place. Prior to the battle, one of the units patrolling the area east of the ford was the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Any time that Yankee units would come into view of the Confederates picketing Locke's Ford, they would come under fire. Such was the case on September 13 when Corporal Valorous Dearborn of Company A was shot off of his horse and killed. !t was also the case the following day when troopers Alexander Logan, John Shiffer and Winfield Wilber of Companies D, F and I respectively were shot and killed. The 22nd Virginia Cavalry and the 51st Virginia Infantry regiments defended the west bank of Locke's Ford. Early on the morning of September 19, at around 2:00 a.m. Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer's Michigan Brigade broke camp at Summit Point and began moving toward Locke's Ford. Arriving on the east bank of the ford around 5:00 a.m., the 6th Michigan Cavalry dismounted and moved into position on the hill overlooking the ford around a farmhouse and some outbuildings. The 7th Michigan Cavalry and the 25th New York Cavalry charged the ford while under cover of the 6th Michigan with their Spencer repeating rifles. The Federals attempted to cross the creek multiple times and were pushed back each time. Finally, after the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, the 5th U.S. Cavalry and the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry pushed across Rocky Ford a mile or so to the south of Locke's Ford, they threatened the rear of the Confederate line along the creek. The 51st Virginia Infantry and the 22nd Virginia Cavalry along with the 45th Virginia Infantry withdrew through Brucetown to the west. The Michigan Brigade was able to then cross Opequon Creek after about two hours. Fire at the Station, January 7, 1916 "The store building and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station and post office at Wadesville, Clarke County, just across the Frederick County line, were totally destroyed by fire which broke out at 3 o'clock this morning, and the origin of which is unknown. Nothing is left of the building and platform but a pile of ashes, and nothing was saved from the building, the fire having gained too much headway bvefore it was discovered. Neighbors succeeded by working in the cold and snow, in preventing the nearby group of buildings from catching." Bridge at Locke's Ford "A movement which has recently been started, to erect a substantial bridge over the