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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hanover County, Virginia
Hanover is the county seat for Hanover County
Adjacent to Hanover County, Virginia
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On Cold Harbor Road (State Highway 156) 0.4 miles south of Rockhill Road (County Route 619), on the right when traveling south.
The hill to the south, part of the Union line, was assailed by Stonewall Jackson (with D. H. Hill) in the late afternoon of June 27, 1862, after A. P. Hill's and Longstreet's first assaults on the west had failed. Jackson's men carried the Union . . . — — Map (db m16169) HM
On Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) at Bell Creek Road (Virginia Route 1597), on the right when traveling east on Cold Harbor Road.
Along this road Fitz-John Porter withdrew from Beaver Dam Creek in the early morning of June 27, 1862. McClellan, having learned that Stonewall Jackson was approaching Porter’s rear, late at night ordered the withdrawal to another position. This was . . . — — Map (db m14994) HM
On Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the left when traveling south.
On this hill, facing north, Sykes’s division was posted in the afternoon of June 27, 1862, holding the eastern end of the Union line. Here Jackson attacked, while to the west A. P. Hill and Longstreet renewed their assaults. When the Union line was . . . — — Map (db m15225) HM
On Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) 0.3 miles south of Creighton Road, on the right when traveling south.
Leading up to and during the Seven Days' Battles from 25 June to 1 July 1862, bridges and roads played an important role in the movement of the Union and Confederate armies. New Bridge on the Chickahominy River was 1.5 miles south of here, and was . . . — — Map (db m15675) HM
On Lee Davis Road (State Highway 156) 0.1 miles south of Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360), on the right when traveling south.
Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his troops passed through this intersection on 27 June 1862, having arrived from the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson's troops united with Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces just south of here at Walnut Grove . . . — — Map (db m96723) HM
On Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) at Crown Hill Road, on the right when traveling east on Cold Harbor Road.
On 25 June 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia in the Seven Days' Campaign to drive Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac from the gates of Richmond. By 27 June the Union left flank rested atop Turkey Hill . . . — — Map (db m15463) HM
On Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) at Fast Lane, on the right when traveling east on Cold Harbor Road.
The Civil War battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) began on the afternoon of 26 June 1862. Confederate Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill’s division crossed the Chickahominy upstream at Meadow Bridges and encountered Union skirmishers. The Federals . . . — — Map (db m14988) HM
On Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718), on the left when traveling south.
Half a mile south is Boatswain Creek. The battle that was begun at Gaines’s Mill by A. P. Hill, following Porter’s rear guard, culminated at the Union position on Boatswain Creek. There A. P. Hill and Longstreet, moving eastward, and Jackson coming . . . — — Map (db m14998) HM
Near Studley Road, 0.1 miles west of Shelton Pointe Drive, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
Shelton House Under Fire
May 30, 1864
(caption)
For details about the scenes depicted in this image,
please visit www.nps.gov/rich/sheltonhouse. — — Map (db m84943) HM
On Atlee Road at Mechanicsville Elementary Drive, on the right when traveling south on Atlee Road.
Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan from 9 to 14 May 1864 led three cavalry divisions on a raid around Richmond. His forces severed vital Confederate communication lines, destroyed railroad tracks, and captured stores and supplies. On 11 May . . . — — Map (db m15214) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling east.
The foundation of the mill was located in the depression below the road bed. The millrace that supplied water to power the mill was built along the base of the hill and remnants can be seen today. The mill pond was located just beyond the modern . . . — — Map (db m15220) HM
Near Rural Point Road (County Route 643) at Heatherwood Drive (Virginia Route 1750).
Founded 1748 by
Rev. Samuel Davies
Presbytery of New
Castle synod of
New York. Seven years
before the organization
of Hanover Presbytery
1755
Destroyed June 1st 1864.
Erected by Woman's Auxillary
East Hanover . . . — — Map (db m32681) HM
Near Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718) 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
In 1862 this farmhouse was home to the widow Sarah Watt, her granddaughter, Mary Jane Haw, and a maid. It was a typical Hanover County plantation of several hundred acres with some 28 slaves who produced a modest income from grains, potatoes, and . . . — — Map (db m34618) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
This well preserved rifle pit is one of many that extended across this hilltop and along the entire front. It marks the most advanced Federal position in this sector, only 50 yards from similar Confederate pits on the opposite crest.
Soldiers . . . — — Map (db m16885) HM
Near Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718) 0.4 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
(front)
Remembers the valor and devotion of
its soldiers who participated in the battle
of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia - June 27, 1862
Here, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
continued his attacks against Union Maj.
Gen. George B. . . . — — Map (db m55604) HM WM
On Beulah Church Road (Virginia Route 633) at Glenharbor Lane, on the left when traveling north on Beulah Church Road.
Following the Federal cavalry’s successful defense of the Old Cold Harbor Crossroads against Confederate infantry attacks on the morning of June 1, 1864, hard marching soldiers of the 6th Corps and 18th Corps arrived to solidify the Union army’s . . . — — Map (db m90839) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
Porter’s soldiers rested their muskets across a make-shift breastwork of felled trees, bales of hay, and knapsacks. A Union soldier remembered “an ominous silence” that covered the battlefield moments before Lee launched his first . . . — — Map (db m16392) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
This panoramic view reveals many of the key scenes associated with the close of the battle. The landscape here has changed very little. When the left of Porter’s line disintegrated just before sunset, much of it fell back through this ground. . . . — — Map (db m16395) HM
On Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718), on the right when traveling south.
Although victorious at Beaver Dam Creek on June 26, 1862, Union General George B. McClellan believed Stonewall Jackson’s 25,000 Confederates threatened the Union right flank. The next morning, June 27, McClellan ordered Fitz John Porter’s Fifth . . . — — Map (db m14999) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (State Highway 156) 0.2 miles east of Boatswain Lane, on the right when traveling east.
All the visible remains along the trail date from the June 1864, Battle of Cold Harbor, but this ground figured prominently in the Seven Days campaign of 1862 as well. On June 27, 1862, General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s Confederates . . . — — Map (db m16202) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) 0.2 miles east of Boatswain Lane, on the right when traveling east.
By mid-afternoon on June 1, 1864, Ulysses S. Grant massed 45,000 Federals near Old Cold Harbor, 800 yards east of here. At 5:00 p.m. he ordered an attack, hoping to split Lee’s army into two parts. Six veteran New Jersey regiments under Colonel . . . — — Map (db m16185) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (State Highway 156) 0.2 miles east of Boatswain Lane, on the right when traveling east.
The 8th New York Heavy Artillery joined the Army of the Potomac midway through the Overland Campaign in an effort to offset the Federal casualties suffered at the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. The regiment of 1,600 men, still fresh . . . — — Map (db m16198) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
“In as short while we felt the ground begin to tremble like an earthquake and heard a noise like the rumbling of distant thunder. It was a regiment of United States cavalry charging us….When they were within about forty yards of us, we . . . — — Map (db m16402) HM
On Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) 0.6 miles east of Springdale Road, on the right when traveling east.
During the Civil War's Seven Days' Battles from 25 June to 1 July 1862, many engagements occurred along and near the Chickahominy River. Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac. His goal was to capture the Confederate capital . . . — — Map (db m15212) HM
On General Smith Drive (private), 0.1 miles north of Anderson-Wright Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The heaviest fighting on June 3 occurred at three separate spots outside the present boundary of the national park. You are looking northward toward one of those places. Two brigades of infantry from the Eighteenth Corps charged from right to left . . . — — Map (db m16523) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
A. P. Hill initiated the action on June 26, 1862, by sending his division across the Chickahominy River. His troops drove the Union outposts through Mechanicsville and back beyond Beaver Dam Creek. A brigade led by Roswell Ripley supported Hill . . . — — Map (db m79674) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
June 26, 1962 On this ground raged the heaviest fighting of the battle of Beaver Dam Creek. Fourteen Union cannon on the ridge beyond the creek blasted Dorsey Pender’s and Roswell Ripley’s Confederates as they charged across the fields behind . . . — — Map (db m79792) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (State Highway 156) 0.2 miles east of Boatswain Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Adding to the misery of the Union and Confederate soldiers at Cold Harbor was the fear of enemy sharpshooters. Quite often armed with special rifles these marksmen would prey on any unfortunate soldier who appeared in their sights. A Confederate . . . — — Map (db m16204) HM
Near Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718) 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
“Dashing up the steep bank, being within thirty yards of the enemy’s works, we flew towards the breastworks, cleared them, and slaughtered the retreating devils as they scampered up the hill towards their battery.” Decimus . . . — — Map (db m43337) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) 0.2 miles east of Boatswain Lane, on the right when traveling east.
“Near Cold Harbor stands the house where my father was born, and not far from the house there is a graveyard, surrounded by a brick wall…there sleep the generations of my forefathers. In that enclosure is buried Mr. James Hooper."
Dr. . . . — — Map (db m155846) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
“All was disorder and excitement; the field was full of me running for their very lives, and it was almost impossible to make any resistance to the tide of humanity pressing down upon us….It seemed as though the air was full of bullet, . . . — — Map (db m16403) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Five regiments of Pennsylvania troops, supported by artillery, held the high ground in front of you. In 1862 the slopes were open with no trees to block the view. Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Warner of the 10th Pennsylvania Reserves was entrenched with . . . — — Map (db m15224) HM
Near Heatherwood Drive (Virginia Route 1750) at Rural Point Road (Virginia Route 643).
From Virginia’s founding at Jamestown in 1607 until the American Revolution, the Anglican Church was the only officially recognized church.
The government built the churches, maintained the parsonages and paid the clergy, all with . . . — — Map (db m60968) HM
Near Heatherwood Drive (County Route 1750) at Rural Point Road (County Route 643).
On this site in 1743 ordinary colonists began the successful struggle for greater civil and religious liberty, and inspired a series of events that changed the course of American history. Four years earlier the English evangelist, George Whitefield, . . . — — Map (db m115413) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) when traveling west.
This deeply carved depression is believed to be a remnant of a Civil War-era farm road. On June 27, 1862, Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's marching soldiers mistakenly turned south toward New Cold Harbor on their way to the . . . — — Map (db m79817) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
The losses sustained by both armies during the Wilderness to Cold Harbor campaign made the world shudder. Casualties by some estimates averaged 2,000 per day, and at Cold Harbor nearly 18,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured.
While . . . — — Map (db m16896) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
This loop trail visits the left of the Union line. Along it you will learn about the charge of General Pickett’s Confederate brigade; see more of the ground stubbornly defended by General Morell’s division; learn of the bravery displayed by an . . . — — Map (db m16394) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
This sluggish creek is known as Bloody Run in memory of the violent hand-to-hand fighting that occurred here.
Bloody Run flows east to west, winding through the woods. During the battle the brush-choked stream and its gentle slopes provided the . . . — — Map (db m189324) HM
On Watt House Road, 0.6 miles south of Cold Harbor Road.
Entrenched in three lines on this plateau, the right wing of McClellan's army, withdrawn from Beaver Dam Creek, resisted Confederate attacks on June 27, 1862 until driven back at nightfall by a general assault. — — Map (db m14201) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
From this dominating position, Confederates of Major General Robert Hoke’s Division, easily repulsed part of the famous June 3 assault. For the South Carolinians holding this line, the battle ended before they knew a serious charge had been made. . . . — — Map (db m16894) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) at Parrish Place Lane, on the left when traveling east.
Near this stone rest the remains of
889 Union Soldiers,
gathered from the Battle Fields of
Mechanicsville, Savage-Station, Gaines-Mills,
And the vicinity of
Cold-Harbor.
Erected by Congress
Year of our Lord 1877, and in the 101st . . . — — Map (db m16287) HM
On Studley Road (County Route 606) 0.1 miles west of Shelton Pointe Drive, on the left when traveling west.
1656
Totopotomoi
Chief of the Pamunkey Indians, faithful ally of the English, killed in Battle of Bloody Run near Richmond
1754
Rural Plains
Built 1670
Home of Sarah Shelton, married here to Patrick Henry
1864
Battle of . . . — — Map (db m16166) HM
Near Studley Road (Route 606) 0.1 miles west of Shelton Pointe Drive, on the left when traveling west.
(left panel)
Visiting Richmond National Battlefield Park
The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine . . . — — Map (db m155857) HM
On Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718), on the right when traveling south.
Porter posted his batteries intermittently along this ridge. Most of his guns were twelve-pounder Napoleons like the two here. “The woods were full of smoke,” wrote a Massachusetts artillerist, “and thicker and thicker . . . — — Map (db m15234) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive, 0.3 miles north of Cold Harbor Road (Route 156), on the left when traveling south.
Thousands of Union soldiers lived in these fortifications for eleven long days in 1864. The piles of freshly shoveled dirt sheltered the men from the scorching June sun while shielding them from enemy missiles. The lengthy halt at Cold Harbor . . . — — Map (db m16520) HM
On Anderson Wright Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
The night before, Union soldiers write their names on scraps of paper fastened to their clothing, hoping to be identified after the battle. At 4:30 a.m. they are ordered to attack the Confederate earthworks clearly visible across the open field. . . . — — Map (db m15229) HM
Near Cold Harbor Road (State Highway 156) 0.2 miles east of Boatswain Lane, on the right when traveling east.
The Union front lines lay 325 yards west of here; reserve troops occupied this ground. These Union pits may have been a stop along the relay system that brought reinforcements and supplies to the forward line. Imagine soldiers huddled inside these . . . — — Map (db m16190) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
These well-preserved rifle pits probably mark the far end of the Union line. The 16th Michigan Infantry or 44th New York Infantry likely built them on the morning of the battle to guard the western flank of the army. Although some Federal soldiers . . . — — Map (db m16400) HM
On Anderson Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling north on Anderson Wright Drive.
This one-mile walking trail covers historic ground that witnessed two weeks of intense fighting in June 1864. It winds through earthen fortifications built more than a century ago. The Cold Harbor battle raged over thousands of acres, and this loop . . . — — Map (db m15259) HM
On Cold Harbor Road, 0.1 miles west of Lee-Davis Road, on the left when traveling east.
Here, on the morning of June 27, 1862, as he was directing the pursuit of McClellan's right wing, Robert E. Lee met "Stonewall" Jackson whose Army of the Valley arrived to join in the attack on the Federals the same afternoon. — — Map (db m14199) HM
On Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Civil War armies selected battlefields without regard to the civilians who made their homes there. The resulting death and destruction affected the residents’ lives for decades. The Watts lived here for nearly 60 years before the battle. They owned . . . — — Map (db m15232) HM
Near Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718) 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
Modern snake-rail fencing and shallow depressions carved out long ago by wagons and livestock mark the location of one of two thoroughfares that passed through the plantation. This road led from the Watt Farm to the New Bridge crossing of the . . . — — Map (db m43333) HM
Near Anderson-Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).
This ravine played a critical role in the early stages fighting at Cold Harbor. On the afternoon of June 1, 1864, Thomas L. Clingman’s North Carolinians and William T. Wofford’s Georgians, attempting to hold this position, failed to occupy the low . . . — — Map (db m16884) HM
On Anderson Wright Drive at Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling north on Anderson Wright Drive.
After two days of bitter combat, Confederate infantry built their final line of defense across this spot. Remnants of that line are visible emerging from the woods to your left. Richmond stood only nine miles to the southwest and General Lee knew . . . — — Map (db m15258) HM
Near Heatherwood Drive (Virginia Route 1750) at Rural Point Road (Virginia Route 643).
Cradle of Religious Freedom
From time to time, the power of a unique person and place changes the course of history. Here at Polegreen, between 1747 and 1759, the Reverend Samuel Davies inspired a small rural . . . — — Map (db m60967) HM
Near this point, between the brigades of Martindale and Butterfield, Confederate forces first penetrated the main Federal position in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862. The Fourth Texas Regiment led the charge. — — Map (db m14204) HM
On Watt House Road (Virginia Route 718) 0.2 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Route 156), on the left when traveling south.
The men of Confederate Gen. William H. C. Whiting’s division began their portion of the decisive charge in these fields. The 11th Mississippi is seen in the foreground around Whiting. Gen. John B. Hood is exhorting the 4th Texas in the middle . . . — — Map (db m121022) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
Brigadier General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Wilcox’s Alabama Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
Near here on June 27, 1862, three Confederate brigades under General Cadmus M. Wilcox ascended this hill, broke . . . — — Map (db m16391) HM
Near Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.
“A private by the name of Jones….seized the colors, his right arm was soon broken, he then held it with his left hand, and he was soon shot through both legs no broken bones, and then his left arm was wounded and the colors fell, were . . . — — Map (db m16399) HM
Near Atlee Road at Meadowbridge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Bon Secours Memorial
Regional Medical Center
Memorial Gardens & WWII
Memorial Wall
Made possible by a grant from the
Richmond Memorial Hospital Foundation
May 16, 1988
Dedicated to the Glory of God
and in loving memory of . . . — — Map (db m66353) HM
On West Patrick Henry Road (Virginia Route 54) at Quaker Church Road (Virginia Route 803), on the left when traveling west on West Patrick Henry Road.
English immigrant Thomas Stanley, born about 1670, championed the right to religious freedom early in the 1700s. Stanley gave nearby land for a Quaker meetinghouse, school, and cemetery. Until the 19th century, the Religious Society of Friends . . . — — Map (db m47374) HM
On Taylors Creek Road (Virginia Route 610) at Hopeful Church Road (Virginia Route 664), on the right when traveling west on Taylors Creek Road.
Hopeful Meeting House began services under the ministry of Baptist pastor Reuben Ford in 1807. Ford played an important role in the post-Revolutionary struggle for religious freedom. In the 1780s, he lobbied the Virginia General Assembly on behalf . . . — — Map (db m54176) HM
On Mountain Road (U.S. 33) at Sycamore Tavern Lane, on the left when traveling west on Mountain Road.
This old tavern was a stagecoach stop on the Mountain Road between Richmond and Charlottesville and it was here that horses were changed. For most of the 19th century, the Higgason, Barlow, and Shelburne families operated a tavern here.
The . . . — — Map (db m24503) HM
On Immanuel Trail at Old Church Road (Virginia Route 606), on the left when traveling south on Immanuel Trail.
In May 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula to the gates of Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June and began planning a counterattack. On June . . . — — Map (db m61876) HM
Near River Road (Virginia Route 605) 0.9 miles east of Summer Hill Road (Virginia Route 644).
Site of Old Forte Matuxon, dismantled in 1676 by Major John Page.
Page’s Warehouse, port of entry and export, established by Matthew Page long prior to 1734. Town incorporated November 1762. Competed with Richmond for capitol of Virginia. — — Map (db m54756) HM
On Studley Road at Southard Lane, on the right when traveling south on Studley Road.
During Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's intelligence gathering "Ride Around McClellan," a skirmish ensued atop this hill on 13 June 1862 when several companies of the 9th Virginia Cavalry collided with the 5th United States Cavalry. Stuart's . . . — — Map (db m15846) HM
On Williamsville Road at Studley Road, on the right when traveling north on Williamsville Road.
Airmail service was initiated by the U.S. Post Office and the Army on 15 May 1918. Because of the danger night flying posed, airway beacons such as Studley were erected along the airmail routes between the East and West Coasts and Georgia and New . . . — — Map (db m22375) HM
On Studley Road (County Route 606) at Buckeye Road, on the left when traveling east on Studley Road.
Confederate cavalry under Gen. Wade Hampton arrived here May 28, 1864, hoping to locate the whereabouts of the Federal army. Hampton’s leading column collided with Gen. David Gregg’s Union cavalry division near the Haw’s Shop crossroads, one mile in . . . — — Map (db m15781) HM
On Studley Road at Buckeye Road, on the left when traveling east on Studley Road.
Here on May 28, 1864 the Confederate cavalry under Major General Fitzhugh Lee in a severe engagement withstood for five hours the Federal advance, thereby allowing the Army of Northern Virginia to take its position beyond the Totopotomoy. Near this . . . — — Map (db m14262) HM
On Rural Point Road (County Route 643) 0.1 miles south of Studley Road (County Route 606), on the right when traveling south.
This intersection was known as Polly Hundley’s Corner during the Civil War. The roads led to Atlee’s Station, the Pamunkey River, Mechanicsville and Hanover Courthouse. A sign here announced that it was only seven miles to Richmond and just two . . . — — Map (db m15757) HM
On River Road, 0.9 miles east of Summer Hill Road, on the left when traveling east.
A once thriving village which in 1761 by a small vote missed being capital of Virginia. Here on May 27, 1864 the Federal army under Lt. General Grant crossed the Pamunkey in its movement from the Wilderness to the James. Here also crossed Sheridan . . . — — Map (db m14263) HM
On Studley Road (Virginia Route 606) at Williamsville Road (Virginia Route 615), on the right when traveling west on Studley Road.
Patrick Henry was born at Studley, just southeast of here, on 29 May 1736. The two-story brick manor house burned in 1807. Henry gained fame as a lawyer in the Parson's Cause case of 1763 by challenging British authority to interfere with laws . . . — — Map (db m170043) HM
On Studley Road (County Route 606) 0.1 miles east of Williamsville Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling east.
After crossing the Pamunkey River, Grant ordered his army to consolidate near this intersection.
While the cavalry fought a ferocious battle west of here at Enon Church on May 28, 1864, Grant’s infantry reconnoitered north toward Hanover Court . . . — — Map (db m15817) HM
On Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) at Studley Road, on the left when traveling east on Mechanicsville Turnpike.
One-quarter mile to the Northwest, at Linney’s, “Jeb” Stuart’s cavalry met and charged the Federals in the raid undertaken June 12-14, 1862, to discover the Federal line of communication. There fell Captain Wm. Latané. — — Map (db m14240) HM
On Studley Road, 0.3 miles south of Locust Green Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Brig. General J.E.B. Stuart, riding with 1800 cavalry from Richmond to Ashland, Old Church, Tunstall, Providence Forge, and Charles City, thereby encircling McClellan's Army, at this point encountered the first Federal resistance. — — Map (db m14270) HM
On Studley Farms Drive (Virginia Route 700) 0.4 miles south of Studley Road (Virginia Route 606), on the left when traveling south.
Only archaeological remnants of Studley survive today, but in the 18th century this was the site of an impressive two-story brick house. Studley was built by John Syme in the 1720s for his wife Sarah Winston. After his death, she married John Henry. . . . — — Map (db m46775) HM
On Studley Road (County Route 606) at Williamsville Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling east on Studley Road.
The community of Studley takes its name from the birthplace of Patrick Henry (1736-1799), orator of the American Revolution and first state governor of Virginia. The Henry family resided at Studley until 1750. The house, which burned in 1807, was a . . . — — Map (db m15831) HM
On Studley Farm Road (Virginia Route 700) 0.4 miles south of Studley Road (Virginia Route 606), on the left when traveling south.
Studley plantation, established ca. 1720, was the home of John Syme, Scottish immigrant and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Syme died ca. 1731 and presumably was buried at Studley. His widow, Sarah Winston Syme, married John Henry and . . . — — Map (db m232666) HM
On River Road (County Route 605) 0.8 miles Summer Hill Road (County Route 644), on the left when traveling east.
On 26 May 1864, following the engagements along the North Anna River, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and two cavalry divisions to move southeastward to secure crossings on the Pamunkey River. The next morning . . . — — Map (db m15754) HM
Near River Road (Virginia Route 605) near Summer Hill Road (Route 644).
Captain Co. F, “Essex Troop,” 9th Va. Cavalry, C.S.A., killed in action June 13, 1862, aged 29.
“A brother bore his body from the field” and “woman's voice.....read over this hallowed dust the ritual for the dead.” — — Map (db m54758) HM
On Washington Highway (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles south of Kings Dominion Boulevard (Virginia Route 30), on the right when traveling north.
A short distance east, at Taylorsville, Lee had his headquarters, May 24–26, 1864, as his army moved southeastward to intervene between Grant and Richmond. There Ewell’s Corps turned to Cold Harbor, May 27, 1864. — — Map (db m10641) HM
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