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This marker is one of five that comprise the Battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse Driving Tour (4 Stops):
 
By Evan Dwyer, November 28, 2025
The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► 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.
"I'm ready to strike out tomorrow and go to smashing things."
Sheridan moves to cut Lee's last supply lines Early spring, 1865, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, formulating his nineth and ultimate offensive . . . — — Map (db m291448) HM
2 ► 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.
"The current was filled with the bodies of the dead and wounded."
The Attack on Sheridan's Left Flank Major General Sheridan dispersed his Union Cavalry Corps' and advanced on the high open "plateau" at Dinwiddie . . . — — Map (db m291449) HM
3 ► 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.
"In less than ten minutes we had gained the summit."
The South's Sunset Charge and the Lat Rebel Yell Gibbs' Brigade had fallen back from the Boisseau farm to a point 1/2 mile north of here. There he was joined . . . — — Map (db m291451) HM
4 ► 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.
"I will hold on to Dinwiddie Court House until I am compelled to leave." -Sheridan
Final Dispositions on March 31,1865 Between 4 and 5:30 p.m. Confederates directed frontal assaults on the now constricted . . . — — Map (db m291452) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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