South — Site filing

Sites with a file in Virginia

Virginia carries 14 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

14 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsCity Point — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20

Other Virginia filings:Historic sites28 Mansions16 Battlefields15 Houses11 Museums6 Churches6 Cemeteries5 Historic houses5 Caves4 Naturals4

City Point

Hopewell, Virginia

Grant’s 1864-65 headquarters—the port that fed the siege.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tredegar Iron Works

Richmond, Virginia

The Confederate arsenal—the forge that armed the South.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap, Virginia

The gap where the West opened—Boone’s road through the mountain.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Appomattox Court House

Appomattox, Virginia

April 9, 1865—the village where the war ended.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Historic Jamestowne

Jamestown, Virginia

1607—the first permanent English settlement, and the starving time.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Monroe

Hampton, Virginia

The moated fort where freedom began—Contraband of War, 1861.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chimborazo Hospital site

Richmond, Virginia

The war’s largest hospital—76,000 patients on Church Hill.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Belle Isle

Richmond, Virginia

The island prison where 10,000 Union soldiers were held—1862-64.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cohoke Light

West Point, Virginia

The Tidewater ghost light on the tracks at Cohoke.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Norfolk

Norfolk, Virginia

The 1795 fort that guarded the harbor—still standing on the Elizabeth.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Martin’s Station

Ewing, Virginia

The 1769 station on the Wilderness Road—rebuilt on the frontier.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Emancipation Oak

Hampton, Virginia

The oak where the Proclamation was first read in the South—1863.

Birthplace of Country Music

Bristol, Virginia

The 1927 Bristol Sessions—where country music was born.

Virginia Creeper Trail

Abingdon, Virginia

The 34-mile rail-trail from Whitetop to Abingdon.

Full Virginia record → state index· Every site on file → type index