Blackwater Line--Franklin

Blackwater Line--Franklin is a Virginia historical marker in Franklin (Ind. City) County, dedicated 2000.

Carrsville Hwy, eastbound side in pulloff just east of the Blackwater River

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A major Blackwater River crossing was located here at Franklin during the Civil War. Confederate forces guarded the crossing from 1862 to the end of the war as part of the Blackwater defensive line. Several skirmishes were fought around the pontoon bridge here in 1862 and 1863. During the morning of 11 April 1863, Confederate Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood's division crossed the river on the bridge on its way to aid Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's siege of Suffolk. Hood's division recrossed here on 4 May 1863 after the end of the siege.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Lloyd's official map of the State of Virginia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859), 1859, covering the location of Blackwater Line--Franklin, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859), 1859, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Blackwater Line--Franklin

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