Trevilian Station

For our first field trip of the year, we met at 9 AM in Gordonsville. We were studying the Battle of Trevilian Station in Louisa County and then crossing the mountain to the Shenandoah Valley to study the Battle of Piedmont.
The station building that stands today is not the one that stood in 1864, which was burned by Union troops. The railroad itself was a main reason that a battle happened here. Grant sent Sheridan and his cavalry to destroy the tracks, which would interrupt the food supply that Lee's Army got from the Shenanadoah Valley. 

When we were last here (about a decade ago), the replica of Netherlands Tavern (left) did not exist. Already it looks authentically old. You can read about the battle at trevilianstation.org.

Our tour was mostly in a pleasant rural area. Below is the Ogg House as seen from US 33. Near here the Union made seven unsuccessful charges. Trevilians was the bloodiest cavalry battle of the Civil War.