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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILA_north-anna-river_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
General R.E. Lee commanding
the Army of Northern Virginia
crossed here 22d May 1864
and checked
the Army of the Potomac
commanded by General U.S. Grant
"A crisis in the War Between the States"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHC_a-night-of-agony_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
A field hospital was set up beside the river where the wounded were given what little care could be provided in the darkness and rain. The waters of the North Anna were now too high to carry the men to safety, so the Federal soldiers settled down…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVW6_york-lewis-and-clark-expedition_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
Born in Caroline County in 1770, York was a slave of the William Clark family and the only African American on the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition. Approximately 34 years old at the time, York was one of the hunters and also accompanied group…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEX2_william-clark-birthplace_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
William Clark was born to John and Ann RogersClark on 1 Aug. 1770 on the family farm aboutone mile north. The Clark family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1784. William Clark served inthe Kentucky militia and in the Indian campaignsin the Old No…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6UN_dickinsons-mill_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
Lee camped here, on May 21, 1864, on his way to the North Anna to oppose Grant moving southward. Ewell's and Longstreet's corps rested here that night.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6UM_long-creek-action_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
The earthworks in the angle between this stream and the North Anna River, held by a small Confederate force, were taken by by Grant's troops moving southward on May 23, 1864. The Unionists then advanced to the river, on the south side of which was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5V8_clark-family-farm_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
In 1754, John and Ann Rogers Clark, with their sons Jonathan and George Rogers, moved from Albemarle County to a farm four miles west. There were born Ann, John, Richard, Edmund, Lucy, Elizabeth, William and Frances. During the Revolutionary War, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5V7_maneuvering-to-the-north-anna-river_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
Unable to defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederates during the Spotsylvania Courthouse battles 8-19 May 1864, Union commander Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's forces maneuvered east and south forcing Lee to abandon his entrenched position. The Confedera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5V6_golansville-quaker-meetinghouse_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
Pioneers in asserting the right to religious freedom, the Caroline Friends (Quakers) held their first meeting nearby on 12 March 1739 together with their partner, Cedar Creek Friends Meeting of Hanover County. At a meeting on 9 May 1767, members i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VD_grants-operations_Ruther-Glen-VA.html
Here, at Mount Carmel Church, on May 23, 1864, Hancock's (Second) Corps turned south to the North Anna River; Warren's (Fifth) Corps and Wright's (Sixth) Corps here turned west to Jericho Mills on the River. Grant had his headquarters in the churc…