| Virginia (Amherst County), Amherst — R 61 — Action at Tye River |
| | On 11 June 1864, about 800 yards east, the Botetourt Battery prevented the destruction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad bridge across the Tye River. This bridge was an important part of the Confederate railroad network for the movement of troops and supplies throughout Virginia. Confederate pickets of the Botetourt Battery, deployed as infantry and commanded by Capt. Henry C. Douthat, kept the Federal cavalry from destroying the bridge. This enabled Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and the 2d Corps . . . — Map (db m10227) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Amherst — R-22 — James River Batteau |
| | Near here lived Anthony and Benjamin Rucker,
inventors of the James River batteau, which
superseded the double dugout canoe and rolling
road for transporting tobacco hogsheads. These
long (about 50 or 60 feet), double-ended vessels
dominated the commercial traffic on the James
River and other Southern upland waterways
between the 1770s and 1840s. A dispute arose
in 1821 when the Rucker brothers’ heirs sought
to patent the design. A letter from Thomas
Jefferson testifying to his . . . — Map (db m46342) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Amherst — R-21 — Rucker’s Chapel |
| | Nearby stood Rucker’s Chapel, one of the first
Anglican (present-day Episcopal) churches in
Amherst County. Also known as Harris Creek
Church and later as St. Matthew’s, the church
was founded by Col. Ambrose Rucker before 1751.
It stood on part of a 5,850-acre tract his father,
John Rucker, patented In 1745. The church served
Its congregation until 1847, when the members
moved to Ascension Church, in Amherst. Logs
from the chapel were later used to construct a corn-
crib at Sweet Briar College, two miles north. — Map (db m46350) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Buena Vista — Z-138 — Amherst County / Rockbridge County — Area 470 Square Miles / Area 616 Square Miles |
| | Amherst County. Formed in 1781 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.
Rockbridge County. Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Washington and Lee University are the Virginia Military Institute are there. — Map (db m49888) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Buena Vista — R-59 — Constitution Forest |
| | In 1938, the celebration of the 150th anniversary
of the United States Constitution, the Virginia
Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored
the planting of Constitution Forest in this area.
With the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps
and the United States Forest Service, the memorial
forest commemorates the Virginia framers of the
Constitution. In 1987, the 45 acres of red and
white pine seedlings have matured to a forest
that provides protection for birds and other
wildlife as well as for the watershed of the
James River. — Map (db m49885) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Clifford — R-60 — Grave of Patrick Henry’s Mother |
| | In the grove of trees some hundreds of yards to the west is the grave of Sarah Winston (Henry), mother of Patrick Henry, who died in November, 1784. — Map (db m41616) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Glasgow — 19-Z — Amherst County/Rockbridge County — Area 470 Square Miles/Area 616 Square Miles |
| | Amherst County: Formed in 1781 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.
Rockbridge County: Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Washington and Lee University are the Virginia Military Institute are there. — Map (db m65461) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Madison Heights — Z-17 — Amherst County / Campbell County — Area 470 Square Miles / Area 557 Square Miles |
| | Amherst County. Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.
Campbell County. Formed in 1781 from Bedford, and named for General William Campbell, hero of the Battle of King’s Mountain, 1780. Tarleton passed through the county in 1781. The Union General Hunter was defeated near Lynchburg, 1864. — Map (db m46431) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Madison Heights — K-148 — Buffalo Lick Plantation |
| | Patented in 1742 by John Bolling, Jr., the 2,735-acre Buffalo Lick Plantation tract along the James
River includes three notable historic sites. One
mile southeast stand the ruins of Mount Athos, the
home of William J. Lewis, an officer in the
American Revolution and member of Congress
(1817-1819). The house burned in 1876. The
Southside Railroad constructed the Six Mile Bridge
here six miles east of Lynchburg in 1854. Confederate Fort Riverview was built nearby during
the Civil War to . . . — Map (db m46354) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Madison Heights — I-5 — Central Virginia Training Center |
| | Established in 1910 as the Virginia State
Epileptic Colony, the center admitted its first
patients in May 1911. The facility originally
served persons with epilepsy and began
accepting individuals with mental retardation
in 1913. Due to the new national emphasis in
the mid-1950s on mental retardation, a number
of new training and developmental programs
for individuals with mental retardation were
developed here. The facility has undergone
several name changes, and became known as
the . . . — Map (db m46394) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Madison Heights — R-4 — Lynchburg Defenses |
| | During the Civil War, a line of trenches and
fortified artillery positions extending past
here were built late in 1863 to defend Lynchburg against attack from the north. Brig.
Gen. Francis T. Nicholls was responsible for
ensuring that the local militia, invalids, and
convalescents properly manned the fortifications. On 12 June 1864, Nicholls ordered the
local militia and invalids into these lines to
repel a possible advance by Federal cavalry
commanded by Brig. Gen. Alfred Duffle, . . . — Map (db m46352) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Madison Heights — Williams Viaduct |
| | This bridge was erected by Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Chesepeake & Ohio Railway Co., Southern Railway Co., City of Lynchburg, Va. Begun 1916. Completed 1918. Bridge Commissioners Ernest Williams, Chairman; William King, Jr.; John P. Pettyjohn. — Map (db m46534) HM |
| Virginia (Amherst County), Sweet Briar — R-20 — Sweet Briar College — Chartered 1901 |
| | This liberal arts college for women, opened in 1906, granted its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1910. Estbalished under the will of Indiana Fletcher Williams as a memorial to her only daughter, Daisy, the college is located on a 2800-acre tract of land acquired by Elijah Fletched before 1830. The eighteenth century homestead, remodeled and named “Sweet Briar House” by the Fletchers, is set in a boxwood garden. AMHERST COUNTY: 2 MILES SOUTH OF AMHERST — U. S. RT 29 — Map (db m46318) HM |
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