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A Goggle search "Brook's Station" will bring up many hits. Here are just a few of them which gives a general location.

Marched from Aquia Creek to Brook's Station, 6 miles

B Company proceeded from Brook's Station to Washington, DC, by rail and boat, to perform provost duty on Government wharf, Distance 62 miles

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Camp at Brook's Station, near Aquia Creek, VA

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The advance of our column had some skirmishing with the enemy just before reaching Falmouth and the enemy’s pickets are to be seen on the hills beyond Fredericksburg. April 27th, march to Potomac Creek, 5 miles to repair railroad bridge, and the next day the Second is detached from the brigade and sent to Accokeek Creek to rebuild a bridge at Brook’s Station. May 2d, regain the brigade and march rapidly to within two miles of Fredericksburg and camp, distance 12 miles. May 8th, John Gibbon, Captain of Battery B, Fourth United States Artillery, having been appointed brigadier general of volunteers, is assigned to command our brigade and Col. Cutler returned to his Regiment, the Sixth. Move down the river and camp on the bank immediately in front of Fredericksburg.

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On the 25th of November the company moved to Brook's Station, on the Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg railroad

Lying here at Brook's Station until the morning of December 12th, we took up the line of march toward Fredericksburg, hearing heavy cannonading all day.

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The first encampment was "Brook's Station," near Aquia Creek, where the battery remained until October 1861

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Referring to the Official Military Atlas of the Civil War which accompanies the Official Records, Plate 8, 6 miles from Aquia Creek would put Brook's Station approximately where the Fredericksburg and Aquia Creek RR crosses the Potomac Creek 6 miles SW of Aquia Creek. This is about 4 miles south of Stafford CH.

Accokeek Creek crossing is about 3.8 miles SE from Aquia Creek.

Plate 100-1 actually shows Brook's Station at the approximate location noted above.

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