In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling . . . — — Map (db m31004) HM
Union cavalrymen swarmed over this ground on the afternoon of June 25, 1864, as mounted soldiers advanced on the wagon road that ran behind you and Union Gen. James Wilson established his headquarters in front of you at "Mulberry Hill," the wartime . . . — — Map (db m286157) HM