On Cox Road (U.S. 460) at Namozine Road (Virginia Route 708) when traveling west on Cox Road.
At Sutherland Station, on 2 Apr. 1865, the Confederates made a last attempt to maintain control of the South Side Railroad. Confederate Maj. Gen. Henry Heth organized the defense before returning to the main line in Petersburg. Brig. Gen. John R. . . . — — Map (db m6155) HM
On Namozine Road (Virginia Route 708) at Cox Road (U.S. 460) when traveling north on Namozine Road.
Dedicated in sacred memory to those valiant Confederates who remained steadfast to the end, and who gave their last full measure of devotion in defense of their homeland. Here the Confederates, under the Generals Wilcox and Heth, made a gallant . . . — — Map (db m180078) HM WM
On Cox Road (U.S. 460) 0.7 miles east of County Road F-804, on the right when traveling east.
John Banister, Revolutionary leader, is buried one mile to the south. A tobacco planter and entrepreneur, Banister operated sawmills and flour mills near Petersburg. He lived at Battersea, an architecturally distinguished house about 10 miles east . . . — — Map (db m180072) HM
On Cox Road (U.S. 460) 0.8 miles east of Tranquility Lane, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
One mile to the south is the site of Hatcher's Run Plantation and the grave site of Col. John Banister (D. 1787), first mayor of Petersburg and prosperous entrepreneur. Banister represented Dinwiddie County in the House of Burgesses (1765-1775) and . . . — — Map (db m19007) HM
On Cox Road (U.S. 460) 0.5 miles east of Namozine Road ( Route 708), on the right when traveling west.
On the morning of 2 Apr. 1865, Union forces arrived here by way of Clairborne Road and found Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s Confederate division entrenched on Cox Road. During the day, Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles’s division made three distinct assaults . . . — — Map (db m265848) HM
On Namozine Road (Virginia Route 708) at Cox Road (U.S. 460), on the left when traveling north on Namozine Road. Reported permanently removed.
Built in 1803 by Fendall Chiles Sutherland (1770-1833) and Elizabeth Traylor Sutherland (1785-1864), the Sutherland homestead also served as a stagecoach stop, inn, and tavern. The first post office in southside Virginia was established here in . . . — — Map (db m290184) HM
On Rocky Branch Road (Virginia Route 636) 0.3 miles south of New Cox Road (U.S. 460), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
In 1911 a group of Dinwiddie County’s African-American residents established the Rocky Branch School in Sutherland. The school was a typical two-room schoolhouse. It had been moved from original location across from Ocran Methodist Church on . . . — — Map (db m26833) HM
On Rocky Branch Road (Virginia Route 636) 0.3 miles south of Cox Road (U.S. 460), on the left when traveling south.
In 1911 a group of Dinwiddie County's African American residents established the Rocky Branch School in Sutherland. The school was a typical two-room schoolhouse. It had been moved from its original location across the Ocran Methodist Church . . . — — Map (db m180077) HM
On Namozine Road (Virginia Route 708) at Cox Road (U.S. 460), on the left on Namozine Road.
The Union attack that broke the back of the Confederate defense of Petersburg and forced Gen. Robert E. Lee to evacuate the Army of Northern Virginia from the city happened here April 2, 1865. You are standing at the end of the Confederate right . . . — — Map (db m155211) HM
On Namozine Road (U.S. 708) at Cox Road (U.S. 460), on the left when traveling north on Namozine Road.
Confederate troops formed a battle line along Cox Road to protect the South Side Railroad, but were overwhelmed after three attacks. This engagement enabled Grant’s forces to sever Lee’s last supply line, causing him to abandon Petersburg that . . . — — Map (db m6074) HM
On White Oak Road at Clairborne Road, on the right when traveling west on White Oak Road.
Union forces belonging to the V Corps, under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, sought to seize the White Oak Road and sever the Confederate line of communication with Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett’s detachment near Five Forks, four miles west. From here . . . — — Map (db m289323) HM
