Hanover Junction
Rail junction, Doswell, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Doswell, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
HANOVER JUNCTION
Crossing of the Virginia Central and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, 1861-1865, which carried Lee's supply line north of Richmond. Grant aimed at the junction after Spotsylvania in May 1864 to cut that line, which led to the Battle of North Anna.
Then
Hanover Junction was the crossing of the Virginia Central and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, the railroad intersection that carried Lee's supply line north of Richmond.
Grant aimed at the junction after Spotsylvania in May 1864 to cut Lee's supply line, which led to the Battle of North Anna.
Now
Built over
The village, renamed Doswell in the early 1890s, is a train-watching spot on two CSX-owned lines.
Lines owned by smaller railroads and CSX run through Doswell today.
Served by
Nearby
- 0 miSpear's cavalry burns the depot and bridge at Hanover Junction, Va.June 27, 1863, Hanover Junction (Doswell), Virginia
- 12 miUnion raiders burn the Virginia Central depot at BeaverdamJuly 20, 1862, Beaverdam, Virginia
- 12 miSheridan destroys the supply base at Beaverdam StationMay 9, 1864, Beaverdam, Virginia
- 22 miRichmond Armory (Virginia Manufactory of Arms)Confederate · Armory, Richmond, Virginia
- 22 miRichmond supply warehousesConfederate · Depot, Richmond, Virginia
- 22 miConfederates burn Richmond's bridges and supply warehousesApril 2, 1865, Richmond, Virginia