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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VY_danville-cemeteries_Danville-VA.html
The remains of 1,323 Federal soldiers, 148 of them unknown, who died in Danville's Civil War prisons are interred here. Many died from smallpox which ravaged the six prisons during the winter of 1863-1864.
The names of the dead were recorded by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VX_richmond-danville-railroad_Danville-VA.html
By the outbreak of the Civil War, the Virginia General Assembly had chartered only eight railroads totaling 638 miles. The North, in contrast, had developed an immense network of railroads and canals. This transportation network reached into the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VW_richmond-danville-railroad_Danville-VA.html
At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Richmond & Danville Railroad was already part of a rail network that would sustain the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The Richmond & Danville extension to Greensboro, North Carolina, known as the Piedm…
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When Confederate President Jefferson Davis was informed April 2, 1865, that Petersburg had fallen and Federal armies were approaching, he used the Richmond & Danville Railroad to evacuate his government to Danville.
Ten days later, after Davis'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VU_confederate-prison-no-6_Danville-VA.html
Constructed in 1855 as a tobacco factory by Major William T. Sutherlin, this renovated structure housed Union prisoners during the Civil War, 1861-1865. It was one of six Danville Confederate prisons in which as many as 7000 Union soldiers were co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VT_prison-number-6_Danville-VA.html
Built for use as a tobacco factory and leased to the Confederate government, this building housed many Federal soldiers captured in the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg in July 1864.
It was one of six buildings used in tobacco manufacturing, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ED_andrew-jackson-montague_Danville-VA.html
This house was built in 1891 as the home of Andrew Jackson "Jack" Montague, 1862-1937, Governor of Virginia, 1902-1906. During his residence in Danville, Mr. Montague established himself as a lawyer, U.S. District Attorney, orator, and political c…