Lee's Retreat
— April 6, 1865 —
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 service as a field hospital.HM Number | HM7M7 |
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Series | This marker is part of the Virginia Civil War Trails series |
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Placed By | Virginia Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Monday, September 1st, 2014 at 2:00am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 743778 N 4135047 |
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Decimal Degrees | 37.33013333, -78.24851667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 19.808', W 78° 14.911' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 19' 48.48" N, 78° 14' 54.66" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 434, 804 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 201-245 Co Rd 619, Rice VA 23966, US |
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