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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA3B_a-strategic-delay_Appomattox-VA.html
As Lee's Confederate Army retreated west, Federal forces blocked their way. Near this spot, Union artillery pieces commanded by Lieutenant James H. Lord and a cavalry brigade led by Brevet Brigadier General Charles Smith proved a strategic delay t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA37_raine-memorial_Appomattox-VA.html
(Front):Erected byC. Hunter Rainein loving memory ofhis father Chas. J. Rainecaptain of Lee Battery, Co. A, Virginia Artillery, C. S. A. Killed in the Battle ofMine Run Va., November 30th, 1863and the members ofthe family buried here.(Left Side):J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA34_grants-pursuit_Appomattox-VA.html
The four-year effort to vanquish the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia came to its climax in the fields before you.
"Legs will win the battle men ?. They can't escape, if you will keep up to it." Maj. Gen. E.O.C.Ord, Commander, Union Army o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA33_appomattox-court-house_Appomattox-VA.html
This building, erected in 1892 when the county seat was moved to this location, should not be mistaken for the original, built in 1846 and destroyed by fire in 1892. Three miles northeast is old Appomattox Court House and the McLean House where Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6L6_nelson-county-amherst-county_Gladstone-VA.html
(Front):Nelson CountyArea 473 Square MilesFormed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county. (Reverse) Nelson County Z-137 Formed in 1807 from Amher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6L5_eldon_Appomattox-VA.html
Three miles north is Eldon, birthplace and home of Henry D. "Hal" Flood (2 Sept.1865-8 Dec.1921). A member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1887-1891) and Senate (1891-1900), Flood also served in the U.S. Congress from 1901 to 1921. He served f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6L4_the-last-positions_Appomattox-VA.html
On 8 Apr. 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia, retreating from Petersburg toward Pittsylvania County, reached the hills to the northeast. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Federal army, pursuing Lee to the south, blocked him her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3K2_battle-of-appomattox-station_Appomattox-VA.html
April 8, 1865
Union cavalry arrived early in the evening and captured three of Lee's four supply trains. Advancing toward Appomattox Court House, they encountered the surplus Confederate wagons and artillery train. After a brief conflict, numer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3K0_lees-rear-guard_Appomattox-VA.html
April 8, 1865.General Longstreet built breastworks here to protect the rear of Lee's army at Appomattox Court House. On the morning of April 9, General Lee arrived hoping to meet General Grant. After learning that he was approaching from another r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JD_lees-rear-guard_Appomattox-VA.html
You are standing where Gen. James Longstreet's corps entrenched early in the morning of April 9, 1865, to protect the rear of the Army of Northern Virginia. Gen. Robert E. Lee and most of the army bivouacked about four miles south, just short of A…