On West Main Street (U.S. 33) at Elm Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Reported permanently removed.
You are standing in the historic town of Louisa Court House (now Louisa). During the Civil War, the Virginia Central Railroad passed through this county seat. The main street became the Gordonsville Road (Rte. 22/33) at the western end of town. . . . — — Map (db m193948) HM
On Ellisville Drive (County Route 669), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Having reached Louisa Court House on June 10, 1864, Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry divisions bivouacked around the Virginia Central Railroad and across Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s route to Gordonsville. About 3 a.m. on June 11, Gen. William C. . . . — — Map (db m114333) HM
On Ellisville Drive (County Route 669) at Oakland Road (County Route 613), on the right when traveling north on Ellisville Drive. Reported permanently removed.
After riding across Virginia for three days on a raid to destroy parts of the Virginia Central Railroad, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's 9,300 cavalrymen and horse artillerists crossed the North Anna River at Carpenter's Ford about two miles north and . . . — — Map (db m4843) HM
On Oakland Road (County Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
A 9,300-man Union cavalry force under Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, on a raid to destroy parts of the Virginia Central Railroad, camped a few miles east on June 10, 1864. The next morning, Gen. Wesley Merritt's brigade, followed by Col. Thomas C. Devin's . . . — — Map (db m4841) HM
On Oakland Road (County Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
Fifty yards east is the site of Netherland Tavern (ca. 1822), which was demolished in the 1950s. The tavern served travelers on the Fredericksburg Stage Road and the Louisa Court House Road to the south. It also served rail passengers after the . . . — — Map (db m4840) HM
On Louisa Road (U.S. 33) at Danne Road (County Route 682), on the right when traveling west on Louisa Road.
Nearby stood Trevilian Station, south of which Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton had parked his wagon train on the evening of June 10, 1864. At daylight the next day, Gen. Matthew C. Butler and Col. Gilbert J. Wright advanced north on the Fredericksburg . . . — — Map (db m193772) HM
On Louisa Road (U.S. 33) at Danne Road (County Route 682), on the right when traveling west on Louisa Road.
By mid-morning on June 11, 1864, Gen. George A. Custer's attack on Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's wagon train here had gone from success to near disaster as Southern cavalry surrounded Custer's force. A staff officer of Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert, . . . — — Map (db m193777) HM
On Louisa Road (U.S. 33) at Danne Road (Route 682), on the right when traveling west on Louisa Road. Reported missing.
In June 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan led a Union cavalry raid against the Virginia Central Railroad here, which Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton and Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee defended during a two-day battle. On 11 June, the first day, Union Brig. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m193819) HM
On Louisa Road (U.S. 33) at Trevilians Square, on the right when traveling east on Louisa Road.
— Fought here June 11, 12, 1864 —
Confederate Gens. Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee
and Thomas L. Rosser, victors over
Federal Gens. P.H. Sheridan and G.A. Custer
5000 Confederates, 8000 Federal
Casualties Confederate 612, Federal 1,007 . . . — — Map (db m271470) HM
On Louisa Road (U.S. 33) at Trevilians Square, on the right when traveling east on Louisa Road. Reported permanently removed.
Here, on June 12, 1864, Sheridan's cavalry, coming from Trevilians, attacked Wade Hampton, who had taken position across the road. A bloody engagement followed. Fitz Lee joined Hampton, and the Union cavalry was driven back. That night Sheridan . . . — — Map (db m271471) HM
On West Street (County Route 666) at Purcell Drive, on the left when traveling west on West Street.
Here in Oakland Cemetery, beneath small, rectangular stone markers, rest as many as 60 Confederate dead from the Battle of Trevilian Station. Most of them were never identified.
Immediately inside the gate are the graves of the three Towles . . . — — Map (db m256955) HM
On West Street (County Route 666) at Purcell Drive, on the left when traveling west on West Street.
Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's victory over Gen. Philip H. Sheridan at Trevilian Station on June 11-12, 1864, prevented Sheridan from joining Gen. David Hunter and destroying the Virginia Central Railroad at Charlottesville. Gen. Jubal A. . . . — — Map (db m156010) HM