Virginia Civil War Trails
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In addition to the action of July 20, 1864, known as the Battle of Rutherford's Farm, two other significant events occurred on or near John Rutherford's property here.
The first took place on June 14-15, 1863, during the Gettysburg Campaign, as Union Gen…
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John H. Rutherford was born about 1820. He acquired approximately 275 acres here between 1843 and 1848 from the heirs of John Carter. About May 24, 1849, Rutherford married Camilla C. Baker. At first, the couple lived with Mrs. Susan Pitman Carter, a widow …
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Between June 12 and June 28, 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan maintained his headquarters here at Trent House. Known as "Reynoldsville," the house dates from about 1825. During the Civil War, it was the home of Dr. Peterfield Trent who served in the Con…
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In May 1864, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant launched attacks on Confederate armies across the South. He accompanied Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac as it fought Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. With most o…
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"? a very pretty, large white house situated on a hill that sloped to the river; with pretty fruit and shade trees scattered over the lawn." - Emma Wood Richardson
Weston Manor provided a safe haven for young Emma Wood and her family during the Civil War…
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When General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia began its retreat from Petersburg and Richmond on the evening of April 2, 1865, part of the army crossed the Appomattox River at Campbell's Bridge here. Other columns crossed the river on three nearby b…
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"I think this is a very good place with the exception of too many lice." - Stephen P. Chase, 86th New York Volunteers.
Lice may have been the only problem the staff of the Depot Field Hospital could not handle. The largest of seven hospitals built at Cit…
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You are standing in the middle of the Union line that faced the Confederate route of attack up the Richmond Turnpike on May 9, 1864, during Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Here, along Swift Creek, elements of Butler's Army of the J…
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Dunlop Station on the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad was located here on the southern boundary of David Dunlop's Ellerslie estate. During the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865, a military rail spur was completed in March 1865 that extended southwe…
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In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling stock. Ka…