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Line 26: == History == Caroline County was established in [[1728]] from [[Essex County, Virginia\|Essex]], [[King and Queen County, Virginia\|King and Queen]], and [[King William County, Virginia\|King William]] counties. It was named for [[Queen Caroline]], the wife of [[George II]] of [[England]]. During the [[U.S. Civil War\|Civil War]] [[Confederate]] troops under [[General]] [[George E. Pickett]] fought [[Union (American Civil War)\|Union]] troops near Milford in [[1864]]. Confederate General [[Stonewall Jackson]] died in Guinea after being shot by his own troops at the [[Battle of Chancellorsville\|Chancellorsville]]. [[John Wilkes Booth]], the [[assassin]] of [[President of the United States\|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln\|Lincoln]], was allegedly shot by federal troops in Caroline County. == Geography ==

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