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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCNS_meherrin-station_Meherrin-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7NM_farmville_Farmville-VA.html
Half-starved and exhausted, the vanguard of the Army of Northern Virginia stumbled into Farmville early on the morning of April 7, 1865. Here, at last, the men found long-promised rations - everything from bread to soup and ham. While the head of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7NJ_farmville_Farmville-VA.html
The Confederate army marched through this tobacco town, followed by the Union army. Lee hoped to issue rations to his men here before turning south but was forced to flee across the Appomattox River. Grant sent his first dispatch to Lee concerning…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MT_rices-depot_Rice-VA.html
Gen. James Longstreet's corps, leading the Confederate retreat westward, reached Rice's Depot along the South Side Railroad and entrenched on April 6, 1865, while the Battle of Sailor's Creek raged to the east. Here Longstreet guarded the road fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ML_cavalry-battle-at-high-bridge_Rice-VA.html
Just northeast of here, on the afternoon of April 6, 1865, a Union detachment tried and failed to burn High Bridge - where the South Side Railroad crossed the Appomattox River - and restrict the Confederate retreat to the south side of the river. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MK_cavalry-battle-at-high-bridge_Rice-VA.html
About 900 Union infantry and cavalry were sent from Burkeville to burn this South Side Railroad trestle over the Appomattox River. Pursued by Confederate cavalry in the engagement which followed nearby, their bridge-burning mission failed and most…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MF_rices-depot_Rice-VA.html
Confederate troops began entrenching on the high ground across the road from Burkesville Junction. Upon the approach of the Union army, the forces skirmished briefly until darkness ended the fighting. General Lee headquartered here before his marc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MA_double-bridges_Rice-VA.html
In this ground, the Confederate column and wagon train became bogged down while crossing Sailor's Creek. The Union forces in pursuit then assailed the Southerners and captured a large number of prisoners and wagons before darkness put an end to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7M8_sailors-creek_Rice-VA.html
Here Lee foughthis last battle,April 6, 1865.Ewell almostwon a great vic-tory but wasoverwhelmed bySheridan.Nottoway ChapterU.D.C. 1928
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7M7_lockett-house_Rice-VA.html
While Confederate troops were attempting to cross Sailor's Creek on the bridges below, the fighting between the two forces began here and continued into the bottomlands. After the battle, James Lockett's bullet-ridden house was then pressed into s…