Historical Markers and War Memorials in Prince George, Virginia
Prince George is the county seat for Prince George County
Prince George is in Prince George County
Prince George County(60) ► ADJACENT TO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY Charles City County(76) ► Chesterfield County(231) ► Dinwiddie County(163) ► Hopewell(65) ► Petersburg(156) ► Surry County(36) ► Sussex County(25) ►
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Near Petersburg Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.
"The campaign became quite scientific, so that after the first few weeks, we learned to tell by the sound the nature of every missile that passed over us, and knew which ones to dodge. The mortar shells had the most terror for us. The ordinary . . . — — Map (db m14602) HM
On Ruffin Road at Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling north on Ruffin Road.
Bailey's Creek is named for Temperance Bailey (ca. 1617-ca. 1652), the daughter of Cicely Bailey and her first husband, whose name is unknown. When he died before Sept. 1620, Temperance inherited 200 acres of land near here at the age of three. Her . . . — — Map (db m17731) HM
Near Petersburg Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1862 – two years before the first Federals appeared at the city’s gates – Confederate Captain Charles Dimmock oversaw the construction of a ten-mile line of defensive works ringing Petersburg. In front of you is Battery 5 one of the largest of . . . — — Map (db m180822) HM
On Petersburg Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.
On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine months of siege. This 0.6-mile trail will take you through Battery 5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured by . . . — — Map (db m14601) HM
On Courthouse Road at Administration Drive, on the left when traveling north on Courthouse Road.
Lord Cornwallis, going toward the James in pursuit of Lafayette, passed here, May 24, 1781. A part of Grant's army passed here on the way to Petersburg, June, 1864. The place was occupied by Union troops in 1864-65. — — Map (db m17732) HM
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 106) 0.1 miles west of Administration Drive, on the right when traveling west.
To those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the services of their country in World Wars I and II from Prince George County, Virginia
World War I
White
Timothy B. Gogle • Roy Ellis • Harvey F. D. Tatum
Colored
James Wooden . . . — — Map (db m149577) WM
On Petersburg Tour Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
Buried with his parents are Josiah Jordan, his wife, Mary and four of their children - Watson, 10 months, Laura, 3 years, Charles, 4 months, and Lemuel, 24 years. This land was Josiah's farm at the time of the siege. — — Map (db m185654) HM
On Ruffin Road at Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling north on Ruffin Road.
Weyanoke Indians, part of the Powhatan Chiefdom, occupied Jordan's Point, around two miles north on the James River, when English colonists arrived in 1607. There, about 1620, Samuel Jordan settled; the place was called Jordan's Journey. By 1625, . . . — — Map (db m17733) HM
Near Petersburg Tour Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
“At that hour, Petersburg was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it.” - Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, CSA Confederate Commander, June 15, 1864 “Deeming that I held important points of the enemy’s line of . . . — — Map (db m185663) HM
Near Petersburg Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.
At 7 p.m. on June 15, 1864, the boom of Union cannons to the east foreshadowed a Union attack on the Dimmock Line. Minutes later, soldiers of the Union Eighteenth Corps broke through the undermanned Confederate line and swarmed over the works . . . — — Map (db m185664) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 106) 0.1 miles west of Administration Drive, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in military service to their country from Prince George County
Korea
Andrew G. Book • Larry Kennedy • Thomas W. King • John D. Meikle • Willie L. Moore • William E. O'Berry • Robert . . . — — Map (db m149579) WM
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 106), on the right when traveling west.
After crossing the James River, Gen. Gouverneur Warren’s Fifth Corps and Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Ninth Corps were ordered to move toward Petersburg. One of two primary routes of advance, Prince George Court House Road (Road 106) was used by more . . . — — Map (db m3897) HM
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 106), on the right when traveling west.
In June 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant began to confine Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia within the Richmond and Petersburg defenses. The South Side R.R., connecting Petersburg and Lynchburg, and the Richmond and Danville R.R. supplied Lee’s . . . — — Map (db m14771) HM
On Ruffin Road (Virginia Route 106) at Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling east on Ruffin Road.
As the summer of 1864 ended with Union Gen. U.S. Grant’s army still laying siege to Petersburg, Southern sources learned of a large herd of cattle being held at nearby Coggin’s Point on the James River. The cattle were grazing at “Beechwood,” the . . . — — Map (db m14773) HM
On Old Stage Road at Heritage Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Stage Road.
Just to the north of the road here, at old Sycamore Church, Wade Hampton, coming from the south, attacked the Union cavalry guarding Grant's beef cattle, September 16, 1864. The Unionists were overpowered; Hampton, rounding up 2,500 beeves, . . . — — Map (db m17734) HM
In 1864, the Union Army’s plan was to press relentlessly and destroy Lee’s Army. On May 4, Grant crossed the Rapidan and started south. Unable to accomplish his objective at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, he nevertheless succeeded in . . . — — Map (db m100716) HM
On Petersburg Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.
Before you is the foundation of "Clermont," the center of a 525-acre plantation where Josiah Jordan III's family lived before the siege. Behind you and to your left were the quarters of twenty-two enslaved Black men, women, and children who lived . . . — — Map (db m185652) HM
Near Siege Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
“Every tree, stump, and fence has disappeared… What was once verdant is now a wasteland of dust and dirt.” - John Haley, 17th Maine Infantry January 26, 1865 The gentle depression in front of you is the only vestige of the Josiah Jordan . . . — — Map (db m185653) HM
Near Courts Drive just north of Laurel Spring Road, on the right when traveling north.
A grateful
Prince George
remembers it's
World War II Veterans
This tree planted
Nov. 11, 1995
by WW II Commemorative Committee
A remembrance by
Parkers Grocery — — Map (db m149570) WM