VA-BW2 Burkes Station Raid

Marker text: BURKE'S STATION RAID

Burke's Station, four miles south, was raided by Stuart's cavalry, December, 1862. Stuart telegraphed to Washington complaining of the bad quality of mules he had captured -- a famous joke.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1937.

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Location: Little River Turnpike (eastbound), on the eastern side of the Fairfax City and Fairfax County line., Fairfax County, Virginia

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