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Our Confederate Soldiers
“The principles for which they fought live eternally.”
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List of companies organized in
and sent out from Sussex County:
Co.A, 41st Va. Reg’t, Infantry,
“Sussex Sharp . . . — — Map (db m39792) HM
Near Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 735) at Thornton Square.
Begun 1825
Completed 1828
Built by Dabney Cosby
master brickmason under Thomas Jefferson
in the construction of the University of Virginia
Declared a National Historic
Landmark 1973-Exterior restored
by the Board of Supervisors . . . — — Map (db m39790) HM
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Dedicated to the memory of
Sussex County citizens
who gave their lives in
service to their country
1917 – 1958
World War I
William F. Chappell
John J. Ellis
George R. Evans
Richmond W. Holloway . . . — — Map (db m39791) WM
On Jerusalem Plank Road (Virginia Route 35) 0.1 miles south of Courthouse Road, on the right when traveling south.
One mile southwest, on September 16, 1864, General Wade Hampton's Confederate Cavalry herded about 2500 head of captured cattle across the Nottoway River, while two miles northwest, at Belsches' Mill, Federal troops sent to recapture the cattle were . . . — — Map (db m18156) HM