Siege of Suffolk

Suffolk County · dedicated 1965 · Rte. 460, 0.3 miles south of Edgewood Ave.

The town was occupied by Union Troops from May, 1862, until the end of the Civil War. Confederate forces under Longstreet unsuccessfully besieged Suffolk, from April 11, to May 3, 1863, when they withdrew across the James on Lee's orders.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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