Where Hill Fell

Where Hill Fell is a Virginia historical marker in Dinwiddie County, dedicated 1929.

Rte. 1, about 250 feet south of Rte/ 630

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In the field a short distance north of this road, the Confederate General A. P. Hill was killed, April 2, 1865. Hill, not knowing that Lee's lines had been broken, rode into a party of Union soldiers advancing on Petersburg.

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Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Petersburg (N. Michler, U.S. Engineers, Nov. 2, 1864) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1867 · Petersburg and Five Forks (N. Michler, U.S. Engineers, 1867) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1894 · Petersburg, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches, 1865, covering the location of Where Hill Fell, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches, 1865, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Where Hill Fell

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