Near Stevensville in King and Queen County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

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Where Dahlgren Died

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 9, 2009

1. Where Dahlgren Died Marker

Inscription. Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, Federal officer, met death in the early morning, March 2, 1864, three hundred yards to the north. After the raid on Richmond, his force bivouaced here and, in breaking camp he fell to the fire of Confederate detachments and Home Defense forces who had gathered during the night.

Erected 1967 by Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. (Marker Number OB-6.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: 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 March 2, 1908.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 37° 42.555′ N, 76° 55.443′ W. Marker was near Stevensville, Virginia, in King and Queen County. It was at the intersection of Bunker Hill Road and Stevensville Road, on the left when traveling east on Bunker Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Stevensville VA 23161, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Death of Col. Dahlgren (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); State Fish Hatchery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mattapony Church

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(approx. 2.2 miles away); Newington (approx. 2.8 miles away); James Horace Carter Lynched (approx. 3.6 miles away); World Wars I and II Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); County Clerks Office Site (approx. 3.7 miles away); Carriage House (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stevensville.

Regarding Where Dahlgren Died. The marker is in error - Dahlgren was killed 300 yards west of the marker around 11:00 pm. [Venter, Bruce M. "The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid". Blue&Gray Winter 2003.]

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. New Marker At This Location titled "Death of Col. Dahlgren".

Also see . . . Civil War Richmond. Information about the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid against Richmond, VA during the Civil War. (Submitted on April 10, 2009.)

Dahlgrens Corner facing east on Bunker Hill Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 9, 2009

2. Dahlgrens Corner facing east on Bunker Hill Road.

See "regarding" notes with reference to the actual location where Dahlgren died.

Dahlgrens Corner facing west on Hockley Neck Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 6, 2009

3. Dahlgrens Corner facing west on Hockley Neck Road.

Dahlgren was likely killed where Dahlgren Road intersects from the left.

Col. Ulric Dahlgren image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

4. Col. Ulric Dahlgren

From Souvenir of the Washington trip of Dahlgren Post 2, G. A. R. Reunion, 1892.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,410 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 10, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on December 7, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 4. submitted on November 15, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.