Inner Defenses 1864

Lynchburg County · dedicated 1941 · Rivermont Avenue, just north of Byrd Street

A line of shallow entrenchments extended from near this point along the crest of the hill to the east. These works were occupied by the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, who had marched here with General Breckinridge after the Institute at Lexington was burned by General Hunter.

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