Dahlgren's Cavalry Raid Marker

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

Dahlgren's Cavalry Raid

By Bernard Fisher, April 26, 2009

1. Dahlgren's Cavalry Raid Marker

Inscription. In February 1864 a young Union officer, Col. Ulric Dahlgren, joined with Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick to raid Richmond and free Federal prisoners of war. They planned for Kilpatrick's men to attack the city's northern defenses while Dahlgren would lead his men through Goochland County, cross the James River, and enter the city from the south. A local African American, Martin Robinson escorted the troopers to a nearby ford but the water was too high to cross. Suspecting trickery, Dahlgren hanged him near here on 1 March, and then attacked the city from the west. Defeated, he rode east in search of Kilpatrick and was killed the next day in King and Queen County.

Erected 2001 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA 27.)

Location. 37° 35.169′ N, 77° 38.16′ W. Marker is near Goochland, Virginia, in Goochland County. Marker is on River Road 0.1 miles west of Hillpoint Road, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Henrico VA 23238, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Tuckahoe (approx. 1 miles away); Terre Haute Farm African American Cemetery (approx. 3.7 miles away); William Webber (approx. 3.8 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 3.8 miles away); Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery (approx. 3.9 miles away); Huguenot Settlement (approx. 4.1 miles away); Huguenot Springs (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named Huguenot Settlement (approx. 4.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Goochland.