Talleysville in New Kent County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Stuart's Ride
Baltimore Store
— 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
With Lt. William Robbins, 9th Virginia Cavalry, in command of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s advance units, the column trotted into the village of Talleysville early in the evening of June 13, 1862. On the left (across the main road to your left) they passed a Union hospital with about 150 patients in William Talley’s house (private).
Baltimore Store stood at the crossroads to your far right along the main road, and a Union sutler occupied it. The Confederates helped themselves to canned meats, sausages, pickles, preserves, fruits, cakes, crackers, and candy, as well as wine and spirits, from the sutler’s ample stocks. Col. Heros von Borcke, one of Stuart’s staff members, recalled, “My parched tongue was cleaving to the roof of my mouth. When one of our men galloped up to me and held out a bottle of champagne…. Never in my life have I enjoyed a bottle of wine so much.” Pvt. John S. Mosby, the future partisan ranger, found the night “a carnival of fun I can never forget. Nobody thought of the danger or sleep, when champagne bottles were bursting and wine was flowing in copious streams.”
At 8:30 P.M., Stuart himself arrived and ordered a halt for three and a half hours for rest and to allow scattered detachments to close up. At midnight, the column moved on toward the Chickahominy River, with prisoners mounted double on captured mules and horses. Stuart and many of his men slept in the saddle, while pursuing Union cavalry halted at Tunstall’s four miles behind them.
Erected 2012 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 month for this entry is May 1862.
Location. 37° 31.72′ N, 77° 4.51′ W. Marker is in Talleysville, Virginia, in New Kent County. Marker can be reached from Angel's Share Drive near Old Church Road (Virginia Route 609), on the left when traveling east. Located in the New Kent Winery parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8440 Old Church Rd, New Kent VA 23124, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The White House (approx. ¼ mile away); St. Peter's Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Stuart's Ride Around McClellan (approx. ¼ mile away); George W. Watkins School (approx. 1.3 miles away); Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (approx. 1.3 miles away); Arnold Stansley (approx. 1.6 miles away); Harold J. Neale (approx. 2.7 miles away); a different marker also named Harold J. Neale (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Talleysville.
More about this marker. (captions)
Gen. J.E.B. Stuart Courtesy Library of Congress
1862 map - Courtesy Library of Congress
Talley House – Courtesy Stran Trout
Baltimore Store, ca. 1900 - Courtesy Stran Trout
Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 844 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 16, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.