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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dinwiddie County

 
Clickable Map of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Dinwiddie County, VA (184) Amelia County, VA (52) Brunswick County, VA (53) Chesterfield County, VA (287) Greensville County, VA (11) Nottoway County, VA (59) Petersburg Ind. City, VA (181) Prince George County, VA (85) Sussex County, VA (28)  DinwiddieCounty(184) Dinwiddie County (184)  AmeliaCounty(52) Amelia County (52)  BrunswickCounty(53) Brunswick County (53)  ChesterfieldCounty(287) Chesterfield County (287)  GreensvilleCounty(11) Greensville County (11)  NottowayCounty(59) Nottoway County (59)  (181) Petersburg (181)  PrinceGeorgeCounty(85) Prince George County (85)  SussexCounty(28) Sussex County (28)
Dinwiddie is the county seat for Dinwiddie County
Adjacent to Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Amelia County (52)  ►
Brunswick County (53)  ►
Chesterfield County (287)  ►
Greensville County (11)  ►
Nottoway County (59)  ►
Petersburg (181)  ►
Prince George County (85)  ►
Sussex County (28)  ►
 
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1 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Blackstone — Z-39 — Nottoway County / Dinwiddie County —
On Cox Road (U.S. 460) 0.8 miles east of Rocky Hill Road (Virginia Route 153), on the right when traveling east.
2 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — S-63 — Battle of Hatcher’s Run — 5-7 February 1865 —
On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.
3 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — Brigadier General John Pegram —
On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.
4 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — The Battle of Hatcher’s Run — Fighting Around Dabney’s Sawmill, February 6-7, 1865
On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613) east of Steers Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported unreadable.
5 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Carson — Halligan Park —
On Halligan Park Road (Virginia Route 618) west of Halifax Road ( Route 604), on the right when traveling south.
6 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — "Among my gallant officers…": — Colonel Thomas Munford — Petersburg National Battlefield —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles north of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
7 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — "Hold Five Forks at all hazards…" — General R.E. Lee — Petersburg National Battlefield —
On Courthouse Road (Route 627) at White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling south on Courthouse Road.
8 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — Battle of Five Forks —
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613) at Courthouse Road ( Route 627), on the left when traveling west on White Oak Road.
9 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — K-307 — Battle of Five Forks —
On Cox Road at Courthouse Road, on the right when traveling west on Cox Road.
10 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — Crawford's Sweep — Petersburg National Battlefield — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles north of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
11 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — Digging In
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling west on White Oak Road. Reported permanently removed.
12 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Church Road — Five Forks Battlefield —
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the left when traveling west.
13 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dewitt — S-85 — Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Karla Drive, on the left when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
14 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — "Advanced…repulsed…charged again…" — Petersburg National Battlefield —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles south of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling south.
15 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — "I was exceeding anxious to attack at once…" — Petersburg National Battlefield — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles east of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling west.
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16 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — "My command had to lament the loss of some of it's bravest and best..." General Charles Griffin — Petersburg National Battlefield —
On White Oak Road (Route 613) east of Courthouse Road ( Route 627), on the right when traveling west.
17 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — "The woods were quite heavy..." —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles south of White Oak Road (Route 613), on the left when traveling north.
18 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — "We had moved up to the edge of the timber..." —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles south of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the left when traveling north.
19 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — "While dashing forward..." —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles south of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the left when traveling north.
20 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — A Final Stand —
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the left when traveling west.
21 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — Attack on the Angle —
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling west.
22 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — Battle of Dinwiddie Court House —
On Sycamore Drive 0.1 miles south of Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south.
23 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-62 — Campaign of 1781
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Gatewood Road, on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road. Reported permanently removed.
24 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-62 — Campaign of 1781 —
On Gatewood Road (Virginia Route 656) at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south on Gatewood Road.
25 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-56 — Chamberlain's Bed
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles north of Gatewood Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
26 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — Death of Pegram — Petersburg National Battlefield — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling west.
27 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — Dinwiddie Confederate Monument —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Courthouse Road ( Route 619), on the left when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
28 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — Dinwiddie Court House — Turning North — Wilson-Kautz Raid —
On Sycamore Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south on Sycamore Drive.
29 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-54 — Dinwiddie Courthouse —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles Sycamore Drive, on the right when traveling south.
30 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-95 — Dinwiddie Normal Industrial School — (Southside High School) —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Southside Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
31 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-99 — Dr. King at Mount Level Baptist Church —
On Courthouse Road south of Lundys Road, on the right when traveling south.
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32 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — 17 — Early Education in Dinwiddie County — Dinwiddie, Virginia — Dinwiddie County
Near Sycamore Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1). Reported permanently removed.
33 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — DN3 — Early Education in Dinwiddie County — Dinwiddie, Virginia — Dinwiddie County —
On Sycamore Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south on Sycamore Drive.
34 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-42 — Gravelly Run Quaker Meeting House —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Quaker Road, on the right when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
35 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-80 — Quaker Road Engagement — 29 March 1865 —
On Quaker Road (Virginia Route 660) 1 mile south of U.S. 1, on the left when traveling south.
36 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-46 — Raceland —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Quaker Road, on the right when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
37 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-45 — Scott's Law Office —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles south of Sycamore Drive, on the right when traveling south.
38 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — Siege of Petersburg — The Linchpin is Pulled — March 29 - April 1, 1865 Five Forks Campaign — Petersburg National Battlefield —
Near Courthouse Road 0.6 miles south of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling south.
39 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — DN4 — Southside High School — Dinwiddie, Virginia — Dinwiddie County —
On Eastview Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west on Eastview Drive.
40 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House —
On Sycamore Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north on Sycamore Drive.
41 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House —
Near Wilkinson Road (Virginia Route 611) 1.2 miles west of Courthouse Road ( Route 627), on the right when traveling west.
42 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.2 miles south of Boisseau Road ( Route 661), on the right when traveling south.
43 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.3 miles north of Wilkinson Road ( Route 611), on the left when traveling north.
44 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House —
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.3 miles north of Wilkinson Road ( Route 611), on the left when traveling north.
45 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Battle of Five Forks — Petersburg National Battlefield —
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613) at Courthouse Road ( Route 627), on the right when traveling east on White Oak Road.
46 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Siege of Petersburg — Petersburg National Battlefield Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.6 miles south of White Oak Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling south.
47 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — The Union Cavalry Attacks
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
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48 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — K-337 — The War of 1812 / Winfield Scott —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
49 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — S-55 — Vaughan Road —
On Carson Road at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling west on Carson Road.
50 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Ford — Ford's Depot — The Destruction Begins — Wilson-Kautz Raid —
On Baltimore Road at Zion Road, on the right when traveling north on Baltimore Road.
51 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — K-321 — Birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor —
On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road ( Route 610), on the right on McKenney Highway.
52 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — K-303 — Butterwood Chapel —
On Darvills Road (Virginia Route 40) at Zilles Road ( Route 642), on the right when traveling east on Darvills Road.
53 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — S-69 — Darvills School —
On Gills Bridge Road 0.1 miles south of Whitmore Road ( Route 651), on the left when traveling south.
54 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — S-86 — Origins of 4-H in Virginia —
On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road (County Route 610), on the right when traveling west on McKenney Highway.
55 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — K-304 — Sallie Jones Atkinson — 1860-1943
On McKenney Highway (Virginia Route 40) at Old White Oak Road ( Route 610), on the right when traveling west on McKenney Highway. Reported missing.
56 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, McKenney — S-40 — Sapony Episcopal Church —
On Shippings Road (Virginia Route 709) at McKenney Highway ( Route 40), on the right when traveling north on Shippings Road.
57 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — “A Determination That Knew No Such Word as Fail” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
58 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — “A Great Struggle is Now Impending” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
59 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — “Our Line of Battle was so Thin” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
60 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — “The Cannons’ Flashes Lit Up the Terrible Scene” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670) 1 mile east of Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south.
61 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — “The Strongest Line of Works Ever Constructed” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
62 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — “We Fought Desperately” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
63 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — 1st Lieutenant Evander McNair Robeson — The Breakthrough — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
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64 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — 1st Lieutenant Octavius Augustus Wiggins — The Breakthrough — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
65 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — A Mysterious Historic Feature — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
66 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — A.P. Hill Memorial —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Duncan Road (County Route 670), on the left when traveling west on Boydton Plank Road.
67 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — After the Breakthrough: April 2, 1865 — The Banks House — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Hofheimer Way, on the left when traveling south.
68 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Battle of Jones Farm, March 25, 1865 — Petersburg Battlefields —
Near Church Road (Virginia Route 672) at Flank Road, on the right when traveling south.
69 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Battlefield Terrain — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
70 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Brother vs. Brother — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
71 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — S-51 — Burgess Mill —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.3 miles north of White Oak Road, on the right when traveling north.
72 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — S-48 — Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at White Oak Road, on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road.
73 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — I-6 — Central State Hospital
On West Washington Street (U.S. 1) at 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street. Reported permanently removed.
74 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — I-6 — Central State Hospital —
On West Washington Street (U.S. 1) at 7th Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Washington Street.
75 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — S-98 — Central State Hospital Cemetery —
On 7th Avenue 0.1 miles south of Accomac Street, on the right when traveling south.
76 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Confederate Fort Gregg — Petersburg National Battlefield —
Near Seventh Avenue north of Simpson Road, on the right when traveling north.
77 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — S-82 — Confederate Fort Whitworth —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Albemarle Street, on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road.
78 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Confederate Winter Huts — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
79 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Confederate Winter Quarters — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
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80 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Contested Ground — Petersburg Battlefields —
Near Church Road (Virginia Route 627) at Flank Road, on the left when traveling north.
81 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — S-47 — Edge Hill —
On West Washington Street (U.S. 1) at Boydton Plank Road (Business U.S. 460), on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street.
82 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Field Fortifications — The Military Encampment — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
83 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Field Quarter Outbuildings — Tudor Hall Plantation —
Near Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles south of Duncan Road, on the left when traveling south.
84 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Fighting At Reams Station — Struggles for the Railroad —
On Reams Drive (Virginia Route 606) 0.1 miles west of Halifax Road ( Route 604), on the right when traveling west.
85 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — First Man Over the Works — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
86 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Fort Conahey —
On Flank Road, on the right when traveling west.
87 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Fort Gregg —
On Seventh Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
88 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — S-50 — Hatcher's Run —
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.3 miles north of White Oak Road, on the right when traveling north.
89 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Hatcher's Run Battlefields — Boydton Plank Road & South Side Railroad —
On Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670) 0.6 miles south of Wheaton Road ( Route 674), on the right when traveling south.
90 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Hatcher's Run Battlefields — The Federal Attack, October 27, 1864 —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670) 0.6 miles south of Wheaton Road ( Route 674), on the right when traveling south.
91 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Hatcher's Run Battlefields — Using the Terrain —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670) 0.6 miles south of Wheaton Road ( Route 674), on the right when traveling south.
92 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Hatcher's Run Battlefields — Confederate Fortifications —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670) 0.6 miles south of Wheaton Road ( Route 674), on the right when traveling south.
93 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — History of the Banks House — The Banks House — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Hofheimer Way, on the left when traveling south.
94 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Kitchen and Servants Hall — Tudor Hall Plantation —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
95 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Kitchen Garden — Tudor Hall Plantation —
Near Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles south of Duncan Road, on the left when traveling south.
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96 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Lane’s North Carolina Brigade —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670) 0.5 miles south of Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south.
97 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Lieutenant Colonel George B. Damon — The Breakthrough — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
98 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Life Between the Picket Lines — Petersburg Battlefields —
Near Church Road (Virginia Route 672) at Flank Road, on the left when traveling north.
99 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — Major James Augustus Weston — The Breakthrough —
Near Duncan Road south of Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south.
100 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Petersburg — McGowan’s South Carolina Brigade — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park —
Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.

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