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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
