Ball's Bluff Battlefield
Leesburg, VA
A hauntingly atmospheric Civil War site on a Potomac River bluff - one of America's smallest national cemeteries sits in a clearing surrounded by hardwood forest. Mist rises off the river on autumn mornings.
Photography Guide
- Best Time
- morning
- Crowds
- Quiet
- Shot Types
- atmosphericlandscapedetail
- Best Seasons
- fallwinter
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