![]() ![]() ![]() Brought in via train car, one year during the Civil War brought in an influx of six thousand wounded Soldiers in just a month and twenty-three thousand over that entire year! The Civil War, spanning four tumultuous years, resulted in seven hundred bodies buried on the land outside the museum: one of the largest mass grave sites and present-day mausoleums paying tribute to civil war casualties. Cedar Mountain, Mine Run, Chancellorsville, Trevilian, Brandy Station and the encompassing wilderness brought over seventy thousand troops to the site over the course of the war. In 1862 the Confederates took possession of the hotel and transformed it into a receiving station for the dying and wounded from the surrounding battlefields. The opportunity to transport supplies as well as troops arose, and the building transformed for the first time of many over its long history. This early pioneering gained official recognition in 1997 when this site became the “chicken leg capital of the universe.” In 1862, as the Civil War raged on, the site became a focus of the confederates due to its convenient location and rail route running on site. Those early entrepreneurs specialized in chicken legs, pies and other southern treats sold to passengers over 8 decades before the railroad industry provided food and beverages to travelers. The earliest notable activity is a tribute to the first African American entrepreneurs who took advantage of the bustling railroad to sell food at the railroad stop behind the Exchange Hotel. The building, erected in 1860, served as a hotel during its first five years offering refuge to passengers on the Virginia railroad. On June 26th, 2021, HSPP visited the Civil War Exchange in Gordonsville, Virginia. View evidence collected during the 2021 investigation here HSPP is returning and we want to invite you to guest investigate at the Civil War Exchange Hotel and Medical Museum, Virginia! ![]()
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