Goode's Bridge

Chesterfield County · dedicated 1929 · Rte. 360, just east of Chesterfield/Amelia County line

Here Anthony Wayne took station in July, 1781, to prevent the British from moving southward. Here, April 3, 1865, Longstreet's, Hill's and Gordon's corps of Lee's army, retreating from Petersburg toward Danville, crossed the river.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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