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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27MV_deatonville_VA.html
Through early morning showers on April 6, 1865. Gen. Robert E. Lee's weary men and creaking wagons slogged west toward Farmville and expected rations. They passed through Deatonville, "a cluster of half-a-dozen brick farmhouses," and mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27A5_holts-corner_Rice-VA.html
Shortly before noon on April 6, 1865, elements of Union Gen. George Crook's cavalry division attacked Confederate Gen. Richard H. Anderson's infantry corps as it marched through this intersection. While most of the Army of Northern Virginia contin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10V1_victory-or-death_Rice-VA.html
The 18th Georgia Battalion, acting as a heavy artillery unit was originally formed in 1802 and served at the coastal defenses around Charleston, South Carolina. Moved to Virginia in May of 1864, it guarded the Richmond & Danville Railroad Bridge o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10V0_crossing-little-sailors-creek_Rice-VA.html
"We found a stream of muddy water a dozen feet wide..."
"The colonel's clear voice sounded ?ATTENTION'....Descending the hill; ?Prepare to cross a marsh!' was passed along the line....Three or four minutes later we found ourselves confronted by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UZ_assaulting-the-confederate-battle-line_Rice-VA.html
"The men pressed forward, holding their fire with wonderful self control till they were in plain site of the enemy almost face to face."
As the Federal troops realigned themselves after the creek crossing, and because of the shorter distance Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UX_the-final-clash-with-fate-against-them_Rice-VA.html
"There goes a chivalrous fellow. Let's give him three cheers."
Near this site were positioned Confederate forces commanded by General Joseph B. Kershaw. They were mainly from Mississippi and Georgia and were slightly dug in behind hastily built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO14_john-banister-tabb_Amelia-Court-House-VA.html
PatriotFather John Bannister Tabb was born in Amelia County in 1845 at "The Forest", the Tabb family plantation. A member of one of wealthiest families in Virginia, he was carefully schooled by private tutors until the age of 14, when his eyesight…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ9B_russell-grove-presbyterian-church-and-school_Amelia-Court-House-VA.html
Russell Grove Presbyterian Church and the Russell Grove School were established as a result of the efforts of Mrs. Samantha Jane Neil, a Presbyterian missionary and teacher of African-American children after the Civil War. At first the school was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ79_deatonville_Jetersville-VA.html
During this day, the entire Confederate line would march west on the Rice-Deatonville Road toward Farmville. Constantly pressing Lee's rearguard, Union troops would fight a brief action at every turn. These delays would eventually lead to the Batt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ77_amelia-springs_Jetersville-VA.html
Union cavalry under Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr. left Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's column near Jetersville on April 5, 1865, on a reconnaissance mission against the Army of Northern Virginia. Davies swept by here, rode through Paineville, and four Miles…