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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF6_gold-mines_Dillwyn-VA.html
This was the most notable gold-mining region in the country before the California gold rush in 1849. The Morrow Mine here, opened before 1835, was one of the earliest gold mines in which underground mining was employed. Profitably worked for a num…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF4_buckingham-training-school_Dillwyn-VA.html
One mile southeast stood Buckingham Training School, the first high school in the county for African American students. In 1919 the Rev. Stephen J. Ellis organized the County-Wide League for School Improvement to persuade the Buckingham County Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIU7_civilian-conservation-corps-camp-p-56-company-1367_Dillwyn-VA.html
On this site in July 1933, CCC Camp P~56 Company 1367, opened with an enrollment of 192 Virginia men. The camp, which was organized as one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal employment programs, consisted of 52 small barracks, a lar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIU5_millbrook_Dillwyn-VA.html
Approximately 2 miles east stood Millbrook (1811-1866), home of U.S. Senator John Wayles Eppes (1773-1823). He attended the University of Pennsylvania, was graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, and was admitted to the Bar in 1794. He married Mari…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPM_march-to-appomattox_Dillwyn-VA.html
Part of Lee's army passed here retreating westward, April 8, 1865. The Sixth (Wright's) Corps of Grant's Army passed here, in pursuit, in the afternoon of the same day, moving on toward Appomattox.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDXO_female-collegiate-institute_Dillwyn-VA.html
Two miles east is the site of the first college for women in Virginia, the Female Collegiate Institute. Opened in 1837, it failed in 1843. Reopened in 1848, it survived until 1863. The school building has been destroyed but the "President's Cottag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7NV_new-store_Dillwyn-VA.html
At this point, General Lee's army would change its line of march: Gordon's corps now took the lead while Longstreet's corps became the rearguard. They would continue to be pursued by Union army corps under Generals Humphreys and Wright.
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