Wadesville is an unincorporated community in Clarke County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Wadesville is located along Opequon Creek at Locke's Ford. History Early history Wadesville traces its beginnings to the construction of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad. By November 1834, grading, bridging and masonry work on the first 24 miles of the 32 mile long rail line were complete. The railroad opened for operation on March 13, 1836. Wadesville Station was just past mile 22 of the line from Harpers Ferry to Winchester. Wadesville and nearby Swimley Station were bustling communities when they were the only train stops in the county. Civil War Locke's Ford was the site of numerous skirmishes during the Civil War. The two largest were just before the 2nd and 3rd Battles of Winchester. Second Battle of Winchester As part of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Gettysburg Campaign, his Second Corps under General Richard S. Ewell was sent to clear the Shenandoah Valley of Union troops. On the morning of Saturday, June 13, 1862, General Ewell took two of his divisions towards Winchester to attack the Union troops under General Robert Milroy. Ewell's remaining division advanced on Berryville under the command of General Robert E. Rodes. Berryville was held by the Union troops of Colonel Andrew T. McReynold's brigade. McReynold's Brigade was under the overall command of General Milroy in Winchester. Upon the approach of Rode's Division, Colonel McReynolds evacuated the town. The most direct route back to the forts of Winchester was west on the Berryville Pike. He chose to head north on the Charles Town Road turning northwest to Summit Point and then head west to the Valley Pike. He would then head south on Valley Pike to Winchester. The Summit Point Road roughly paralleled the Winchester & Potomac Railroad tracks and passed through Locke's Ford on modern day Swimley Road on its way through Brucetown to Clear Brook some three miles from the ford at the Valley Pike. The head of McReynolds' column reached Valley Pike about the same time his rear guard under Lieutenant Colonel William McKellip reached the ford. The rear guard consisted of Companies E and H of the 6th Maryland Infantry and a battalion of the 1st New York Cavalry. Between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., 350 men of the 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion under the command of Major James W. Sweeney neared the ford from the east-northeast