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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216I_roanoke-station_Saxe-VA.html
In late June 1864, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern
Virginia were engaged in a desperate defense of the city of Petersburg. Victory for Lee depended on a steady flow of supplies from the west, brought in by rail. To forc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216G_wilsons-orders-were-to-destroy-the-richmond-and-danville-railroad-to-the-greatest-extent-possible_Saxe-VA.html
Brigadier General James H. Wilson and his Third Division, as well as Brigadier General August V. Kautz's small cavalry division of the Army of the James, had participated in Grant's railroad-breaking expeditions from the beginning. The received wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214H_war-of-1912-opposition-john-randolph_Saxe-VA.html
The War of 1812 sparked intense opposition.
In Congress, the Federalist Party unanimously
opposed the declaration of war passed in June
1812. Among the war's most outspoken critics
was Virginia Republican Congressman John
Randolph of nearby R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQL_carringtons-mill_Saxe-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling…