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Lee's Retreat J 618 LYNCHBURG A HIGH BRIDGE TRAIL SAILOR’S CREEK PETERSBURG 95 M Surrender of Gen. Ewell’s Corps at 1 E 636 STATE PARK BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK 301 Packet Boat S 29 Sailor’s Creek, by Alfred R. Waud. Holt’s 501 501 Marshall R Corner Business I 617 36 Petersburg R V IV E To Culpeper ER R ST. National M R RIVE . O Hillsman House South Side Station N Battlefield T BANK ST R 36 D . Point of OLD ST Honor Old Court House Cumberland Petersburg Blandford J Campbell’s Church Museum Civil War JA Monument Visitor Center Church M A Bridge The Confederate E ST. Lynchburg ST M O E S ASHINGTON C Cemetery W Ewell’s L R W RAT N it ER t I 522 . R RD High l 1 D . Surrender e V WYTHE ST . 657 R 460 S First Battle E YC 501 Fort McCausland S Bridge620 A of Petersburg a 29 Civil War Hospitals Lee’s Last M Business i O 45 Marshall’s l R o E S Bivouac . AM R r GRAH D. 221 Crossroads ’ T s RD . AX C 460 Spring Hill Cemetery D. R r Fort Early e 288 ER 711 HALIF 128 RIV e 29 k Lee’s Retreat Driving Route 460 POWHATAN 301 95 Business 460 56 Business Huguenot BA Buckingham YLOR’S LANE Wilson-Kautz Raid Driving Route Sandusky 29 600 617 620 Springs Business Court House Powhatan 85 R FARMVILLE15 Court House Alternate Wilson-Kautz Raid Driving Route 501 I V E To Lexington R S Lee’s Retreat Site E 629 Quaker 45 60 460 M 60 60 Meeting D Wilson-Kautz Raid Site 460 A . ULEVAR D S. BO House Cumberland R Fort Davis J Petersburg Court House O X SE T N Other Civil War Trails Site 60 R E Defenses . rk F a RD 29 X T I V E Fort Hayes K eld P O E R To Richmond D T A FLAN R tional Battlefi State or National Park 24 I M Ewell Crosses Na 24 T V E R O To BUCKINGHAM A P the Appomattox Information M A P CUMBERLANDO P New Store 15 P APPOMATTOX A With its many historic sites 45 RR ) and battlefields, the City e l l of Petersburg today is a LYNCHBURG 636 Clifton i v perfect place to begin your Lee’ n 603 AMELIA a adventure through the 24 Rear Guard D Old City Cemetery, American Civil War final days of the Civil War. Mueu Aoatto & Lynchburg Appomattox Court House d o n Robertson National Historical Park 636 616 c h m 360 House Fight R i 460 ( Cumberland Lockett Deatonville APPOMATTOX 600 Amelia Amelia 460 Church High House Battle of 617 Springs Court House 657 Bridge 618 617 Grant’s Headquarters 24 Appomattox at City Point/PNB Station (Roanoke, 50 miles) CAMPBELL Double Holt’s Corner 38 460 460 642 153 156 Business 619 Bridges Battle of Ellerslie 10 Hillsman House 156 671 Swift Creek Fort S i d e R R ) Marall’s Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Clifton u t h FARMVILLE Jetersville HOPEWELL S o Crossroads Historical State Park A Dunlop 460 ( P 623 Station 10 460 307 P Violet 36 156 Cavalry Battle O Rie’s Depot M Bank at High Bridge A South Side 630 Rice T T Station Prince George 460 360 O I V E R 153 Namozine 708 X R Petersburg Court House Church National Sutherland 460 Battlefield 616 ) R Station 295 PRINCE EDWARD R e BURKEVILLE i d PETERSBURG 29 NOTTOWAY S Sutherland PRINCE o u t h Ford’s ( S Pamplin Park Depot 604 Burkeville Crewe 460 Civil War Site GEORGE Junction 613 47 15 D Saint Nottoway R 622 X ALTAVISTA A Mark’s Court House F 460 360 I 156 Five Forks 627 L Store A Unit/PNB H 301 Avoca Museum 669 607 723 606 460 605 CHARLOTTE 625 Battle of “Victory or Death, The Last Stand of the Savannah Vol. Guard at Nottoway Dinwiddie Ream’ 622 460 DINWIDDIE Meherrin 49 Business Court House E the Battle of Sailor’s Creek, VA., April 6, 1865” by Keith Rocco. 660 Station K I Station P DANVILLE N 40 R 40 703 670 U T k BLACKSTONE Blak’s and IN e 15 L e Business K r 501 ite’s Station N R ) A C R D A N R l l e 626 ) F l Charlotte R a l v i 85 609 40 KEYSVILLE R I F a n Court House V D 1 Stony Creek R 95 35 E & Bridge n R R O o n d D A 59 o OA d m R N l (Suffolk, 30 miles) h AX 619 IF e C L O R i c A 619 A H 40 W G R K 40 H ( VICTORIA 626 ( E Drakes T A E Prison D 40 E T O W E Fortifications Branch O T A Y R S N T T R S . I Town of IN N T O A ( U N 40 V M Railroad 501 S T A ) 46 E Stony Creek Station29 KENBRIDGE R 40 R 40 637 635 Cemeteries I 15 Lunenburg 637 D V 360 St on’s SALISBURY ROA E R 612 Court House 138 Sappony Sutherlin Church BRUNSWICK 40 Carrinton’s 47 Church Mansion Sussex 641 Mill (Saxe) 655 137 Danieltown 681 Court House d m on t Mulberry Hill ( P i e R R ) Staunton River 49 712 Battlefield Roanoke Station LUNENBURG State Park 46 613 619 HALIFAX 607 M E H E R Smoky Double Wylliesburgh R St on’s Church Ordinary Bridges I N (original site) 607 635 608 607 R and Cemetery 634 608 SUSSEX I CHATHAM 609 V Mt. Horeb Church E R Skirmish 138 92 712 Looking much the way it did in 1865, this Bilhartz, Hall & Co. 634 YANCEYVILLE ROAD Christiansville 47 ) 46 619 rural part of Virginia is rich in scenic and 360 R 660 92 1 natural resources. As seen in this Edward R CHASE Beyer lithograph of High Bridge in Prince e 58 l CITY l Edward County, the Appomattox River i 15 95 Halifax v Lawrenceville 360 n 92 47 continues to be a strong link to the region. 360 Court House a D SOUTH 29 This 1880’s etching shows the Danville Prison & HILL d n 344 49 much unchanged from its construction in 1855. SOUTH o m BOSTON h EMPORIA i c South Boston- R MECKLENBURG ( 1 58 Halifax County 58 Village View Manor PITTSYLVANIA Museum (Hicksford Raid) 58 Boyd 360 Tavern 58 BOYDTON 41 STAUNTON RIVER 85 BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK 501 GREEN SVILLE R Mulberry 1 E CLARKSVILLE 58 Hill This communion set V 360 58 DANVILLE I was stolen by the N R 607 D A S raiders from St. 265 T 641 15 A 49 John’s Church and 58 746 360 U recovered days later 301 N Roanoke at Ream’s Station. 86 T 29 600 O Station N R Staunton River I Battlefield V State Park E NORTH CAROLINA R H LEE’S RETREAT SITES H H Deatonville – Constantly pressing the Confederate H Cavalry Battle at High Bridge – About 900 Union by Union army corps under the direction of Generals WILSON-KAUTZ RAID SITES Burkeville Junction – This junction of the South Side Wylliesburgh – Site of the expedition’s first pause OTHER CIVIL WAR SITES Danville Railroad Station – Richmond & Danville line of march, Union troops fought a brief action here troops were sent on a mission to burn this South Side Humphreys and Wright. Railroad and Richmond & Danville Railroad was a key following the Battle of Staunton River Bridge. From this Railroad terminus. Road used as supply route H South Side Railroad Station – This railroad on the way to Farmville. Railroad structure over the Appomattox River. In the Prince George Court House – U.S. Generals Wilson objective of the Wilson-Kautz Raid. point on, the Federal raiders were in a race to safety. City Point/Hopewell – At the confluence of the and later as an escape route for the Confederate was General Robert E. Lee’s last supply line coming H Lee’s Rear Guard – Longstreet built breastworks here and Kautz departed nearby for their 300-mile cavalry James and Appomattox rivers, the Union army was H Holt’s Corner – At this road junction, part of Lee’s engagement that followed, most were captured, and to protect the rear of Lee’s army, most of which was four Meherrin Station – Wilson, entrenched at Nottoway Christiansville – Fatigued and disorganized government. into Petersburg. When it was cut, Lee was forced to their mission was a failure. raid to destroy railroads in Southside Virginia. supplied from here via railroad and wagon. Grant’s withdraw from the Richmond-Petersburg front. army turned north while the main portion continued 92 miles south at Appomattox Court House. Court House, received word of Kautz’s success in following the rout at Staunton River Bridge, parties headquarters cabin remains here. Prison No. 6/Danville – Only survivor of tobacco ahead to the crossing of Little Sailor’s Creek. H Farmville – This tobacco town of 1,500 in 1865 saw Ream’s Station – Station burned by Wilson-Kautz destroying Burkeville Junction. Both Union columns of Federals took farm animals and personal property warehouses converted into prisons during the war. H Battle of Appomattox Station608 – In the evening, H Pamplin Park Civil War Site – Here the Union’s both armies march through it.
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