Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin yakin basasar Amurka Kogin Rapidan ya kasance wani ɓangare na layin gaba tsakanin Confederacy da Union. Tsohon Plank Road ya haɗu da Fredericksburg tare da Culpeper kuma ya ƙetare Kogin Rapidan a wani wuri da ake kira Germanna Ford. Wannan ford ya yi amfani da shi sosai ta hanyar Tarayyar da ke jagorantar yaƙe-yaƙe na Chancellorsville,
Mine Run, da daji, da kuma Kotun Kotun Spotsylvania. Yaƙin daji ya faru ne daga ranar 5 ga Mayu zuwa 7 ga Mayu, 1864 a sassan Locust Grove na yanzu. Babban kwamandan rundunar sojojin Union Ulysses S. Grant yana da nisan kilomita 5 kudu maso gabashin Germanna Ford a kan tudu kusa da hanyoyin zamani na Route 3 da Route 20.