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Battle of Trevilian Station Virtual Tour by Markers.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 3, 2021

Louisa Court House Marker

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1 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — Louisa Court House — Raiders Intercepted — The Battle of Trevilian Station — 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

2 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — First Contact — “a considerable fight” — The Battle of Trevilian Station — 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

3 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — Clayton's Store — Sheridan's Camp — The Battle of Trevlian Station — 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

4 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Oakland — Bibb's Crossroads — First Shots — The Battle of Trevilian Station —

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

5 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Trevilians — Netherland Tavern — Hampton's Headquarters — The Battle of Trevilian Station —

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

6 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Trevilians — Custer's First Last Stand — A "Living Triangle" — The Battle of Trevilian Station —

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

7 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Trevilians — Custer Rescued — An All-out Assault — The Battle of Trevilian Station —

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

8 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Trevilians — W-210 — Trevilian Station Battle — 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

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9 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Trevilians — Battle of Trevillians —

— 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

10 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa, Trevilians — W-209 — Battle of Trevilians — 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

11 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — W-208 — Green Springs —

Near here Wade Hampton's Confederate cavalry camped the night of June 10, 1864, just before the battle of Trevilians. — — Map (db m4834) HM

12 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — Oakland Cemetery — Confederates at Rest — The Battle of Trevilian Station —

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

13 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — Decisive Confederate Victory — The Largest All-Cavalry Battle of the Western Hemisphere — The Battle of Trevilian Station —

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

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