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The Ox Ford Road
May 23, 1864 11:00am - 8:00pm
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By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 1. The Ox Ford Road Marker | | |
Inscription. At 11:00 a.m. six cannon of Major John Lane’s Georgia artillery battalion, followed closely by Brigadier General Edward A. Perry’s weakened 270-man Florida infantry brigade, moved down this road to cover the vital crossing of Ox Ford. As the Union army threatened to cross the North Anna, eleven cannon of Lieutenant Colonel David G. McIntosh’s artillery battalion, supported by Brigadier General Ambrose “Rans” Wright’s Georgia infantry brigade, raced along the Ox Ford Road to reinforce Lane and went into battery overlooking Ox Ford. By 8:00 p.m. these units, all of Brigadier General William H. Mahone’s Division, had taken positions on the bluffs overlooking the river. Their field of fire covered both the Telegraph Road bridge [Chesterfield bridge] and Ox Ford.
In the exchange of cannon fire that evening Lieutenant Robert S. Pearce, commanding Clutter’s battery of McIntosh’s battalion, received a mortal wound.
Union success at Jericho Mill and against Henagan’s redoubt on the Telegraph Road that same evening forced General Robert E. Lee to fall back to a new line anchored on the North Anna River at Ox Ford. After working through the night of May 23 and early morning of May 24, the Army of Northern Virginia, which Lee had positioned in an “inverted V” capable of splitting Grant’s army into three | | | | 
By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 2. North Anna Order of Battle | | |
parts, again lay ready for the inevitable Union advance.
General Lee rode these lines along the Ox Ford Road and proclaimed of his opponent, General Ulysses S. Grant, “If I can get one more pull at him, I will defeat him.”
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The interpretative work in this park has been made possible through the cooperative efforts of the American Battlefield Protection Program [NPS], State of Virginia, Hanover County Parks and Recreation department, and the members of the Blue and Gray Education Society. J. Michael Miller was the historical consultant. Mr. James W. Davis of Flushing, New York, generously replace the ten original 1998 prints with reprints in 2004.
Erected by Blue & Gray Education Association, Hanover County Parks and Recreation Department. (Marker Number Stop 1.)
Location. 37° 53.035′ N, 77° 29.973′ W. Marker is near Doswell, Virginia, in Hanover County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Verndon Road and New Market Mill Road. Click for map. This marker is located along a one mile out-and-back walking trail in the 165-acre North Anna Battlefield Park. Marker is in this post office area: Doswell VA 23047, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. | | | | 
By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Stop 1 Map | | |
Colonel Weisiger's Virginians (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Battle on the Skirmish Line (about 600 feet away); One Brigade Alone (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dead of the North Anna Battlefield (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Fight for North Anna / The North Anna Battlefield (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Heart of Dixie (approx. 0.2 miles away); "Come on to Richmond" (approx. 0.3 miles away); "Save yourselves if you can" (approx. 0.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Doswell.
More about this marker. On the left are photos of “Brigadier General William H. Mahone” and the “Telegraph Road Bridge following Federal capture”.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. North Anna Battlefield Park walking trail by Markers
Also see . . .
1. CWSAC Battle Summaries. North Anna. (Submitted on July 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
2. Civil War Preservation Trust. North Anna. (Submitted on July 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
3. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefield Memorial National Military Park. Battle of North Anna. (Submitted on July 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
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By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Map Legend | | |
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By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 5. Stop 1 | | |
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By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 6. The Ox Ford Road Trace | | |
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By Bernard Fisher, April 9, 2009 | |
| | | 7. Telegraph Road trace to the east. | | |
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By T.H. O'Sullivan, circa May 1864 | |
| | | 8. Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna River, Va. | | Library of Congress [LC-USZ62-68631] | | |
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By Bernard Fisher, July 18, 2009 | |
| | | 9. North Anna Battlefield Park Entrance (Verdon Rd) | | |
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By The General Crushed Stone Company | |
| | | 10. North Anna Battlefield Park Walking Trail. | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on July 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 955 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on July 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.
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