Blackwater Line - Joyner's Ford Marker

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Near Franklin in Southampton County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Blackwater Line - Joyner's Ford

By Bernard Fisher, April 18, 2009

1. Blackwater Line - Joyner's Ford Marker

Inscription. Confederate forces guarded this Blackwater River crossing from 1862 to the end of the Civil War. On 12 Dec. 1862, Capt. J. H. Sikes and soldiers of Company D, 7th Confederate Cavalry, were captured during a dismounted skirmish with elements of the 13th Indiana Regiment. More than 50 soldiers were reported killed or wounded during this engagement. On 22 Dec. 1862, Union Lt. Col. George Stetzel, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, reconnoitered with four companies to Joyner's Ford. Encountering Confederate soldiers across the river, the Federals captured four pickets and a horse.

Erected 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number UT 22.)

Location. 36° 44.014′ N, 76° 55.069′ W. Marker is near Franklin, Virginia, in Southampton County. Marker is on Joyners Bridge Road 0.6 miles east of Fowler Drive, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Franklin VA 23851, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Franklin (approx. 4.1 miles away); War Comes to the Blackwater (approx. 4.1 miles away); Confederate Commissary Center (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Blackwater Line (approx. 4.1 miles away); Battle of Franklin (approx. 4.1 miles away); Major Joseph E. Gillette (approx. 4.6 miles away); Blackwater Line - Blackwater Bridge (approx. 5.8 miles away); William Mahone's Birthplace (approx. 6.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Franklin.