Farmville in Buckingham County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

New Store

Sending Generals Home

— Lee's Retreat —

New Store Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025

1. New Store Marker

Inscription. New Store, located a short distance to your left, was a stop on the stage road from Richmond to Lynchburg. In 1865 it consisted of Louis D. Jones's house, three offices, a cobbler's shop, and a store. On April 8 virtually the entire Army of Northern Virginia marched past here, followed by two corps of the Union Army of the Potomac. Union Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys halted his corps just to the west. Union Gen. Nelson A. Miles spent the night here in the Jones house, called Keswick.

Near here Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee relieved three generals of command and ordered them home: George E. Pickett, Bushrod R. Johnson, and Richard H. Anderson. Their divisions were no long organized after the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, and the generals had not performed well there. Pickett and Johnson may not have received Lee's orders, since they were still with the army when it surrendered at Appomattox Court House. Anderson left for South Carolina.

Erected by Virginia Civil War Trails.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Civil War Trails series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 8, 1865.

Location. 37° 24.583′ N, 78° 33.317′ W. Marker has been

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damaged. Marker is in Farmville, Virginia, in Buckingham County. It is at the intersection of Francisco Road (Virginia Route 636) and New Store Road ( Route 609), on the right when traveling north on Francisco Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9008 Francisco Rd, Farmville VA 23901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont

and 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 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Clifton (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named Clifton (approx. 4 miles away); Eve of Appomattox (approx. 4.1 miles away); New Store Village (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named March to Appomattox (approx. 5½ miles away); Millbrook (approx. 6 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps Camp P-56, Company 1367 (approx. 6½ miles away); High Bridge Trail State Park (approx. 9.3 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. New Store (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); March to Appomattox (was approx. 5½ miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. The marker was previously accompanied by a legacy Lee's Retreat marker on wooden posts. That older marker has been removed.

Regarding New Store. Nearly all traces of Civil War-era New Store have been erased by

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025

2. New Store Marker

modern development. South of the road, the original Jones house (demolished in the 1980s), the store, and the cobbler's shop were obliterated to level the ground for trailers. To the north, the "B. Jones" frame house and sheds—visible as a clearing until the 1970s—are also gone. Despite being documented on historical maps as late as 1941, even the village well has completely disappeared.

Also see . . . Appomattox Driving Tour (Emerging Civil War). (Submitted on January 1, 2026, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland.)

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025

3. New Store Marker

View to the left. New Store was actually further to the left, out of frame, in a position that is essentially directly behind the visitor when reading the marker.

New Store Marker - 1941 Area Map image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025

4. New Store Marker - 1941 Area Map

Close-up of the area map shown in the lower left of the marker, depicting New Store in 1941 and showing the location of the Jones House. The marker's specific position is on the same side of the road as the building labeled "Small Frame House" but off to the left of that home - orthographic imagery from 1984, the last year that the Lewis D. Jones house 'Keswick' was confirmed to be standing, shows its position to be directly south of the marker by about 180', so the B. Jones frame house shown in 1941 would have stood to the right/southeast of the marker's modern position.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 95 times since then and 94 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 30, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.