Falmouth

Falmouth is an unincorporated community in Stafford County, Virginia. Situated on the north bank of the Rappahannock River at the falls, the community is north of and opposite the city of Fredericksburg. Falmouth population was 3,624 as of the 2000 census.

Falmouth in Southern Victory
Falmouth served as a U.S. Army staging area for General Daniel MacArthur's drive on Richmond. MacArthur's plan was to suppress the Confederate's artillery with his own and allow the Army Engineers construct the pontoon bridges required to cross the Rappahannock River. This proved ineffective as enough survived to prevent the successful construction of the bridges.