Dahlgren's Raid
Here Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, Union cavalryman, raiding to Richmond, hanged a Negro on a tree beside the road, March 1, 1864. Dahlgren planned to cross the James River in this vicinity and enter Richmond from the south. A Negro guided the raiders to a ford but the water was too high for crossing. Dahlgren thought the guide had deceived him.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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