Sutherland in Dinwiddie County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Engagement at Sutherland Station

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 24, 2007

1. Engagement at Sutherland Station Marker

Inscription. On the morning of 2 Apr. 1865, Union forces arrived here by way of Clairborne Road and found Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s Confederate division entrenched on Cox Road. During the day, Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles’s division made three distinct assaults against the half-mile-long Confederate line, which stretched from Ocran Church to Sutherland’s Tavern. The third charge forced Heth’s division out of its works and west on the Namozine Road, thereby severing Gen. Robert E. Lee’s final supply line, the South Side Railroad. Lee ordered the Army of Northern Virginia to evacuate both Petersburg and Richmond that night.

Erected 1998 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-305.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • Notable Places • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 2, 1865.

Location. 37° 11.769′ N, 77° 33.789′ W. Marker is in Sutherland, Virginia, in Dinwiddie County. Marker is on Cox Road (U.S. 460). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sutherland VA 23885, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Appomattox Campaign (Sutherland Station) (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Fork Inn (within shouting distance of this marker); Sutherland Station (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Sutherland Station (about 600 feet away); The Battle of Sutherland (about 600 feet away); Rocky Branch School (approx. ¾ mile away); Col. John Banister (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Battle of White Oak Road (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sutherland.

Also see . . . The Battle of Sutherland’s Station. The American Civil War website. (Submitted on January 22, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Sutherland’s Tavern image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 24, 2007

2. Sutherland’s Tavern

This tavern marked the end of the Confederate line of Maj. Gen. Henry Heth, which was broken by Union troops on April 2, 1865. It was used as a hospital after the battle.

Cox Road (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bernard Fisher, May 10, 2009

3. Cox Road (facing west)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,251 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 22, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on May 11, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.