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

The Powhatan Troop

 
 
The Powhatan Troop Marker image. Click for full size.
August 21, 2021
1. The Powhatan Troop Marker
Inscription.
Erected to keep in tender
remembrance
The Powhatan Troop
Company E Fourth Virginia Cavalry
Second Brigade First Division
Stuart's Cavalry Corps
A.N.V.

1861
Manassas

1865
Appomattox

To honor valor is
mankind's delight.

 
Erected 1896.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 37° 32.516′ N, 77° 55.121′ W. Memorial is in Powhatan, Virginia, in Powhatan County. It is at the intersection of Old Buckingham Road (Virginia Route 13) and Courthouse Tavern Lane ( Route 300), on the right when traveling north on Old Buckingham Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3880 Old Buckingham Rd, Powhatan VA 23139, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Central Virginia, and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area. 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 walking distance of this marker: The Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial to Powhatan Servicemen (within shouting distance of this marker); Powhatan Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Powhatan Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Courthouse Tavern / Atkinson's Hotel / The Village (within shouting distance of this marker); Norton Grape (within shouting distance of this marker); Garden Founding / Agriculture in Powhatan
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Vegetable Garden (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Powhatan.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Powhatan Court House (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
The Powhatan Troop Marker image. Click for full size.
August 21, 2021
2. The Powhatan Troop Marker
The Powhatan Troop Marker image. Click for full size.
August 21, 2021
3. The Powhatan Troop Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2021. This page has been viewed 819 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on February 27, 2026. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 23, 2021. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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