Appomattox Campaign (Sutherland Station)

At Sutherland Station, on 2 Apr. 1865, the Confederates made a last attempt to maintain control of the South Side Railroad. Confederate Maj. Gen. Henry Heth organized the defense before returning to the main line in Petersburg. Brig. Gen. John ...

The State of Maryland

[Front/East Side of Marker]:

The State of Maryland

In honored recognition of the historic valor

of her sons who in Blue and Gray, nobly

sustained the martial glory of their

fathers in the military operations around

Chattanooga in the war for the union.

1861 - 1865

The proud ...

Sutherland Station

Lee's Retreat

Confederate troops formed a battle line along Cox Road to protect the South Side Railroad, but were overwhelmed after three attacks. This engagement enabled Grant’s forces to sever Lee’s last supply line, causing him to abandon Petersburg that night.

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The Van Cortlandtville School

Circa 1772

was listed on the

New York State Register

of Historic Places

on March 3, 1989

and listed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

on April 7, 1989

Van Cortlandtville Historical Society

2004

Marker can be reached from Locust Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Sutherland

The Battle of Sutherland

April 2, 1865

Dedicated in sacred memory to those valiant Confederates who remained steadfast to the end, and who gave their last full measure of devotion in defense of their homeland. Here the Confederates, under the Generals Wilcox ...

The History of Poland

Poland was first known as Fowler's Place after Jonathan Fowler and his family who were the first permanent settlers on the banks of Yellow Creek. For years after the Revolutionary War, all over the new United States, there was a ...

The Landing: Gateway to the World

The narrow strip of beach between the cliffs was Stratford’s main gateway to the outside world. By 1743, Thomas Lee had built a wharf at “Lee’s Landing.” Over the next two decades the Lees owned or held interest in several ...

Land Ordinance of 1785 / The Seven Ranges

Side A:Land Ordinance of 1785In April 1784, the Continental Congress adopted the Report of Government for the Western Territory, a broad plan drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson for organizing the United States' new western lands that were ceded by the ...

The Shrinking Island

Glaciers, storms, tides and winds are constantly creating and destroying islands and shorelines throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. According to Maryland settler and Jesuit missionary Father Andrew White, St. Clement's Island was 400 acres in 1634. Today, the island, measured ...

Wythe County / Bland County

Area 479 Square Miles / Area 360 Square Miles

Wythe County. Formed in 1789 from Montgomery, and named for George Wythe, signer of the Declaration of Independence. New River flows through this county.

Bland County. Formed in 1861 from Wythe, Tazewell and ...