On Virginia Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Virginia Street. Reported permanently removed.
General Lee ordered all columns of his army from the Richmond and Petersburg trenches to rendezvous at this village on the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Here he hoped to obtain rations before continuing the march to North Carolina to join General . . . — — Map (db m18871) HM
On Virginia Street at Court Street (Virginia Route 38/1007), on the right when traveling north on Virginia Street.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered all of the Army of Northern Virginia's columns retreating west from Richmond and Petersburg to rendezvous at this courthouse village on April 4-5, 1865. Lee hoped that Richmond & Danville Railroad trains . . . — — Map (db m180224) HM
Near Grub Hill Church Road (State Road 609) 0.3 miles south of North Lodore Road, on the right when traveling south.
Born in Middlesex County on November 24, 1754, Joseph Eggleston was brought to Amelia County at the age of four to be raised at the nearby family homestead of "Egglestetton". Private schooling at home led to his entrance into William and Mary . . . — — Map (db m262995) HM WM
Near Pridesville Road (Virginia Route 681) 1.1 miles north of Amelia Avenue ( Route 656), on the left when traveling north.
We dedicate this monument to all courageous men and women who served and died to keep our beautiful flag flying over us. God bless America and all her veterans. — — Map (db m180252) WM
On Grubb Hill Church Road (Virginia Route 609) 0.4 miles north of Ruffin Lane ( Route 716), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Patriot
Father John Bannister Tabb was born in Amelia County in 1845 at “The Forest”, the Tabb family plantation. A member of one of wealthiest families in Virginia, he was carefully schooled by private tutors until the age of 14, when . . . — — Map (db m35959) HM
Near Grub Hill Church Road (Virginia Route 609) 0.4 miles north of Ruffin Lane ( Route 716), on the right when traveling north.
Tabb was born in 1845 at "The Forest" here in Amelia County into one of Virginia's oldest and wealthiest families, and was destined for the life of a gentleman farmer. The American Civil War changed everything for young John. Despite failing . . . — — Map (db m180255) HM
This mortar belonged to the battery cammanded by Captain J.N. Lamkin. On July 30, 1864, at the “Crater”, the battery helped check the Union advance until Mahone came up. Four mortars were captured near Flat Creek in Lee’s Retreat, April . . . — — Map (db m18873) HM
On Goodes Bridge Road (Business U.S. 360) 0.1 miles east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Lee's army, retreating toward Danville, reached this place, April 4-5, 1865, only to find that the supplies ordered here had gone on to Richmond. The famished soldiers were forced to halt to forage. The result was that Lee, when he resumed the march . . . — — Map (db m18874) HM
On Virginia Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on Virginia Street.
Born Mary Virginia Hawes at Dennisville about eight miles south, Harland was a prolific author, producing a syndicated newspaper column for women, many short stories, 25 novels, 25 volumes on domestic life, and 12 books on travel, biography, and . . . — — Map (db m19029) HM
On Virginia Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on Virginia Street. Reported permanently removed.
Amelia County is largely indebted to one woman for bringing formal education and religion to African Americans after the Civil War. In 1865 Mrs. Samantha Jane Neil left her home in Pennsylvania to search for her husband’s body. He had been a . . . — — Map (db m20239) HM
On Virginia Street (Virginia Route 1009) at Church Street ( Route 1003), on the right when traveling south on Virginia Street.
Amelia County is largely indebted to one woman for bringing formal education and religion to African Americans after the Civil War. In 1865 Mrs. Samantha Jane Neil left her home in Pennsylvania to search for her husband's body. He had been a . . . — — Map (db m180249) HM
Near Pridesville Road (Virginia Route 681) 1.1 miles north of Amelia Avenue ( Route 656), on the left when traveling north.
Pvt James Milton Parrish Feb 4 1926 - Feb 19 1945
94th Inf Div 302nd Inf Reg
MIA at Tettingten Germany during the Saar
Basin Battle buried May 12 1949 Portsmouth VA
— — Map (db m180253) WM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) at Grub Hill Church Road ( Route 609), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway.
Rosa Bowser, educator and social reformer, was enslaved at birth at Clay Hill plantation in Amelia County. Educated in Richmond's public schools, she taught school, supervised teachers, and helped form the first African American teachers association . . . — — Map (db m255027) HM
On Otterburn Road (Virginia Route 614) 0.1 miles south of Leidig Street ( Route 634), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Russell Grove Presbyterian Church and the Russell Grove School were established as a result of the efforts of Mrs. Samantha Jane Neil, a Presbyterian missionary and teacher of African-American children after the Civil War. At first the school . . . — — Map (db m28927) HM
On Otterburn Road (Virginia Route 614) 0.1 miles south of Leidig Street ( Route 634), on the right when traveling north.
Russell Grove Presbyterian Church and the Russell Grove School were established as a result of the efforts of Mrs. Samantha Jane Neil, a Presbyterian missionary and teacher of African American children after the Civil War. At first the school . . . — — Map (db m180251) HM
On Washington Street (Virginia Route 1006) 0.1 miles south of Court Street ( Route 38/1007), on the right when traveling south.
In memory of those who served our country in all wars
Lest We Forget
World War I
Rease Booker •
Bennett L. Harris •
George E. Hoover •
Lloyd Majors •
James H. Purcell •
Grover C. Starr •
Samuel Woodson • . . . — — Map (db m180245) WM
On Church Street at Virginia Street, on the left when traveling west on Church Street.
Noted lawyer and statesman William Branch Giles was born 12 Aug. 1762 in Amelia County and educated at Hampden-Sydney College, Princeton, and the College of William and Mary. Giles served Virginia in the United States House of Representatives . . . — — Map (db m19039) HM
On East Sayler's Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) west of South Genito Road ( Route 616), on the right when traveling west.
Through early morning showers on April 6, 1865. Gen. Robert E. Lee's weary men and creaking wagons slogged west toward Farmville and expected rations. They passed through Deatonville, “a cluster of half-a-dozen brick farmhouses,” and . . . — — Map (db m117558) HM
On East Sayler's Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) east of South Genito Road ( Route 616), on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
During this day, the entire Confederate line would march west on the Rice-Deatonville Road toward Farmville. Constantly pressing Lee's rearguard, Union troops would fight a brief action at every turn. These delays would eventually lead to the . . . — — Map (db m293809) HM
On Amelia Springs Road (Virginia Route 642) 0.2 miles south of St. James Road, on the right when traveling north.
Union cavalry under Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr. left Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s column near Jetersville on April 5, 1865, on a reconnaissance mission against the Army of Northern Virginia. Davies swept by here, rode through Paineville, and four Miles . . . — — Map (db m28834) HM
On Amelia Springs Road (Virginia Route 642) 0.2 miles south of St. James Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
A portion of the Union army encountered Lee’s rearguard as the Southerners completed their night march around Grant's troops. This was also the scene of an April 5 engagement as Union cavalry returned from destroying a Confederate wagon train at . . . — — Map (db m293011) HM
On Saylers Creek Road (County Route 617) 0.9 miles west of James Town Road (County Route 618), on the left when traveling west.
This is the Hillsman House, used by the Unionists as a hospital in the engagement of April 6, 1865. From the west side of the creek the Confederates charged and broke through the Union infantry, but were stopped by the batteries along the . . . — — Map (db m8284) HM
Near Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Union forces assembled along this ridge while Confederate troops prepared on the opposite slope. Federal forces crossed Little Sailor’s Creek for a fierce battle which compelled many Southerners to surrender. The house served as a hospital for both . . . — — Map (db m293004) HM
On Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) at James Town Road (County Route 618), on the left when traveling south on Saylers Creek Road. Reported permanently removed.
While passing through this intersection, the Confederate column was attacked by Union cavalry. Consequently, part of Lee’s army, and the main wagon train, turned north onto the Jamestown Road while the main portion continued straight ahead to Rice’s . . . — — Map (db m293010) HM
On Sayler's Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) at James Town Road ( Route 618), on the left when traveling west on Sayler's Creek Road.
Shortly before noon on April 6, 1865, elements of Union Gen. George Crook's cavalry division attacked Confederate Gen. Richard H. Anderson's infantry corps as it marched through this intersection. While most of the Army of Northern Virginia . . . — — Map (db m256599) HM
On Jetersville Road at Amelia Springs Road, on the right when traveling west on Jetersville Road.
Lee found Union cavalry and infantry across his line of retreat at this station on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. Rather than attacking the entrenched Federals, he chose to change direction and begin a night march toward Farmville where . . . — — Map (db m18886) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) west of Mt. Zion Road (County Route 639), on the right when traveling west.
Near here Lee, moving south toward Danville, in the afternoon of April 5, 1865 found the road blocked by Sheridan. He then turned westward by way of Amelia Springs, hoping to reach the Southside (Norfolk and Western) Railroad. — — Map (db m86137) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) west of Mt Zion Road (County Route 639), on the right when traveling west.
After evacuating Petersburg and Richmond on 2-3 Apr. 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia retreated west to Amelia Court House to obtain supplies and then turn south to North Carolina. On 6 Apr., however, when Maj. Gen. Philip H. . . . — — Map (db m155598) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) at Amelia Springs Road (County Route 642), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway.
Sheridan reached here on April 4, 1865 with cavalry and the Fifth Corps, and entrenched. He was thus squarely across Lee's line of retreat to Danville. On April 5, Grant and Meade arrived from the east with the Second Corps and the Sixth Corps. — — Map (db m10217) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) at Amelia Springs Road (Route 642), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway.
From here Union cavalry moved north on April 5, 1865 to ascertain Lee's whereabouts. On the morning of April 6, the Second, Fifth and Sixth corps of Grant's army advanced from Jetersville toward Amelia Courthouse to attack Lee. — — Map (db m86139) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) at Amelia Springs Road (County Route 642), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway.
Three miles north is Amelia Springs, once a noted summer resort. There Lee, checked by Sheridan at Jetersville and forced to detour, spent the night of April 5-6, 1865. — — Map (db m10219) HM
On Holly Farms Road (Route 307) west of Thompson Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Nottoway County. Area 310 Square Miles. Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14. (Reverse) Formed in . . . — — Map (db m10220) HM
On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) 0.3 miles west of Holly Farms Road, on the right when traveling west.
Nottoway County. Area 310 Square Miles. Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14.
Amelia County. . . . — — Map (db m18925) HM
On Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) 0.9 miles west of James Town Road, on the left when traveling west.
The building in front of you was a witness to war, a battlefield hospital, and the birthplace of one of the nation's foremost Black educators.
Built in the 1780s by Moses Overton, the farmhouse was occupied by James Hillsman and his wife, Lucy, . . . — — Map (db m271588) HM
Near Saylers Creek Road (County Route 617) 1 mile west of James Town Road (County Route 618), on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
As night began to fall here on, April 6, 1865, the hard fought battles of Little Sailor's Creek and the crossroads near the Marshall Farm draw to a close. Federal surgeons work by the little natural light that's still available. They are inside . . . — — Map (db m271590) HM
On Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) at James Town Road (County Route 618), on the left when traveling south on Saylers Creek Road.
Erected in memory of W. R. Turner, historian of Blackstone, Virginia, for his work to preserve the historic battlefields and routes of General Robert E. Lee’s retreat Centennial Year 1961 Piedmont Area Explorer Scouts B.S.A. Erected by . . . — — Map (db m239932) HM
On Namozine Road (Virginia Route 708) at Mill Quarter Road ( Route 622), on the left when traveling north on Namozine Road.
Here Custer, commanding advance guard of an Army of the Potomac, struck and drove back Fitz Lee, left flank guard of Army of Northern Virginia, April 3, 1865. — — Map (db m6156) HM
On Mill Quarter Road (County Route 622) at Namozine Road (Route 708), on the left when traveling north on Mill Quarter Road.
When Gen. Robert E. Lee evacuated the Army of Northern Virginia from Petersburg and Richmond on April 2-3, 1865, he ordered the army’s wings to unite at Amelia Court House, where trains would meet them with food and other supplies. The army would . . . — — Map (db m6049) HM
On Mill Quarter Road (County Route 622) at Namozine Road (County Route 708), on the left when traveling north on Mill Quarter Road.
April 3, 1865 As Lee's men continued their morning march toward Ameila Court House, cavalries skirmished around this church. Forced to withdraw, the armies continued a running battle that ended near Deep Creek. Namozine Church also served as a . . . — — Map (db m6071) HM
Near Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) 0.6 miles north of Scuffletown Road ( Route 620), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
"The men pressed forward, holding their fire with wonderful self control till they were in plain site of the enemy almost face to face."
As the Federal troops realigned themselves after the creek crossing, and because of the shorter . . . — — Map (db m293006) HM
On Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) 0.2 miles north of Scuffletown Road ( Route 620), on the left when traveling south.
(Front)
Battles of Sailors Creek
April 6, 1865
"My God! Has the army been dissolved?"
General R. E. Lee
Hillsman's Farm
US 442 CS 3.400
Marshall's Crossroads
US 172 CS 2,600
Lockett's Farm (Double Bridges)
US 536 . . . — — Map (db m271592) HM WM
Near Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) 0.6 miles north of Scuffletown Road ( Route 620), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
"We found a stream of muddy water a dozen feet wide..."
“The colonel’s clear voice sounded ‘ATTENTION’....Descending the hill; ‘Prepare to cross a marsh!’ was passed along the line....Three or four minutes later we found ourselves . . . — — Map (db m293005) HM
Near Sayler's Creek Road 1 mile west of James Town Road, on the left when traveling west.
During the early evening hours of April 6, 1865, General Frank Wheaton's First Division of the Union VI Corps (Army of the Potomac) quickly formed into lines of battle. Making up the left flank of the Federal's assault on General Richard Ewell's . . . — — Map (db m293885) HM
Near Sayler's Creek Road 1 mile west of James Town Road, on the left when traveling west.
The events that unfolded here on April 6, 1865 were influenced by a landscape that was millions of years in the marking. The park is in the Piedmont geologic province. Geologists working in state and federal agencies started mapping this region in . . . — — Map (db m293887) HM
Near Sayler's Creek Road 1 mile west of James Town Road, on the left when traveling west.
On April 6, 1865, the fighting in Amelia County continued along the line of march heading west toward Farmville. Days of rain had swollen the streams in the path of the armies and turned dirt roads into quagmires, making travel through the area . . . — — Map (db m293884) HM
Near Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) 0.6 miles north of Scuffletown Road ( Route 620), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
"There goes a chivalrous fellow. Let's give him three cheers."
Near this site were positioned Confederate forces commanded by General Joseph B. Kershaw. They were mainly from Mississippi and Georgia and were slightly dug in behind . . . — — Map (db m293007) HM
Near Saylers Creek Road (Virginia Route 617) 0.6 miles north of Scuffletown Road ( Route 620), on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The 18th Georgia Battalion, acting as a heavy artillery unit, was originally formed in 1802 and served at the coastal defenses around Charleston, South Carolina. Moved to Virginia in May of 1864, it guarded the Richmond & Danville Railroad Bridge . . . — — Map (db m293009) HM
On Hull Street Road 1.6 miles west of Sappony Road, on the right when traveling west.
Amelia County. Area 371 Square Miles. Formed in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick, and named for Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia 1827-30, lived in this county. . . . — — Map (db m18924) HM
