Amelia Court House depot
Depot, Amelia Court House, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Amelia Court House, Virginia
- Years
- 1865
- Today
- Built over
AMELIA COURT HOUSE DEPOT
Station on the Richmond and Danville. Lee's army, retreating from Petersburg, reached it on April 4, 1865, and found ordnance in the commissary stores but no food. Lee waited April 4 and 5 for supply trains from Richmond that never came, then had to leave the railroad.
Then
Amelia Court House was a station on the Richmond and Danville, a crucial Confederate supply line. Lee's army, retreating from Petersburg, reached it on April 4, 1865, and found abundant ordnance in the commissary stores but no food.
Lee waited April 4 and 5 for supply trains from Richmond that never came; a train carrying government documents passed instead. Union cavalry cut the Richmond and Danville at Jetersville and Lee had to leave the railroad.
Now
Built over
Amelia Court House is the county seat of Amelia County.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through Amelia Court House today.
Served by
Nearby
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