Dahlgren's Raid

Dahlgren's Raid is a Virginia historical marker in Goochland County, dedicated 1931.

Rte. 6, at intersection with Rte. 642

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Here Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, Union cavalryman, coming from the north, turned east. Dahlgren, who acted in concert with Kilpatrick, left Stevensburg, Culpeper County, on February 28, 1864, and moved toward the James River, tearing up the Virginia Central Railroad near Frederick's Hall. He went on toward Richmond, burning mills and barns.

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1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Seat of war in Virginia (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1864 · Central Virginia showing Lieut. Gen'l. U.S. Grant's Campaign and marches of the armies… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Seat of war in Virginia, 1862, covering the location of Dahlgren's Raid, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Seat of war in Virginia, 1862, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Dahlgren's Raid

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