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 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 April 2, 1865.

Location. 37° 11.71′ N, 77° 33.217′ W. Marker is in Sutherland, Virginia, in Dinwiddie County. It is on Cox Road (U.S. 460) half a mile east of Namozine Road (Virginia Route 708), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20221 Cox Rd, Sutherland VA 23885, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Southside Virginia,

and specifically in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds 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 7 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Appomattox Campaign (Sutherland Station) (approx. half

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a mile away); Sutherland Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Sutherland Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Battle of Sutherland (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Rocky Branch School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Col. John Banister (approx. 1.8 miles away); White Oak Road Engagement (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sutherland.

Other markers no longer nearby. Fork Inn (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been permanently removed); Rocky Branch School (was approx. 1.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Colonel John Banister (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); The Battle of White Oak Road (was approx. 3 miles away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The Battle of White Oak Road (was approx. 3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named The Battle of White Oak Road

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.

(was approx. 3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named The Battle of White Oak Road (was approx. 3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named The Battle of White Oak Road (was approx. 3.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named The Battle of White Oak Road (was approx. 3.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

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.)

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 February 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,639 times since then and 40 times this year. Last updated on February 4, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. 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. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.