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Fall 2011, Vol. 10, No. 3 19301 Winmeade Dr. Suite 224 • Leesburg VA 20176 703.771.8800 • Fax: 703.771.8833 PUBLISHER

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FEATURES 22 BALL’S BLUFF

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DEPARTMENTS 6 CALENDAR 8 NEIGHBORS

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Museum Trustee seeks authenticity

25 LOUDOUN WEDDINGS photography by Genevieve Leiper

Local photographer finds venues sparkle through love’s lens

42 SWEET MEMORIES Brides take the cake when it comes to their wedding

58 TOAST TO THE FUTURE

by Alex Chapple

Soon-to-be newlyweds tour wine country to select menu pairings

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Parents are banking on dentists for their kids’ futures 17 DINING

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SEPT. 17-18 BLUEMONT FAIR VILLAGE OF BLUEMONT This historic village celebrates 42 years of hosting an authentic country fair that features live music, a children’s fair, more than 100 crafters, artisan demonstrations, an antiques car show, wine tastings, children’s activities and more. For more info, please visit BluemontFair.com.

OCT. 1-2 VIRGINIA FALL RACES GLENWOOD PARK, MIDDLEBURG The 57th running of the annual steeplechase races include more than 12 timber, brush and turf races; new this year is the Dorothy F. Smithwick Memorial Hurdle race. For more info, visit http://www. vafallraces.com.

OCT. 29 AIR AND SCARE STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER, DULLES From 2-8 p.m. the air and space museum is transformed into a hangar filled with creepy crafts, spooky science experiments and other Halloweenthemed activities. Admission is free; parking is $15. For more info, visit www.nasm.si.edu.

OCT. 7-9 WATERFORD HOMES TOUR & CRAFTS EXHIBIT VILLAGE OF WATERFORD More than 150 juried heritage craftsmen will offer demonstrations, and there will be historic home tours, kids’ activities, traditional music and dance, Colonial-era militia encampments, and Civil War re-enactors with skirmishes all weekend. For more info, visit www.WaterfordVa.org.

VETERANS DAY TRAIL RIDE/SALUTE TO HEROES MORVEN PARK, LEESBURG Join this salute to U.S. veterans with equestrian activities, kids’ events, music and an appearance by the 17th Light Dragoon, a mounted infantry corp of 18th century re-enactors. Trail rides are $30; you must have your own horse and helmet.

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SEPT. 21-25 MIDDLEBURG CLASSIC HORSE SHOW MORVEN PARK, LEESBURG This World Championship Hunter Rider Event includes the $10,000 Middleburg Classic Amateur Derby on Saturday. Besides the competitions, there will be food for purchase, wine tastings and a silent auction. Admission is $5; for more info, visit www.middleburgclassic.com.

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SEPT. 23-25 18TH ANNUAL LOVETTSVILLE OKTOBERFEST LOVETTSVILLE Come out and celebrate the German heritage of Lovettsville with authentic German cuisine, dancing and crafts. Admission and parking are free; food, beer, and crafts are available for purchase.

SEPT. 24-NOV. 6 PUMPKINVILLE LEESBURG ANIMAL PARK The annual fall festival includes free admission to the animal park, hay and pony rides, giant hill slides, kids hay maze, moon bounces and more. For hours and admission, visit www. pumpkinfestleesburg.com.

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OCT. 8 MORVEN PARK STEEPLECHASE RACES MORVEN PARK, LEESBURG One of the area’s top social events and voted the county’s Best Equestrian Event in Leesburg Today’s Best of Loudoun polls, the 32nd running of the steeplechase races is sure to be a highlight of the fall. Gates open at 8 a.m. For more info, visit www.morvenpark.org/steeplechase.php.

OCT. 9 CHERRY BLOSSOM WALKS AND 5K RUNS LEESBURG, MIDDLEBURG, WARRENTON The Cherry Blossom Foundation hosts events in three locations with proceeds going toward funding to detect, treat, educate and eliminate breast cancer. To register online or for more info about sponsorship or volunteering, visit www. cherryblossombreastcancerfoundation.org.

OCT. 14-15 LADIES’ BOARD RUMMAGE SALE MORVEN PARK, LEESBURG Take advantage of almost 40,000 square feet of trinkets and treasures at the annual fundraiser benefiting the hospital. General sale hours are 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; admission is free. To avoid the crowds, you can buy a $5 ticket for “early bird” shopping 8-9 a.m. on Friday. For more info, visit www.ladiesboard.org/rummage.cfm.

OCT. 15-16 LOUDOUN FARM COLOR TOUR Soak in the fall landscape along the Loudoun countryside as you take a self-guided tour of farms.

OCT. 29-30 MIDDLEBURG ALL-BREED DOG SHOW OATLANDS, LEESBURG Recognized as one of the top 10 dog shows in the country, the event also features tours of Oatlands and vendors selling pet-related equipment, supplies, art, clothing and food. Please do not bring pets. Admission is $5 per car. For more info, visit www.oatlands.org OCT. 31 LEESBURG HALLOWEEN PARADE DOWNTOWN LEESBURG Dress the kids in their Halloween finest for this annual tradition sponsored by the Leesburg Kiwanis since 1957. Don’t forget to bring a non-perishable food item to drop in collection boxes for Loudoun Interfaith Relief! Visit www. leesburgkiwanis.org for more info.

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Hauntings is an annual event organized by the Loudoun Museum, where Kelpinski is the longest-tenured member of the Board of Trustees.

For Kelpinski, a love of history came late in life,“but I always had a love of ghosts. Hauntings is a perfect mix of history and telling ghost stories.”

A native of Bay City, Mich., Kelpinski initially came to the region as a seminary student at Catholic University in Washington, DC. After leaving the seminary, his passion for horticulture and design led him to a long career as a florist, first in DC and later in Northern Virginia.

“I managed a flower shop in Georgetown where I learned tons and where we made arrangements for the Washington elite,” he says.

Kelpinski’s interest in the past and all things ghostly was heightened when he and his partner moved into a historic house, complete with a cabin that dates to the 1780s, on a 40-acre wooded property near Lucketts almost 25 years ago.

“Finding the house was serendipitous,” he says.“It was the country home we were looking for.”

Soon after moving in, Kelpinski started doing research on the property at the county records office in the courthouse basement in Leesburg.

“I would sit there for hours. It sparked my love of history.” Eventually he heard about plans for the Hauntings tours and decided to volunteer.

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The 20th Annual Hauntings Walking Tours take place Friday and Saturday Oct. 28-29. Tours start in the lobby of the Leesburg Town Hall, leave every 15 minutes from 6-10 p.m., and last about 1-1/2 hours. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Advance tickets go on sale Sept. 19 and are available through Oct. 21. Tickets can be purchased at www.loudounmuseum.org or by calling 703-777-7427. All proceeds benefit the Loudoun Museum.

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spooky history of each site With his innate flair for the dramatic, Kelpinski has carefully crafted scripts for each site. Many of these stories need to be updated each year, he says, because new supernatural occurrences have been documented.

Initially envisioned as a one-time event, Kelpinski has overseen the growth of the Hauntings since its rocky beginnings as a town initiative to attract tourists.

“It was a miracle the first year it took off, but it turned out really well. Over the years we now have it down to a complete science.”

Once the tours were taken over by the museum, all of the stories were reresearched “to make sure they were correct and not just legends,” Kelpinski says.

“The first two years there were ghost stories from Glenfiddich House and Lynch House with other history thrown in even if there weren’t any ghost stories. It was a kind of a weird mixture.

“Whether you believe in ghosts or not, this was the oral history for the town and like any artifact we wanted to preserve it. …

Because we are linked with the museum it’s important to be truthful. You’ve got to make

it right.” And, he stresses, it’s not hokey.

“We scare you the good old-fashioned way: with the fine art of well-told stories.

Afterwards people are really unsettled because we’ve told the story well.”

Initially, material was given to the storytellers,“and they could do it their way, but (sometimes) the product was uneven or emphasized the wrong part,” Kelpinski says.

“Getting the oral history on paper in a dramatic fashion allows you to tell the story well. In training the storytellers, the script is basically like telling a joke. It can be told badly or it can be really funny. You can’t add too many details that aren’t as important, or the haunting part isn’t as scary.”

Past tours have brought anywhere from 800 to 900 people to downtown Leesburg.

At least 10 guides and 60 volunteers are needed each night to run the tour.

This year is a little different for Kelpinski. While he remains busy coordinating the event, he has had to work through the debilitating effects of Lyme disease.

“I was like the Energizer bunny,” he says.“I didn’t have an off button. With Lyme disease, suddenly I had an off-button. I can rally it but it’s hard to do.”

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Even more importantly, however, these stem cells may be able to be used to treat leukemia, certain cancers and other bloodrelated diseases.

Additional potential uses may include treatments or cures for diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, spinal cord injuries, heart attacks, muscular dystrophy and more.

Banking teeth is a service that “may make parents very comfortable knowing it is possible, especially if certain illnesses run in the family,” Vigliante says. “There may be cures for these illnesses down the road, and having your own cells banked may play a major role in clinical treatments.”

“In a one-in-a-million chance that you need it,” Leslie says, “wouldn’t you drop to your knees and say thanks to God if you did it?”

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hen Michael Leslie and his wife, Naomi Seckinger. of Ashburn had their son, Peyton, 14 years ago, they couldn’t afford to make the several thousand dollar investment to bank their son’s cord blood. Fast forward to today, when Leslie says they now have a second chance, and he and his wife have decided to bank their son’s wisdom teeth after they are removed.

“We were able to sort of make up for lost time,” Leslie says. They consulted with Dr. Craig Vigliante, an oral and cosmetic facial surgeon with Potomac Surgical Arts in Lansdowne, and arranged to bank their son’s wisdom teeth after they are extracted.

“This technique offers another opportunity for a patient to bank their own stem cells in the pediatric and teenage years if they were not done so at birth,” Vigliante says.

As with umbilical cord blood, human teeth can be harvested for their stem cells and kept cryo-preserved, a process in which cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling at sub-zero temperatures for potential use in the future. The hope is that the stem cells obtained from baby or wisdom teeth can be used to grow new

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A couple of months later a mother came in and asked about saving stem cells for her daughter. Her daughter was going to have her wisdom teeth out and had diabetes. …. When I looked into it, I thought ‘Wow ... that is really great, we can save her stem cells from her wisdom teeth that would normally be discarded and possibly cure her diabetes. It would change her life significantly.’”

Dorsch explains that stem cells are immature cells that have not yet specialized and are responsible for the repair and regeneration of a body’s organs and tissue.

The stem cells usually become specialized cells for use in the area of the body that they reside in, but, according to Dorsch, the exciting part is that you can take them from one area of the body, stimulate them in a very specific way and make them become other types of cells than what they were originally destined to be.

“Stem cells don’t know what they want to be when they grow up,” Dorsch jokes.

Essentially, it may be possible to re-program the stem cells and steer them in a new

direction, he says For example, a stem cell obtained from a tooth could potentially be re-programmed to create pancreatic beta cells — which make insulin and could potentially cure diabetes.

This isn’t science fiction.

“Regenerative medicine is growing exponentially,” Dorsch says. “Many countries, including the United States, are pumping millions of dollars into stem cell research. Scientists have succeeded in transforming stem cells into bone forming cells, nerve tissue, insulin producing cells, muscle tissue, tooth tissue and more.”

Dorsch predicts that regenerative processes from stem cells in teeth may be possible in the next 10 to 20 years. “I think in my lifetime we will be seeing medical therapies to treat a whole host of illnesses.”

Right now, dentists are just banking the teeth. There are no currently approved uses for the stem cells, although there are a multitude of studies researching different kinds of regenerative therapies. “It is basically an insurance policy of having

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Researchers at the company then examine the teeth and tissue to see if there are viable cells. If they find viable cells, they will cryopreserve those cells, then send a report back to the patient and dentist.

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WHEN TO DO IT Most people have their wisdom teeth out in their late teenage years. According to Dorsch, it is usually safer and easier to remove wisdom teeth before they are fully formed and before they begin to cause problems. Coincidentally, this is an excellent time to harvest stem cells from these teeth, Dorsch says. “Healthy young pulp stem cells have the greatest potential and instead of throwing the teeth away, now we can bank them and when the research comes around, use them to cure a disease or save your life,” he says.

Besides wisdom teeth, other sources of stem cells can be found in the mouth. Sometimes orthodontists need to extract teeth after putting braces on a patient because there is not enough space in the mouth, and those extracted teeth can also be harvested for stem cells.

Dr. Lynda Dean-Duru, lead pediatric dentist at Ashburn Children’s Dentistry in Northern Virginia, also says that she is seeing an increasing number of parents who want to bank their children’s baby teeth. Stem cells cannot be taken from baby teeth that have fallen out, and extractions must be conducted if the teeth are to be useful later. This procedure has to be done in a dental office, and the tooth has to be preserved immediately.

“It is important to let your pediatric or regular dentist know you are interested in this for your child; by the time the tooth is wiggly it is too late,” Dean-Duru says.

“Our message to parents of younger children is that even if your child does not have any disease at this time, if there is a family history of, say, Parkinson’s disease, leukemia, heart disease or any sort of cancers, it might actually behoove you to give them some sort of assurance that teeth can be saved and possibly used later for treatment if they were to contract a disease,” Dean-Duru said. “What would you be losing? You’ll spend some money, but that’s about it.

As one of my patient’s moms described it: ‘I just got insurance for my little boy’s future!’”

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Catoctin Creek Distilling Co. Catoctin Creek Distilling Co. has won several awards for its Organic Roundstone Rye and Mosby’s Spirit whiskeys. Its Watershed Gin recently won a gold medal from the Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago.

As the first legal distillery in Loudoun since the Prohibition, Catoctin Creek further sets itself apart by making certified kosher and organic products in small batches.

Don’t be fooled when owner Scott Harris describes the distillery as a small mom-andpop operation. Sure, he and his wife, Becky Harris, do almost all of the work involved— from designing bottle labels to answering phones, conducting tours and cleaning 100-gallon tanks.

The distillery is a well-oiled, high-tech production facility capable of cranking out enough bottles to supply almost all ABC stores in Virginia, about 50 to 70 restaurants, bars and liquor stores in Washington, DC, and about three to four dozen liquor stores and bars in Maryland. Last year, the distillery began selling in Nashville and Chattanooga in Tenn., and recently expanded to Louisville, Ky. The distillery makes four distinct products: Roundstone Rye is pure rye aged in oak, while Mosby’s Spirit, is a clear un-aged whiskey. The Watershed Gin is distilled from organic rye and wheat and mixed with organic herbs and spices. The Pearousia is made through a collaboration with Fabbioli Cellars in Leesburg, which produces a pear wine that Catoctin Creek distills into a fine brandy.

To help the Harrises keep up with demand, they conduct bottling workshops twice a month. “Students” get a free lunch and learn a bit of the process involved in distilling, while the Harrises get a few extra hands to help them bottle their award-winning whiskey and gin.

A group of Northern Virginia Roller Derby members stopped in on a recent Saturday and bottled several hundred bottles. “They get to sign their names on the bottle to make each one special,” Scott Harris says.“It’s a lot of fun.”

Corcoran Brewing Co. Since 2002, Lori and Jim Corcoran of Corcoran Vineyards have been making a variety of wines from their Waterford vineyard. Last year the Corcorans decided to expand their offerings and indulge in their love of beer. They brought in longtime friend and brewmaster Kevin Bills to set up shop in a converted barn a few hundred yards away from the vineyards on the Corcorans’ 120-acre property.

The Corcorans intentionally keep beer production low, producing only half a barrel at a time to ensure quality. With the grand opening of the brewery in July, however, demand for their local beer has grown so that the brewery already is looking to expand.“We definitely need to upgrade, we’ll be getting brewing equipment twice as big as what we’ve got,” Bills says. “We knew there was a big demand for good beer. We just didn’t think the beer crowd would find us so quickly and would come out in force.”

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jugs to fill at the taps. “There’s a big ‘Eat Local’ movement in Loudoun,” says Jim Corcoran, whose business card names him the Chief Tasting Officer of the company. “But there’s an even bigger ‘Drink Local’ movement going on right now.”

Corcoran Brewing Co. is poised to join the growing crusade, leading the charge with its Catoctin Ale, LoCo IPA, P’ville Pale, Wheatland, Corky’s Irish Red and Slainte Stout. With the beer-making industry growing in Northern Virginia, Corcoran distinguishes itself from the pack by making its product with local ingredients. “We try to keep everything as local as possible,” Bills says. “All ingredients come from Virginia, except for the yeast.”

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Occupying only about half of their nearly 9,000 square feet of warehouse space in Ashburn, Hagerman and Garcia already have their eyes toward expansion and growth. “Right now we’re brewing once or twice a week,” Hagerman says.“We’ve got the space to grow.

Once we put in more canning lines, we’ll get into more stores and you’ll find us in more places.”

Eventually, Garcia would like to see a kitchen and pub set up at Lost Rhino. “But we’re taking things one day at a time,” he says. “Right now we’re just focused on making good beer.”

MacDowell Brew Kitchen With the anticipated opening in the fall of MacDowell Brew Kitchen, which will join other fine beer purveyors Tuscarora Mill, Fireworks and Doner Bistro, Gordon MacDowell envisions the completion of Harrison Street’s “Beermuda Triangle” in downtown Leesburg. “This part of town has come to be the place to be in the evenings. There are so many great restaurants and so many great places to have a beer or wine,” says MacDowell, who lives just outside of Leesburg.

He and his partner, stay-at-home dad Nils “Mr. Mom” Schnibbe, are transforming MacDowell’s Custom Kitchens into a restaurant/ bar/working showroom that will showcase MacDowell’s custommade bar and outdoor kitchen. Eventually they will serve their own brews as well as craft beers from other local nanobreweries.

“We have some favorites but we’re going to have to have what the general public will want. … you should have an ale, a double IPA, an American wheat beer, and you need a stout or a porter,” MacDowell says.

“We’ll fill in some very unique seasonal beers that we’ll make here. Just given the capacity, we won’t be able to make tons and tons of it, but we’ll have three or four that we’ll make ourselves and they’ll be really fun and interesting and worth the travel here to check ‘em out. We’ll probably have about 10 altogether; six other beers and four of our own.”

While they await ABC approval and their federal brewing license, they plan to begin by serving barbecue and other American cuisine in the restaurant, which they envision as having an upscale yet relaxed atmosphere.

“Outside we’re going to have a very Key West, Bermuda-type atmosphere with an outdoor patio, tables and chairs (and) including live cooking at the outdoor kitchen,” MacDowell says. “We want to play it up as very laid-back, very chilled atmosphere.”

Vintage 50 Restaurant & Brew Lounge Dean Lake, who has been perfecting his craft for more than 15 years, serves as Vintage 50 Restaurant & Brew Lounge’s brewmaster.

Also an alumnus of Old Dominion Brewing Co., he helped build the Leesburg brewery that now produces about 500 barrels a year.

“I try to brew more or less in the Old World style,” Lake says.

Most ingredients he uses come from Germany and England. “But I’m fond of American hops—it’s the best in the world.” Eventually he’s looking to source local hops and grains to use to “make the craft brew complete.”

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: BAR MANAGER WALTER “JUNE” JINKS DRAWS VINTAGE 50’S CASK ALE FROM A TRADITIONAL HAND PULL AT THE BAR; VINTAGE 50’S BREWMASTER DEAN LAKE; NILS SCHNIBBE AND GORDON MACDOWELL WILL OPEN MACDOWELL BREW KITCHEN IN DOWNTOWN LEESBURG IN THE FALL.

on cask, a method of storing and serving beer that goes back hundreds of years. Cask beer is unfiltered and not carbonated.

Regular draft beer, on the other hand, is fully carbonated and kept colder.

“On cask, the beer comes directly from the fermenter, it’s ‘live’ beer,” Lake explains.

“It’s served on a traditional hand pull under ambient pressure, with 100 percent natural carbonation. ” Although not quite as cold as the other beers on tap, it is served at cellar temperature, which is still pretty cool, Lake says. “It makes for a more flavorful, complex flavor than on draft.”

This fall, Lake has an Oktoberfest brew in the works. “It’ll have two months of conditioning,” he says. “We’ve doubled our production from last year because it was so popular. This year, we are fortunate to have the capacity to brew lager and ales.”

Vintage 50 can make more than a dozen craft brews, with about six on draft and one on cask at any one time. The 50 Cat IPA is the most popular among customers, Lake says. Ask him which one is his favorite and he’ll tell you that it’s like having children: “I will never tell you which one I like the most.”

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14635 Corkys Farm Lane, Waterford www.corcoranbrewing.com A former working barn has been converted to the county’s newest nano-brewery, where you can have tastings and fill growlers with a selection of their six brews. Look out for the pumpkin ale coming out in the fall.

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21730 Red Rum Rd. Suite 142, Ashburn www.lostrhino.com On the first Wednesday of every month, from 5-8 p.m., there’s an open house tasting tour. You can get a preview taste of the newest beer before it goes to market. Buy a tasting glass or buy a growler for a fill.

Tours of the brewery are conducted on Saturdays.

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long the Potomac throughout the day. A River stands Confederate soldier later a park where wrote,“Friend and foe were the walking trails are accommodated alike with beautifully kept and whatever the Confederates the views of the river, had, and the ladies were busy gorgeous. Seated less in their various offices of than 3 miles northeast mercy and kindness.” of downtown Leesburg, As the battle raged on, Balls Bluff Park is worthy the Union soldiers found of a day trip under any themselves more surrounded circumstances, but beneath and less able to win ground. its quiet surface lies a But if they gave up, they faced heavy history: a steep cliff, a small patch of Here, on the morning ground below, and a deep of Oct. 21, 1861, around and dangerous river. The 1,700 Federal soldiers skiffs could only take so many under Union Brig. Gen. men at a time and would be

BY MEREDITH BEAN McMATH Stone faced around 1,700 exposed to enemy sniper fire Confederate soldiers from the bluff. Col. Edward under Col. Nathan Evans. Stone wanted the battle to be fought Baker, a U.S. Senator and good friend of President Lincoln’s, was in up river along a shallow portion of the Potomac, but a group of charge of the Union Army. Baker decided it was best to press on in inexperienced, nervous and rash Union commanders had rushed hopes of eventually breaking the Confederate line. ahead, placing the Union soldiers in an untenable position: on one But around 5 p.m., Baker was shot and killed, and confusion side, a well-organized Confederate force; on the other, a 70-foot cliff followed as Colonel William R. Lee and Colonel Milton Cogswell and a deep, treacherous river. What happened next was a complete argued over who should assume command. If Lee won the disaster. argument, he planned to call for an orderly retreat across the river.

Coming right on the heels of the Union defeat at Bull Run, Cogswell wanted to fight on. Cogswell won the argument for the defeat at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff was a wake-up call to the seniority, and the troops were ordered forward, only to be thwarted Federal Government. Soon after, Congress initiated the Civil War’s and repelled once more. Now their backs were to the cliff. first Inquiry on the Conduct of War, ostensibly for the purpose of If only the boys in blue had known the Confederates in front of guaranteeing this particular history would never be repeated. them were on their last round of ammunition. But the Confederate For the residents of Loudoun, the fight was a different sort of commander in charge of that portion of the troops, Col. Winfield S. wake-up call: the first time they would deal with a large battle and Featherston, determined to make the most of a bad situation. He its gruesome aftermath. ordered his soldiers to advance without firing, stand and fire the “We were startled awake on the 21st by a sharp, brisk last volley together, and then charge with fixed bayonets. When the cannonading,” wrote 18-year-old Virginia Miller, and “… about 9 Union soldiers heard Featherston’s shout above the fray,“Charge, o’clock, there was a great cry that the Yankees were within a mile of Mississippians, charge! Drive them into the Potomac or into town.”Virginia, a guest at Harrison Hall (now Glenfiddich House) eternity,” complete chaos followed. on North King Street in Leesburg, rushed upstairs to the attic Pvt. Randolph Shotwell of the 8th Virginia recorded what the windows to watch Confederate cavalry charging across the fields.

Union soldiers did next: “A kind of shiver ran through the huddled “Soon after,” she records,“several wounded prisoners were brought mass upon the brow of the cliff; it gave way; rushed a few steps; into town—some wounded frightfully, one poor man with the blood then, in one wild, panic-strickened herd, rolled, leaped, tumbled streaming from his face, some with arms and legs wounded and over the precipice! The descent is nearly perpendicular, with ragged, another with his jaw bone crushed.” jutting crags, and water laved base. Screams of pain and terror filled The women of Leesburg quickly created makeshift hospitals the air. Men seemed suddenly bereft of reason, leaped over the bluff within churches and homes as the wounded streamed into town with muskets still in their clutch, threw themselves into the river 22

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without divesting themselves of their heavy Title: Death of Col Edward D. Baker: At the Battle of Balls Bluff near Leesburg Va. Oct. 21st 1861 & Ives., Created/Published: [New York] : Currier & Ives, [1861?] accoutrements.Creator(s): OthersCurrier sprang down Date upon Public Domain Item, Popular Graphic Arts, Library of Congress the heads and bayonets of those (downloaded frombelow.”

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“Our regiment lost about 300, a great many of whom was drowned. One scow boat sunk Oct. 22-23: Daytime activities take near me with forty-five men in it, some place 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and include a mobile traveling exhibit, drill demonstrations, of them wounded. But all of them were and the main event, the re-enactment of drowned. There were hundreds drowned the battle. From 7-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, trying to swim the River. Our company went there will be a battlefield illumination. into the field with seventy-eight men and On Sunday, there will be a wreath-laying there was about 21 of us left.” at the Baker Monument.

In the end, the Union Army lost more than half of their 1,700 and the Tickets, which are limited, are required Confederates counted fewer than 150 killed, to attend these events. To purchase wounded and missing. A few months later, tickets online or for more info, visit Virginia Miller rode across the battlefield on www.150thballsbluff.com. A free selfhorseback: “The marks of the battle were to guided tour of the battlefield may be be seen all around us—not a branch or twig downloaded at http://www.nvrpa.org/ in that thick wood that didn’t bear evidence park/ball_s_bluff. of the terrible encounter… I cannot imagine how we ever won that victory on was this: Union officers realized they had to such a field; it was due only to the hand of be more careful in the future. Congress was Providence.” watching.

The congressional Inquiry into Among the many Union soldiers the debacle at Ball’s Bluff revealed a wounded at Ball’s Bluff was Lt. Oliver combination of unfortunate circumstances, Wendell Holmes Jr. of the 20th miscalculations and outright malfeasance on Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Holmes the part of Union officers. Blame appeared would go on to become a U.S. Supreme to rest on Baker, but he was dead. In the Court justice and one of the most influential end, Stone, who had enemies in Congress, jurists in American history. During his long bore the brunt of the blame. Ball’s Bluff term as a Supreme Court Justice, Holmes historian James Morgan notes that, if there would sometimes return to Ball’s Bluff. A was any positive result from the inquiry, it

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hint as to his thoughts on those days were provided by Holmes in an 1884 address: “Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.”

Today, the battlefield has been carefully preserved by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. In 2004, the NVRPA began the ambitious and important task of restoring the property to its 1861 appearance; thus far, more than 12 acres of underbrush and trees have been cleared and re-purposed as lumber, mulch and firewood.

“Some of the lumber harvested,” Park Manager George Tabb says,“will be used at the new Visitors Center at Temple Hall Farm Regional Park,” which is scheduled for completion in February 2012. In addition, the park has been able to acquire and place three cannons—two Mountain Howitzers and a James Rifle—in the same positions in which they stood during most of the fight.

Thanks to extensive preservation efforts, the physical beauty and profound history of Ball’s Bluff remains for all of us to appreciate. Visit the park soon and make some of Loudoun’s extraordinary history your own.

Author, prize-wining playwright, and recipient of the Loudoun History Award Meredith Bean McMath is the manager of Run Rabbit Run Productions and Run Rabbit Run Theatre. For more information, visit www.

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hen Mallary and I began planning our he is one of those rare men whose career is his wedding, we decided to have a Loudoun true passion. He is a fountain of energy and County theme. The people and places of visibly bubbles with enthusiasm when discussing Loudoun are the glue that holds us together. We his craft. But more important than his character is met and began dating at Loudoun County High the quality of his wine. Doug ably creates bold red School, both of our immediate families have wines with well-known Bordeaux grapes, making long histories here and our important dating impressively complex and engaging blends. I can moments—like our first kiss—happened here. say that a Fabbioli wine is good, and I don’t have When we decided on this theme, we knew to qualify it with “for a Virginia wine.” Now I must that local wine had to be a part of our big day. admit a bias; I worked for Doug one summer on I want our friends and family who are visiting his winery, both in the tasting room and in the from other parts of the country, to experience fields picking black raspberries for his Raspberry Loudoun with as many senses as possible. To Merlot (a must try). cover taste we intend to serve as much local I asked Doug the two questions I plan to ask food and wine as possible. When I first started at every winery. First, what makes your wine local drinking wine, I realized it is an important part or distinctly Loudoun? As we drove through his of experiencing a place. One learns much about grapes on a golf cart he gestured to his Loudoun a place in conversation over local drink and also soil and said,“We’re farmers. We focus on the THIS PAGE AND OPPOSITE: ALEX CHAPPLE in tasting local fruit. land, and we grow the best grapes we can on this AND MALLARY ORRISON TOUR THE Virginia’s wine history is young, but it is land.”These words spoke to my blue collar roots.

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Fabbioli’s Chambourcin gives us a great transition from whites to reds, and his award-winning Cabernet Franc is a serious contender for one of our reds. Though I could happily serve only Fabbioli wine at my wedding, Mallary and I want to support a number of local businesses and give our guests great variety. As Mallary and I traveled around tasting, we searched for a couple of whites and a couple of reds, to make sure we could please any guest’s palette. To get an estimate on what we need, we are even considering having guests write if they are white or red fans on their RSVPs.

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Every winery we went to, people told us we had to taste at Hillsborough Vineyards. I had visited the venue before to deliver wedding flowers with my mother (Holly Heider Chapple), but I had never tasted the wine. Mallary and I happily visited knowing that the gorgeous view from their patio is reason enough to make a trip. Now the wine is, too.

Because of a bit of random luck, our tasting was led by Kerem, the winemaker and a member of the family that owns the vineyard. I asked him about their business, which was clearly booming on the Saturday we visited, and asked if they had plans to expand. He explained that they are not planning to grow, saying,“We are going to stay local.”

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