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Inner Defenses 1864

Things To Do – Lynchburg, Virginia

Inscription. Here ran the Inner line of Lynchburg defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill in June, 1864. General John C. Breckinridge. Confronting General Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley, made a f... More on HMDB

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  • Crippled Corps and V.M.I. Cadets Form Inner Defenses in the Old City Cemetery Battle of Lynchburg, June 18, 1865 A week before the city of Lynchburg was to be invaded by 18,000 Union troops, the ci... More on Gravegarden.org

Enchanted

Things To Do – Lynchburg, Virginia

Lee Chapel and Museum

Museums – Lexington, Virginia

The museum has a very fine collection of portraits of members of the Lee, Washington, and Custis families... More on Yahoo! Travel

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  • Admission is free . More on Yahoo! Travel

  • In the basement of the chapel is the crypt where Gen. Robert E. Lee, members of his family, and even Travel... More on Yahoo! Travel

Confederates Trapped Appomattox Court House Natl Hist Park

Parks – Appomattox, Virginia

Inscription. For most of the war, Lee and his army had tormented their Northern enemies – at Gaines Mill, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. But here, on April 9, 1865, the once-migh... More on HMDB

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  • Inscription. As Lees Confederate Army retreated west, Federal forces blocked their way. Near this spot, Union artillery pieces commanded by Lieutenant James H. Lord and a cavalry brigade led by Bre... More on HMDB

Cumberland County / Powhatan County

Landmarks – Cumberland, Virginia

Inscription. In 1749 the Virginia House of Burgesses divided Goochland County to establish Cumberland County. William A. Howard, an associate of Thomas Jefferson's master builder, Dabney Cosby, bui... More on HMDB

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  • Inscription. (Obverse) Cumberland County: Area 293 square miles, Formed in 1748 from Goochland, and named for the Duke of Cumberland, second son of King George II. The earliest call for independenc... More on HMDB

Bookman Books

Book Shopping – Lynchburg, Virginia

A new, used, and antiquarian bookstore that carries a wide selection of books in a ... More on Yahoo! Travel

Red Top Mountain State Park Trail

Things To Do – Cartersville, Virginia

It is a nice park overall. More on trails.mtbr.com

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  • Trail can be exciting, there are alot of different routes that you can take but some are now off limits due to the new homes being built in the area. In the past four wheelers have caused alot of p... More on trails.mtbr.com

  • You will find a no biking sign at the beggining of each trail. I went there this morning and it was a waste of time. The last guy who reviewed it should have mentioned that little detail.It is a be... More on trails.mtbr.com

Kinder Berry Farm

Things To Do – Appomattox, Virginia

UPDATE: October 29, 2008: The owner tells me they are now permanently closed - Due to a very bad year we have decided to call it quits. If anyone is interested in Halloween decorations for a haunted ... More on pumpkinpatchesandmore.org

Cedar Hills Golf Course

Golf Courses – Lynchburg, Virginia

Unfortunately this course closed 2/1/07. More on golflink.com

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  • The 9-hole "Cedar Hills" course at the Cedar Hills Golf Course facility in Lynchburg, Virginia features 2,760 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 34 . The course rating is 33.6 and it ... More on golflink.com

  • Cedar Hills Golf Course is a 9-hole regulation length golf course in Lynchburg, Virginia. This short layout provides for a fun golf experience for golfers of all skill levels. Online tee times may ... More on TheGolfCourses.net

Jackson Davis Cumberland Court House, Virginia Cumberland County

Landmarks – Cumberland, Virginia

Inscription. Jackson Davis: an educational reformer and amateur photographer, was born in Cumberland County, VA, to William Anderson and Sally Wyatt (Guy) Davis on September 25, 1882. He attended the public schools of Richmond, VA, ... More on HMDB

Housewright House Museum, Historic Buckingham

Museums – Buckingham, Virginia

In 1976, Historic Buckingham, Inc. acquired and restored the Housewright House, a Jeffersonian-era brick home on U.S. Route 60 in the village of Buckingham Court House. The Housewright House serves as our headquarters, as well as ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum

Museums – Natural Bridge, Virginia

Small groups are brought in and told a scary story about the house. Your "host" then leaves and you wander through while being scared ... More on igougo

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  • Natural Bridge Haunted House with Dark Maze and Escape from Dinosaur Kingdom with Civil War theme. All family oriented with "no ... More on Visitnaturalbridge.com

Double Dee's

Restaurants – Madison Heights, Virginia

El Cerro Azul

Restaurants – Powhatan, Virginia

Having traveled through out the entire US, this is by far the best mexican restaurant outside of Californ... More on TripAdvisor

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  • El Cerro Azul Mexican Restaurant is absolutely wonderful ! More on Yahoo! Travel

  • Your average Mexican restuarant. Food was not bad but nothing to brag about. My order was wrong but they pr... More on TripAdvisor

Chicago On The James Pizzeria

Restaurants – Lynchburg, Virginia

This is what pizza should be like!! We never take any home because it is so good. Jason is the best and he knows his pizza!! More on TripAdvisor

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