Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga o Amerika, i mahi te awa o Rapidan hei waahanga o te raina o mua i waenga i te Confederacy me te Uniana. Ko te Old Plank Road e hono ana ki Fredericksburg me Culpeper ka whiti i te awa o Rapidan i tetahi waahi e kiia ana ko Germanna Ford. I whakamahia whānuitia tēnei awa e te Kotahitanga i mua i ngā pakanga o Chancellorsville,
Ko Mine Run, ko Wilderness, ko Spotsylvania Court House. I puta te Pakanga o te Moana i te Mei 5 ki te Mei 7, 1864 i nga waahanga o te Locust Grove o tenei ra. Ko te tari matua o te Kaiwhakahaere o te Ope o te Uniana a Ulysses S. Grant e 5 maero ki te tonga ki te rawhiti o Germanna Ford i runga i te pukepuke e tata ana ki nga whakawhiti o Route 3 me Route 20.