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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7M6_lockett-house_Rice-VA.html
Here, around the home of James S. Lockett, desperate fighting occurred near sundown on April 6, 1865, when the Union corps commanded by Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys almost overwhelmed Gen. John B. Gordon's Confederate corps. The house, just across the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7M3_w-r-turner-memorial-trek_Rice-VA.html
Erected in memory ofW. R. Turner, historianof Blackstone, Virginia,for his work to preservethe historic battlefieldsand routes ofGeneral Robert E. Lee'sretreat
Centennial Year1961
Piedmont AreaExplorer ScoutsB.S.A.
Erected by BlackstoneVi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7M2_holts-corner_Rice-VA.html
While passing through this intersection, the Confederate column was attacked by Union cavalry. Consequently, part of Lee's army, and the main wagon train, turned north onto the Jamestown Road while the main portion continued straight ahead to Rice…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7M1_battle-of-sailors-creek_Rice-VA.html
(Front):Battles of Sailors CreekApril 6, 1865
"My God! Has the army been dissolved?"General R. E. Lee
Hillsman's Farm US 442 CS 3400Marshall's Crossroads US 172 CS 2600Lockett's Farm (Double Bridges) US 536 CS 1700
Totals include killed, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7LY_marshalls-crossroads_Rice-VA.html
Union cavalry found Confederate infantry posted here along the road to Rice's Depot. While others fought along Little Sailor's Creek at Hillsman's farm, the horse soldiers attacked this portion of Lee's army which eventually withdrew from the fiel…