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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCD5_ewell-crosses-the-appomattox_Powhatan-VA.html
(preface)After Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant broke through Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's lines at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. The Army of Northern Virginia retreated west on several roads, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2P_muddy-creek-school_Powhatan-VA.html
Muddy Creek School operated from 1875 to 1920. Built by Spencer Palmore of Poland Farm, it is constructed of heart-of-pine logs. The first teacher was Wesley Palmore and the school marked the beginning of formal education for children of the Trenh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1D_the-court-house_Powhatan-VA.html
This Court House1848-1849 was erected by order of courtin quarterly session entered onthe 6th day of March 1848whereby for that purpose were appointed commissionersJohn W. Nash - Wm. S. DanceR.F. Graves - Philip St. George Cocke
The First Court…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1C_powhatan-courthouse_Powhatan-VA.html
The first courthouse was built here about 1783 and around it grew the village of Scottville. Named for Revolutionary War Gen. Charles Scott, who was born in the area, the town eventually became known as Powhatan Court House. The present courthouse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1B_powhatan-court-house_Powhatan-VA.html
(preface)After Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant broke through Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's lines at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. The Army of Northern Virginia retreated west on several roads, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1A_derwent_Powhatan-VA.html
Ten miles north is "Derwent", where Robert E. Lee lived in the summer of 1865 as the guest of Mrs. E. R. Cocke. Lee arrived at "Derwent" early in July. While there he was offered the presidency of Washington College, Lexington, which he accepted o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC18_derwent_Powhatan-VA.html
Built 1841. First called "Cottage Hill." Name changed to "Derwent" in 1859.
Robert E. Lee with Mrs. Lee, son Custis and two daughters, Agnes and Mildred, lived here during the summer of 1865 as the guest of Mrs. E.R. Cocke. From this house he e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC15_derwent_Powhatan-VA.html
In the summer of 1865, Robert E. Lee and his family resided here at Derwent. Lee had reunited with his wife and children in a rented house in Richmond after he surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9. Financi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC12_lees-final-bivouac_Powhatan-VA.html
General Lee, on his journey to Richmond from Appomattox, stopped at Winsor, his brother's farm, to spend the night. But as the house was crowded, he pitched his tent here, the last night he spent under canvas. He took brekfast with the Gilliams, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC0Z_lees-last-camp_Powhatan-VA.html
Here Robert E. Lee, riding from Appomattox to Richmond to join his family, pitched his tent for the last time on April 14, 1865. He stopped here to visit his brother, Charles Carter Lee, who lived nearby at Windsor. Not wishing to incommode his br…