Breakthrough • Pamplin Historical Park • Monuments & Markers • Petersburg Timeline
Text from the marker
S43
Cottage Farm
A little north stood the McIlwaine
home, Lee’s field headquarters whence
on the afternoon of April 2, 1865, the
evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg
was ordered. Upon issuing the order
Lee granted leave to his only staff
officer to go to Richmond that
evening for his marriage.
Location of the marker
The Cottage Farm S43 Virginia Historic Marker is inside a triangular plot of land formed by the intersection of Bouydton Plank Road and Defense Road, which becomes Fort Lee Road north of Bouydton Plank Road. (37° 11.986′ N, 77° 26.085′ W)
- It is .5 miles west along Boydton Plank Road from the Squirrel Level Road interchage with I-85.
- It is less than 100 yards east along Boydton Plank Road from the Battery 45 monument.
- It is about 1/2 mile east along Boydton Plank Road from the Rohoic Dam Monument.
- It is 1.12 miles east along Boydton Plank Road of Stop Four, the last stop on the Petersburg Western Front Auto Tour.