On Rivermont Avenue at Fitzhugh Place, on the right when traveling east on Rivermont Avenue.
A line of shallow entrenchments extended from near this point along the crest of the hill to the east. These works were occupied by the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, who had marched here with General Breckinridge after the Institute at . . . — — Map (db m54450) HM
On Norwood Street at A Street, on the right when traveling north on Norwood Street.
Col. Robert Owen, president of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, owned Point of Honor during the war. This railroad, one of three that served Lynchburg, transported thousands of Confederate troops as well as wounded, supplies, prisoners of war, . . . — — Map (db m54373) HM
On Rivermont Avenue at Victoria Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Rivermont Avenue.
Point of Honor stands half a mile to the northeast. Built for Dr. George Cabell Sr. in 1815, this refined Federal-style house is stylistically linked to dwellings in Richmond such as the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House. According to local tradition, duels . . . — — Map (db m86230) HM
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