Guiney Station

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Guiney Station is a historic railroad stop and rural community in Caroline County, Virginia, best known as the place where Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Guinea Station 4
Guiney Station canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house museum
historic site
unincorporated community
associatedWithEvent American Civil War
associatedWithPerson Stonewall Jackson
country United States of America
surface form: United States
deathCause complications from wounds received at the Battle of Chancellorsville
diedAt Guiney Station self-linksurface differs
diedIn Stonewall Jackson Shrine
distanceFromFredericksburg approximately 10 miles south
eraOfSignificance American Civil War
surface form: American Civil War era
followedBy Stonewall Jackson’s removal to Guiney Station
governingCounty Caroline County government
hasAccessibility reachable by local roads in Caroline County
hasAlternateName Guiney Station
surface form: Guinea Station
hasBuildingType farmhouse used as Jackson’s death site
hasCivilWarAssociation Confederate Army medical evacuation point
hasCulturalSignificance symbolic site of Stonewall Jackson’s final days
hasCurrentUse heritage tourism site
hasFeature historic buildings
railroad tracks
rural landscape
hasHistoricalPeriod mid-19th century American South
hasHistoricalRole Civil War site
hasHistoricDesignation listed as part of a National Park Service historic site
hasLandmark Stonewall Jackson Shrine
hasNameOrigin named for the local Guiney (Guinea) family or plantation
hasOriginalFunction railroad depot
hasPreservationStatus partially preserved historic area
hasTransportationType railroad stop
isRuralCommunity true
knownFor death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: American South

Caroline County, Virginia
Guiney Station self-linksurface differs
Virginia
managedBy National Park Service
nearbyCity Fredericksburg
surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia
partOf Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
surface form: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad corridor
railFunction stop for passenger and freight trains during the 19th century
railroadEra 19th century
railroadServed Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
region Caroline County’s southern area
state Virginia
timeOfJacksonDeath May 10, 1863
tourismTheme Civil War history

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Guiney Station hasAlternateName Guiney Station
this entity surface form: Guinea Station
Guiney Station locatedIn Guiney Station self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Guiney Station diedAt Guiney Station self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
Guiney family hasNotableAssociationWith Guiney Station
this entity surface form: Guinea Station
Guiney family nameAssociatedWith Guiney Station
this entity surface form: Guinea Station
Guiney family influencedToponym Guiney Station
this entity surface form: Guinea Station