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Lynchburg Defenses

Amherst County · 1 mile north of Lynchburg. · location approximate

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Half a mile southeast, on Madison Heights, are two large earthworks forming part of the Confederate defense system, 1861-65.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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