101 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove East — The Cuffeytown Thirteen — Patriot Heroes —

On Long Ridge Road at Cuffee Road, on the left when traveling north on Long Ridge Road.

Thirteen African American veterans of the Civil War are interred nearby at the Cuffeytown Historic Cemetery. They served in the 5th, 10th, and 36th United States Colored Troops infantry regiments organized in 1863 and 1864, after the Emancipation . . . — — Map (db m48917) HM

102 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — 17 — Early Education in Dinwiddie County — Dinwiddie, Virginia — Dinwiddie County

Near Sycamore Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1). Reported permanently removed.

Prior to the Civil War, Dinwiddie County was home to several private academies for those who could afford to pay for their education. While it was mostly affluent males who were educated, Pegram’s Academy, Female Academy, Girard Heartwell . . . — — Map (db m26834) HM

103 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — DN3 — Early Education in Dinwiddie County — Dinwiddie, Virginia — Dinwiddie County —

On Sycamore Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling south on Sycamore Drive.

Prior to the Civil War, Dinwiddie County was home to several private academies for those who could afford to pay for their education. While it was mostly affluent males who were educated, Pegram's Academy, Female Academy, Girard Heartwell's . . . — — Map (db m180010) HM

104 ► Virginia, Dinwiddie County, Dinwiddie — DN4 — Southside High School — Dinwiddie, Virginia — Dinwiddie County —

On Eastview Drive at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west on Eastview Drive.

Dinwiddie's Southside High School was started in 1908 as Dinwiddie Normal and Industrial School and was owned by the operated by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church. The only school in the area for African Americans for several . . . — — Map (db m180012) HM

105 ► Virginia, Petersburg — African-Americans in Petersburg —

On East Old Street at Rock Street, on the right when traveling east on East Old Street.

The Petersburg area has an extraordinarily rich African-American heritage. In 1625, most of the Africans in Virginia were servants at Flowerdew Hundred, nearby in Prince George County. In the 18th century, tens of thousands of newly enslaved . . . — — Map (db m57366) HM

106 ► Virginia, Petersburg — Architectural Heritage —

On East Old Street at Rock Street, on the right when traveling east on East Old Street.

Petersburg’s architectural heritage has a long and rich history, reflecting centuries of occupation by Native Americans and over 300 years of European settlement. Beginning as a frontier trading post with the Virginia Indians, Fort Henry was . . . — — Map (db m175053) HM

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