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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ79_deatonville_Jetersville-VA.html
During this day, the entire Confederate line would march west on the Rice-Deatonville Road toward Farmville. Constantly pressing Lee's rearguard, Union troops would fight a brief action at every turn. These delays would eventually lead to the Batt…
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Union cavalry under Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr. left Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's column near Jetersville on April 5, 1865, on a reconnaissance mission against the Army of Northern Virginia. Davies swept by here, rode through Paineville, and four Miles…
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A portion of the Union army encountered Lee's rearguard as the Southerners completed their night march around Grant's troops. This was also the scene of an April 5 engagement as Union cavalry returned from destroying a Confederate wagon train at P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCFH_nottoway-county-amelia-county_Jetersville-VA.html
(Obverse)Nottoway CountyArea 310 Square MilesFormed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14.
(Reverse)Amelia CountyArea 371 Sq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCEF_jetersville_Jetersville-VA.html
Lee found Union cavalry and infantry across his line of retreat at this station on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. Rather than attacking the entrenched Federals, he chose to change direction and begin a night march toward Farmville where ratio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7LZ_hillsman-house_Jetersville-VA.html
Union forces assembled along this ridge while Confederate troops prepared on the opposite slope. Federal forces crossed Little Sailor's Creek for a fierce battle which compelled many Southerners to surrender. The house served as a hospital for bot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6MB_overton-hillsman-house_Jetersville-VA.html
As night began to fall here on, April 6, 1865, the hard fought battles of Little Sailor's Creek and the crossroads near the Marshall Farm draw to a close. Federal surgeons work by the little natural light that's still available. They are inside th…
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(Front):Nottoway CountyArea 310 Square MilesFormed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14. (Reverse) Formed in 1734 from Prince …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6KZ_lees-retreat_Jetersville-VA.html
Three miles north is Amelia Springs, once a noted summer resort. There Lee, checked by Sheridan at Jetersville and forced to detour, spent the night of April 5-6, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6KY_lees-retreat_Jetersville-VA.html
From here Union cavalry moved north on April 5, 1865 to ascertain Lee's whereabouts. On the morning of April 6, the Second, Fifth and Sixth corps of Grant's army advanced from Jetersville toward Amelia Courthouse to attack Lee.