Historic Sites in Farmville, VA

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Nearly a quarter of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee"s army, more than 7,700 men, were killed, wounded or captured ...

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On this site 4-23-51, the students staged a strike protesting inadequate school facilities. Led by Rev. L. Francis Gr...

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When Samuel Stanhope Smith, our first president, named the College after English anti-Royalists, he clearly agreed wi...

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On this site of the former R.R. Moton High School, the actions of some brave African-American students to achieve equ...

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Just a short walk to Longwood University this bed & breakfast is beautifully furnished with antiques and comfort...

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Part of Lee?s army passed here, April 8, 1865, retreating westward. The second (Humphrey?s) Corps of Grant?s army pas...

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Discover downtown Farmville. Beautiful 19th century architecture, a self-guided walking tour, a riverfront park, ...

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Erected in memory of W. R. Turner, historian of Blackstone, Virginia, for his work to preserve the historic battlefie...

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An Episcopal church, built in 1757, formerly stood one-eighth of a mile east of here. According to tradition, a detac...

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(Main Street Side): Once named Bizarre in 1736, Farmville was established as a town in 1798. From the town's formatio...

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The 18th Georgia Battalion, acting as a heavy artillery unit was originally formed in 1802 and served at the coastal ...

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[Obverse]: This is the Hillsman House, used by the Unionists as a hospital in the engagement of April 6, 1865. From t...

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The first Presbyterian seminary in the South was established here in 1812 as the Theology Department of Hampden-Sydne...

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In 1954, after the Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, that United States schools must...

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Here, before the Revolution, stood King's Tavern. The British cavalryman, Tarleton, raiding, camped here in 1781. In ...

Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historic State Park