[3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 1979.

[4] The town was about 400 yards from Brompton and was a Confederate stronghold against repeated Union Army assaults on the slope during the Battle of Fredericksburg (1862–1863).

Confederate General James Longstreet maintained his headquarters at Brompton.

[5][6] Brompton currently serves as the residence of the President of the University of Mary Washington.

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