Tinbridge Hill in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Crippled Corps and V.M.I. Cadets Form Inner Defenses in Old City Cemetery

Battle of Lynchburg, June 18, 1864

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 26, 2014

1. Crippled Corps and VM.I. Cadets Form Inner Defenses in Old City Cemetery Marker

Inscription. A week before the city of Lynchburg was to be invaded by 18,000 Union troops, the city lay vulnerable, unprotected by Confederate forces.

Brigadier General Francis T. Nicholls, a double amputee, who had recovered in a Lynchburg hospital, organized a corps of convalescing Confederates from Lynchburg’s numerous hospitals to defend the city during that critical week. Over 700 “cripple corps” manned the barricades along with 200 Virginia Military Institute cadets who had rushed to the city.

The initial line of inner defenses ran through Old City Cemetery where V.M.I. cadets bivouacked for the night.

The cadets and convalescents protected Lynchburg until the Confederate Second Corps and other units arrived to repel the Union attack the next day.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 37° 24.928′ N, 79° 9.416′ W. Marker is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Tinbridge Hill. It can be reached from the intersection of Taylor Street and 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 Taylor

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Street, Lynchburg VA 24501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 walking distance of this marker: Lynchburg’s Confederate Surgeons (here, next to this marker); Silas Green (here, next to this marker); Lucy Mina Otey and the Ladies' Relief Hospital (here, next to this marker); Lynchburg, Virginia (here, next to this marker); The Confederate Section (here, next to this marker); Samuel Brice (Bryce) (here, next to this marker); The Confederate Memorial Arch (here, next to this marker); Removal of Federal Dead (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.

Also see . . . Old City Cemetery.

Lynchburg Civil War Hospital Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher

2. Lynchburg Civil War Hospital Markers

The oldest public cemetery in Virginia still in use today - central Virginia's most unique public garden (Submitted on May 28, 2014.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,172 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.