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Home Virginia Campbell County Lynchburg Historical Markers Inner Defenses 1864

Inner Defenses 1864

Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 37° 25' 36.648264", -79° 9' 12.370032"
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A line of shallow entrenchments extended from near this point along the crest of the hill to the east. These works were occupied by the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, who had marched here with General Breckinridge after the Institute at Lexington was burned by General Hunter.

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