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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ5_graham-road_Petersburg-VA.html
Upon this site, on June 9, 1864, Captain Edward Graham, commanding two guns of the Petersburg Artillery, repulsed the attack of Kautz's cavalry, 1300 men. And by this gallant defense the city was saved. Later the Union forces were driven to retrea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ4_graham-road_Petersburg-VA.html
On June 9, 1864, Kautz's Union cavalry, 1300 men, after overwhelming Archer's militia, one mile south, moved westward on this road to attack the city. Upon the hillside, one mile west, they were repulsed by the battery of Captain Edward Graham, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ3_formation-of-the-southern-methodist-church_Petersburg-VA.html
One block west stood the Union Street Methodist Church, completed in 1820. There was held the first general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, May 1-23, 1846. At this meeting the Southern Methodist Church, which had separated from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ2_st-pauls-church_Petersburg-VA.html
St. Paul's Church was built in 1856. Here Robert E. Lee and his staff worshipped during the siege of Petersburg, 1864-65. Lee attended the wedding of his son, W.H.F. Lee, in this church in 1867.Virginia Conservation & Development CommissionFor the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ1_battersea_Petersburg-VA.html
Battersea was the home of Colonel John Banister, a member of the House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary conventions, and the Continental Congress, as well as a framer of the Articles of Confederation and the first mayor of Petersburg. The elegant b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ0_fort-henry_Petersburg-VA.html
Four blocks north is the traditional site of Fort Henry, established under the Act of 1645. In 1646 the fort was leased by Abraham Wood. From it, in 1650, Wood and Edmund Bland set out on an exploring expedition; and, in 1671, Batts and Fallam on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIY_poplar-lawn_Petersburg-VA.html
Poplar Lawn is now known as Central Park. Here the Petersburg Volunteers camped in October 1812, before leaving for the Canadian border. Here Lafayette was greeted with music and speeches in 1824. The place was bought by the city in 1844. Voluntee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIW_golden-ball-tavern_Petersburg-VA.html
Here stood a dwelling house, constructed about 1764 by prosperous tobacco merchant, Richard Hanson, who, as a fervent Loyalist, fled Virginia in 1776. During the latter part of the Revolution, the structure became known as the Golden Ball Tavern. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIT_folly-castle_Petersburg-VA.html
This house was the town home of Peter Jones, who built it in 1763. It was called "Folly Castle" because it was a large house for a childless man, but Jones later had offspring. Major Erasmus Gill, Revolutionary soldier, also lived here.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI5_battle-of-the-crater-covered-way_Petersburg-VA.html
At this place located by participants in the Battle of the Crater, this road, known as the Jerusalem Plank Road, was crossed by a covered way leading eastwardly to the ravine in rear of the Confederate breastworks which run northwardly from the Cr…