U.S. advance and causing the lead elements to fall back, the counter-attack was not as successful as Patton had hoped. In part, this was due to General Abner Dowling, who commanded the Corps guarding that flank, having previous experience fighting Patton during Operation Blackbeard.