Historical Markers in Burgess, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Burgess, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — S-63 — Battle of Hatcher’s Run — 5-7 February 1865 —

On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.

Hoping to cut Lee’s supply route into Petersburg, in February 1865 Grant ordered two army corps led by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Andrew A. Humphreys to seize the Boydton Plank Road. The Confederate corps commanded by Maj. Gen. John B. . . . — — Map (db m6486) HM

2 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — Brigadier General John Pegram —

On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.

Near this site Brigadier General John Pegram was killed in the Battle of Hatcher's Run on February 6, 1865 — — Map (db m6490) HM

3 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — The Battle of Hatcher’s Run — Fighting Around Dabney’s Sawmill, February 6-7, 1865 —

On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.

On February 6, the Union forces pressed onward towards the South Side Railroad. Around 1 p.m., Major General Gouverneur K. Warren’s Fifth Corps sent out two divisions under the leadership of Major General Samuel Crawford and Major General Romeyn . . . — — Map (db m6504) HM

4 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Burgess — The Battle of Hatcher’s Run — To Cut the Remaining Supply Lines, February 5-7, 1865 —

On Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.

By early 1865 the Federal army’s two remaining objectives along the Petersburg front were the Boydton Plank Road, an intermediate wagon supply route into the city, and the South Side Railroad, a major transportation artery from Lynchburg and the . . . — — Map (db m180606) HM

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