Rappahannock River Research Paper

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The Rappahannock River, is North East from Fredericksburg. Is 195 miles long, it empties into the Chesapeake Bay. It traverse the entire northern part of the state, from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the West where it rises. Across the Piedmont to the Fall line, onward to the Coastal Plain to flow into the Chesapeake bay, South of the Potomac River. The Rappahannock River, is an important river from American history. The Rappahannock River was the site of early settlements in the Virginia Colony. It was the center of a major theatre of battle in the American Civil War, were ten thousands of troops fought against each other. Some 10,000 African American slaves escaped across the river to Union lines and freedom, after the first Battle …show more content…
It flows southeastward, past Remington, Kelly's Ford, and Richardsville, before it is joined by the Rapidan River, its largest tributary, from the right. Then the Rappahannock passes through the city of Fredericksburg. Southeast of Fredericksburg, it begins to slow and widen into a brackish tidal estuary approximately 50 miles (80 km) long. It passes two small, but historic, river towns, Port Royal and Port Conway, which developed opposite each other, the former on the south bank, the latter on the north. Then it flows past Tappahannock on its southern bank, a point where the river is well over a mile wide. The last settlements of any size before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay are Irvington, Urbanna, Stingray Point, and White Stone Beach.The broad river enters the Chesapeake Bay approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of the mouth of the Potomac River and approximately 60 miles (97 km) east of the state capital, Richmond. At the point where the river enters the bay, between Windmill Point, on the north, and Stingray Point, on the south, it is more than 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
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