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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC77_piney-grove_Charles-City-VA.html
In Virginia, the "Home Front" and the "Front Line"were often just miles apart during the Civil War. In places such as Charles City County families provided their men for troops and also lost the income from their plantations and other businesses d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC76_piney-grove-and-southalls_Charles-City-VA.html
During the 18th century this property was established as a Southall family seat. Notable family members include James Barrett Southall, owner of Williamsburg's Raleigh Tavern, Turner Southall, member of the committee to build Thomas Jefferson's Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMP_americas-3rd-oldest-courthouse_Charles-City-VA.html
This courthouse has been used continuously for judicial purposes for more than 250 years — only two other courthouses in the entire country have a longer history. Built in 1757, almost 20 years before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMI_eye-witness-to-a-revolution_Charles-City-VA.html
Charles City Courthouse was an eye witness to the American Revolution (1775-1783). Soldiers enlisted here before marching off to join the Continental Army. Local militia encamped on the grounds, and armies marched by throughout the course of the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMH_three-courthouse-essentials_Charles-City-VA.html
A clerk's office, jail and tavern were located at every courthouse. The purpose of the clerk's office and the jail are obvious, but can you guess why the tavern was just as essential? In the colonial era courts met infrequently, and lawyers and li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMG_shifting-ground_Charles-City-VA.html
During most of the Civil War (1861-1865), Charles City County lay between two armies: the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia safeguarding the Confederate capital of Richmond and the Union Army of the Potomac occupying the Lower Peninsula. As a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMF_action-of-nances-shop_Charles-City-VA.html
In this vicinity the Union cavalryman, Gregg, guarding army trains moving to Petersburg, was attacked by Wade Hampton, June 24, 1864. Gregg was driven back toward Charles City Courthouse, but the wagon trains crossed the James safely. This action …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI2_columbia-baptist-church_Falls-Church-VA.html
In 1859, the church trustees bought this ½ acre (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell Grant) for $100. The 2-story clapboard over timber church served as a Union hospital and appears in Matthew Brady photos. Pastor John Read was shot by Mosby Troop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI1_blanks-crossroads_Charles-City-VA.html
This intersection of the Old Main Road, or Ridgepath, and the road from Soanes Bridge to Kennons, derives its name from an eighteenth-century tavern owned by the Blanks family. Blanks Tavern was one of a few licensed ordinaries in colonial Charles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBGF_wilcoxs-landing_Charles-City-VA.html
With the Federal armies stalled at Cold Harbor, Gen. U.S. Grant made the fateful decision to move on Petersburg. The march began under cover of darkness on the evening of June 12, 1864, and covered some 20 miles before reaching the James River cro…