Things To Do in Ettrick, Virginia

Headquarters for Robert E Lee in 1864. Federal Architechture More on MuseumsUSA.org

Operates the Siege Museum and Centre Hill Mansion. More on MuseumsUSA.org

Petersburg Area Art League in Petersburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Siege Museum in Petersburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. The Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute was chartered on 6 Mar. 1882. The Readjuster Party was instrumental in supporting a state institution of higher education in Virginia for A... More on HMDB

Inscription. Virginia State University: was chartered by the Virginia legislature in 1882 as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. Delegate Alfred W. Harris, an African-American attorney in... More on HMDB

(VA-72-01) in Petersburg , Prince George County, VA. US301 (Washington St.) W. 0.3 miles from jct with I95 exit 51, N. on Adams St. (becomes 2 nd St.) 0.3 miles, W. on Bollingbrook St. 1 block, N. on ... More on dalejtravis.com

Charles O'Hara built his house in 1817 without parallel walls because, as legend has it, he was told by his West Indian servant that such a house could not harbor evil spirts. Or, was it simply tha... More on Virginia.org

The original owner of this house was Charles O'Hara. Legend has it that when he decided in 1816 to build the house, he was warned ... More on igougo

Inscription. Mattoax was located to the south on the Appomattox River. John Randolph, Sr. built a house there in the 1770s that burned after 1810; it was the boyhood home of his son, John Randolph of Roanoke. Mattoax also was the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Lt. Col. Walter H. Taylor, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lees aide, established Lees headquarters here at Violet Bank on June 17, 1864, at the beginning of the siege of Petersburg. The city, protected by Confederate defensive ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Nearby on 9 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood's South Carolina Brigade attacked advancing elements of the Union X and XVIII Corps. As they 11th S. C. Infantry Regiment engaged the Fe... More on HMDB

Inscription. You are standing in the middle of the Union line that faced the Confederate route of attack up the Richmond Turnpike on May 9, 1864, during Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hund... More on HMDB