Allen Weir Freeman, M.D.--7 Jan. 1881-3 July 1954Born at 416 Main Street, Allen W. Freeman, brother of editor and historian Douglas Southall Freeman, was a pioneer in public health administration and... [click for more]
Camp DavisCamp Davis, a Civil War mustering ground for Confederate troops from Virginia under the command of Col. Jubal A. Early, once occupied this area. At l... [click for more]
Carter GlassBorn January 4, 1858, in a house which stood on this site. Newspaper publisher; member of the State Senate and Delegate to the State Constitutional Co... [click for more]
Chauncey E. Spencer, Sr.Chauncey E. Spencer, Sr., aviation pioneer and Civil Rights activist was born in Lynchburg on 5 Nov. 1906, the son of poet Anne Spencer. He moved to C... [click for more]
Chestnut HillNearby stood Chestnut Hill, the home of Charles Lynch, Sr. He was the father of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, and of Charles Lynch, Jr., a Rev... [click for more]
Defense WorksOn the crest of the hill just to the south was a redoubt forming part of the defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill, June, 1864. These works were he... [click for more]
Douglas Southall FreemanBorn at 416 Main Street on 16 May 1886, the son of a Confederate veteran, Douglas Southall Freeman moved with his family to Richmond three years later... [click for more]
Fort EarlyNamed for Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, this roughly square earthen redoubt served as a part of the outer line of defense for Lynchburg in June... [click for more]
Fort McCauslandThe fort on the hill here was constructed by General J. A. Early to protect the approach to Lynchburg from the west. Union cavalry skirmished with the... [click for more]
Inner DefencesNear here ran the line of inner defences located by Gen. D. H. Hill, June, 1864. He had been sent from Petersburg by Gen. Beauregard to assist Gen. Br... [click for more]
Inner Defenses 1864Here ran the inner line of Lynchburg defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill in June, 1864. General John C. Breckinridge, confronting General Hunter ... [click for more]
Inner Defenses 1864A 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 ... [click for more]
Inner DefensesHere, facing west, ran the inner defenses of the city, located by General D. H. Hill. They were constructed by convalescents and home guards. General ... [click for more]
Inner DefensesA line of shallow Civil War entrenchments extended across Bedford Avenue near this spot to connect with other trenches crossing the present-day railro... [click for more]
Jacob E. YoderJacob Eschbach Yoder (22 Feb. 1838-15 Apr. 1905), reared a Mennonite in Pennsylvania, came to Lynchburg after the Civil War to teach former slaves in ... [click for more]
Luke Jordan, Blues PioneerSinger-guitarist Luke Jordan (1892-1952) was a familiar presence on the streets of Lynchburg from the 1920s until World War II. Jordan and other Afric... [click for more]
Lynchburg DefensesThe earthwork on the hilltop, two hundred yards to the east, was thrown up as a part of the system of defenses for Lynchburg, 1861-65. The city was an... [click for more]
Lynchburg City Historical Marker(Obverse:) In 1757 John Lynch opened a ferry here; in 1765 a church was built. In 1786 Lynchburg was established by act of assembly; in 1791 the first... [click for more]
MontviewMontview was constructed in 1923 as the home of Senator and former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Carter Glass. Glass served in the House of Represen... [click for more]
Mustered and Disbanded 1861-1865At this point the Second Virginia Cavalry was mustered into service, May 10, 1861. At the same place the remnant of this regiment was disbanded, April... [click for more]
Old City CemeteryOld City Cemetery, also known as the Methodist Cemetery, was established as a public burial ground in 1806 on land donated by John Lynch, founder of L... [click for more]
Pearl S. BuckInternationally known author and humanitarian Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973) graduated in 1914 from Randolph-Macon Woman's College, where she wr... [click for more]
Point of HonorPoint of Honor stands half a mile to the northeast. Built for Dr. George Cabell Sr. in 1815, this refined Federal-style house is stylistically linked... [click for more]
Safe Haven in Lynchburg: Project YIn 1951, the National Gallery of Art established a secret emergency repository (Code named Project Y) for its distinguished collection of art on the c... [click for more]
Samuel D. Rockenbach--1869-1952--Brigadier General, U.S. Army CavalryNearby at 805 Madison Street is the birthplace of General Rockenbach, Father of the U.S. Army Tank Corps. He began his education in Lynchburg schools ... [click for more]
SanduskyTo the northwest is Sandusky, built by Charles Johnston about 1808. He named it after a place in Ohio where Indians had held him prisoner in 1790. The... [click for more]
