The Rapidan River is the largest tributary of the Rappahannock River in North-central Virginia. The two rivers converge just west of the city of Fredericksburg. Sections of the lower the Rapidan River will soon be presevered by a conservation easement. The Rapidan River has its headwaters near Big Meadows in the Blue Ridge Mountains' Shenandoah National Park. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Rappahannock at sunset The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia in the United States, approximately 184 mi (294 km). ... Fredericksburg is the name of some places in the United States of America: Fredericksburg, Iowa Fredericksburg, Ohio Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania Fredericksburg, Texas Fredericksburg, Virginia, the site of the Battle of Fredericksburg This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Participants in a field seminar at Big Meadows can look in the distance to see the Appalachian Mountain chain Big Meadows is located on the Skyline Drive at Milepost 51 in the Shenandoah National Park in Madison County, Virginia. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shinning Rock Wilderness Area Blue Ridge Mountains (NPS) Most of the rocks that form the Blue Ridge Mountains, United States, are ancient granitic and metamorphosed volcanic formations, some exceeding one billion years in age. ... Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Piedmont region of Virginia. ...

It was the scene of severe fighting in the American Civil War, and historic sites such as Ely's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Kelly's Ford, and Wilderness are nearby. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258... Chancellorsville is an unicorporated village in Virginia, about twenty miles west of Fredericksburg. ... Categories: Towns in Virginia | Culpeper County, Virginia | Stub ...

The name apparently is a combination of the word rapids with the name of Queen Anne of England. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. ...