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Stop 7: Hampton's Wagon's Captured / Rosser's Charge / Custer's First Last Stand

Nearby stood Trevilian Station, south of which Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton had parked his wagon train on the evening of June 10, 1864. At daylight the next…

Stop 4: First Shots Fired at Bibb's Crossroads

A 9,300-man Union cavalry force under Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, on a raid to destroy parts of the Virginia Central Railroad, camped a few miles east on June 10, 1864. The next morning, Gen.…

Stop 5: Poindexter House / Hart's Battery / Hampton's Charge

After the Battle of Trevilian Station began nearby on June 11, 1864, the fighting along the Fredericksburg Stage Road grew serious and bloody. Constrained by heavy woods, the…

After breaking off the fighting of June 11, 1864, Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's cavalry division withdrew to a position near here. Gen. Matthew C. Butler's South Carolinians spent the next morning preparing a stout defensive position along the bed…

After riding across Virginia for three days on a raid to destroy parts of the Virginia Central Railroad, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s 9,300 cavalrymen and horse artillerists crossed the North Anna River at Carpenter’s Ford about two miles north,…

Having reached Louisa Court House on June 10, 1864, Gen. Wade Hampton's cavalry divisions bivouacked around the Virginia Central Railroad and across Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's route to Gordonsville. About 3 A.M. on June 11, Gen. Williams C.…

This photo from the album of the Danne family, who lived in the home on the battlefield near the depot, shows a train passing through around 1900

This courthouse was constructed about 1818 and is the one which was standing during the Civil War when Union troops came into Louisa County with the intent of destroying and disrupting Confederate support along the Central Virginia Railroad.

Mrs. Netherland around 1900 on the front porch of the original Netherland Tavern, which faced the gravel road which runs parallel to the tracks beside the barn. If you look carefully along the gravel road, you will see the original foundation stones…

Further investigating women’s voting rights in Louisa County, poll books indicate that many types of women registered to vote for the 1920 election. Besides observing different occupations, ages, and locations, varying races played a role in early…

Women fought for their right to vote for much of the early 20th century. Platforms and vocal petitions attempted to persuade the American population, as well as Congress, to extend Constitutional rights to include females. The Women's Suffrage…

The 1863 Confederate Engineers maps are available as full downloads from the Library of Congress.  The following links are overlays of these maps on modern imagery.  The historic maps have been geo-referenced using known locations of streams,…

Although not a certified copy, these images are photocopies of the handwritten records in the Louisa County Clerk of Court's office. They are especially helpful to for the information they contain about the parents of the bride and groom for newly…

1, William, Jackson, Jennie, Tate, 24, 22
2, Luther, Quarles, Frances, Bickley, 22, 16
3, Frederick, Turner, Maria, Mansfield, 21, 20
4, Guy, Hart, Mildred, Harris, 22, 20
5, Ro, Harris, Kenya, Cosby, 35, 18
6, Albert, Lewis, Louisa, Ward 24,…