Dinwiddie Courthouse

Dinwiddie Courthouse is a Virginia historical marker in Dinwiddie County, dedicated 1965.

Rte. 1, at Dinwiddie, about 450 feet south of Sycamore Drive

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Sheridan advanced to this place on March 29, 1865, while Warren was attacking Anderson about three miles north. On March 31 Sheridan moved south but was checked by Pickett and driven back to the courthouse. That night Pickett withdrew to Five Forks.

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Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1867 · Petersburg and Five Forks (N. Michler, U.S. Engineers, 1867) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Central Virginia; Dinwiddie C.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Middle Virginia and North Carolina, 1864, covering the location of Dinwiddie Courthouse, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Middle Virginia and North Carolina, 1864, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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