| Virginia (Louisa County), Boswell’s Tavern — 206-W — The Marquis Road |
| | Lafayette reopened this road in June, 1781, when moving south to intervene between Cornwallis and military stores in Albemarle County. The road has been ever since known as "The Marquis Road." — Map (db m5386) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Boswells Tavern — W 215 — Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2347 |
| | Here at Burnley's Farm was the site of Camp Monticello, CCC Company 2347, Boswell's Tavern, Virginia. The camp, originally located near Rocky Mount, Virginia, was moved here in the fall of 1939 and remained until it was dismantled 18 September 1942, during World War II. It provided work for about 200 young men from Pennsylvania near the end of the Great Depression. Their responsibilities included clearing forest trails, fighting fires, and stringing and repairing farm fences. They also helped construct the Skyline Drive. — Map (db m5567) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Gordonsville — F-40 — Campaign of 1781 |
| | Lafayette, moving west to protect stores in Albemarle from Tarleton, passed near here, June, 1871. — Map (db m17749) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Gum Spring — V 19 — Providence Church |
| | Half a mile northeast stands Providence Presbyterian Church, built probably in 1749 and little altered since. John Todd, Senior, a founder of Hampden-Sydney College, was pastor for forty years (1753-1798). Hanover Presbytery met there in October 1762. — Map (db m9219) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — W 209 — Battle of Trevilians |
| | Here, on June 12, 1864, Sheridan's cavalry, coming from Trevilians, attacked Wade Hampton, who had taken position across the road. A bloody engagement followed. Fitz Lee joined Hampton, and the Union cavalry was driven back. That night Sheridan retired eastward. — Map (db m4835) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Battle of Trevillians |
| | — Fought here June 11, 12, 1864 — Confederate Gens. Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee and Thomas L. Rosser, victors over Federal Gens. P.H. Sheridan and G.A. Custer 5000 Confederates, 8000 Federal Casualties Confederate 612 Federal 1,007 Greatest all-cavalry battle of the war Signal Confederate victory — Map (db m14300) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Bibb's Crossroads — First Shots |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station A 9,300-man Union cavalry force under Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, on a raid to destroy parts of the Virginia Central Railroad, camped a few miles east on June 10, 1864. The next morning, Gen. Wesley Merritt's brigade, followed by Col. Thomas C. Devin's brigade, moved out of their camps near the Buck Chiles and Woolfolk farms about 5 a.m. With Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert in personal command, the troopers marched southwest along the Fredericksburg Stage Road toward . . . — Map (db m4841) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Clayton's Store — Sheridan's Camp |
| | The Battle of Trevlian Station After riding across Virginia for three days on a raid to destroy parts of the Virginia Central Railroad, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's 9,300 cavalrymen and horse artillerists crossed the North Anna River at Carpenter's Ford about two miles north and camped here the night of June 10, 1864. The house at the intersection just north marks the approximate location of Clayton's Store, Sheridan's headquarters. Although Sheridan knew Confederate forces were in the area, . . . — Map (db m4843) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Custer Rescued — An All-out Assault |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station By mid-morning on June 11, 1864, Gen. George A. Custer's attack on Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's wagon train here had gone from success to near disaster as Southern cavalry surrounded Custer's force. A staff officer of Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's 1st Cavalry Division commander, finally discovered Custer's predicament and reported it to Torbert. About 2 p.m., Torbert launched an all-out assault along the railroad with three brigades . . . — Map (db m4837) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Custer's First Last Stand — A "Living Triangle" |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station Nearby stood Trevilian Station, south of which Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton had parked his wagon train on the evening of June 10, 1864. At daylight the next day, Gen. Matthew C. Butler and Col. Gilbert J. Wright advanced north on the Fredericksburg Stage Road to probe for Federals. About 8 a.m., Union Gen. George A. Custer's Michigan Brigade turned west onto the Gordonsville Road from the Nunn's Creek Road at Mildred Crossing, with Col. Russell A. Alger's . . . — Map (db m4839) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Decisive Confederate Victory — The Largest All-Cavalry Battle of the Western Hemisphere |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's victory over Gen. Philip H. Sheridan at Trevilian Station on June 11-12, 1864, prevented Sheridan from joining Gen. David Hunter and destroying the Virginia Central Railroad at Charlottesville. Gen. Jubal A. Early's Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia then used the railroad to reach Lynchburg in time to repulse Hunter on July 17-18 [See more about this marker below]. Trevilian Station was the largest . . . — Map (db m4847) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — First Contact — "a considerable fight" |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station Having reached Louisa Court House on June 10, 1864, Gen. Wade Hampton's cavalry divisions bivouacked around the Virginia Central Railroad and across Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's route to Gordonsville. About 3 a.m. on June 11, Gen. William C. Wickham's Virginia cavalry brigade left camp and rode up the Marquis Road (Rte. 669). The troopers captured a scouting party of the 7th Michigan Cavalry about a mile north of town and then continued north toward . . . — Map (db m4844) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — W 208 — Green Springs |
| | Near here Wade Hampton's Confederate cavalry camped the night of June 10, 1864, just before the battle of Trevilians. — Map (db m4834) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — W 212 — Historic Louisa |
| | Here the county seat was established in 1742. The British Cavalryman, Tarleton, stopped here on his raid to Charlottesville, June 3, 1781. Stoneman raided the place and destroyed the railroad, May 2, 1863. Near here Fitz Lee camped, June 10, 1864, just before the Battle of Trevilians. — Map (db m24560) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — W 222 — John Mercer Langston Birthplace |
| | John Mercer Langston was born 5.5 miles N.W. of here on 14 Dec. 1829, son of plantation owner Ralph Quarles and his former slave Lucy Langston. A graduate of Oberlin College (1849), in 1855 Langston became township clerk of Brownheim, Ohio - the first African American popularly elected to office. During the Civil War, he recruited regiments for the Union army. Afterward, he was founder and first dean of the Law Department of Howard University, served as minister resident in Haiti and charge . . . — Map (db m5614) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Louisa Court House — Raiders Intercepted |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station You are standing in the historic town of Louisa Court House (now Louisa). During the Civil War, the Virginia Central Railroad passed through this county seat. The main street became the Gordonsville Road (Rte. 22/33) at the western end of town. The Marquis Road (Rte. 669), named for the Marquis de Lafayette, crossed the railroad several blocks northwest of here. On June 7, 1864, Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan headed west from Cold Harbor with two of the Army . . . — Map (db m4830) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Netherland Tavern — Hampton's Headquarters |
| | The Battle of Trevilian Station Fifty yards east is the site of Netherland Tavern (ca. 1822), which was demolished in the 1950s. The tavern served travelers on the Fredericksburg Stage Road and the Louisa Court House Road to the south. It also served rail passengers after the Virginia Central Railroad started operating in the 1850s. During the Civil War, Netherland Tavern became a center of military activity as the conflict entered its final year. In June 1864, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant . . . — Map (db m4840) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Oakland Cemetery — Confederates at Rest |
| | Battle of Trevilian Station Here in Oakland Cemetery, beneath small, rectangular stone markers, rest as many as 60 Confederate dead from the Battle of Trevilian Station. Most of them were never identified. Immediately inside the gate are the graves of the three Towles brothers, all of whom served in Company A, 4th Virginia Cavalry, and died of battle wounds. Sgt. Robert C. Towles was mortally wounded on the morning of June 11, 1864, the first day of the Battle of Trevilian Station, and . . . — Map (db m4845) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — Ogg Farm — Repulsed with Heavy Losses — The Battle of Trevilian Station |
| | After breaking off the fighting of June 11, 1864, Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry division withdrew to a position near here. Gen. Matthew C. Butler’s South Carolinians spent the next morning preparing a stout defensive position along the Virginia Central Railroad. You are standing near the point of the L-shaped line Butler established to block Union Gen. Philp H. Sheridan’s route to Gordonsville. A few yards from here, the apex of that line became known as the Bloody Angle during the . . . — Map (db m24552) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — W 211 — Patrick Henry's Home |
| | At Roundabout Plantation, eight miles southwest, Patrick Henry lived from 1765 to 1768, when he sat for Louisa County in the House of Burgesses. This was the beginning of his political career. — Map (db m4829) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Louisa — W 210 — Trevilian Station Battle |
| | In June 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan led a Union cavalry raid against the Virginia Central Railroad here, which Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton and Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee defended during a two-day battle. On 11 June, the first day, Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's brigade got between Lee's division and the rest of Hampton's cavalry and captured Hampton's supply wagons. The Confederates counterattacked and virtually surrounded Custer, who led his troopers in a breakout charge just as Federal . . . — Map (db m4775) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Mineral — W-216 — Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2359 |
| | This is the site of Camp P-82, CCC Company 2359, Mineral Virginia. The camp was established in 1934 and provided work for more than two hundred young men during the depths of the Great Depression. Their responsibilities included clearing forest trails, fighting fires, and improving the area’s roads. In 1937, Camp 2359 built the 102-foot fire tower on Route 33. The tower was listed in the National Historic Lookout Register in 1994. The camp disbanded in 1942 after World War II began. — Map (db m24277) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Mineral — W 223 — Cuckoo |
| | Cuckoo, long a landmark for travelers, was built for Henry Pendleton about 1819. Nearby once stood the Cuckoo Tavern, from which in 1781 Jack Jouett made his famous ride. The Pendletons, a prominent family of physicians whose descendants still own the house, constructed two doctor's offices at Cuckoo that still stand; one was built in the 18th century and one in the 19th. The house retains many Federal-style details as well as an early-20th-century Colonial Revival portico. Cuckoo was listed on . . . — Map (db m24562) |
| Virginia (Louisa County), Mineral — W 213 — Jack Jouett's Ride |
| | From the tavern that stood here, Jack Jouett rode to Charlottesville, by the Old Mountain Road, in time to warn the members of the Virginia government of the coming of Tarleton's British cavalry, June 3, 1781. — Map (db m24565) |
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