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Battle Creek is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is home to the county landfill, located on U.S. Route 340 , which was cleared from the nominally forested area that is common in the locality.
It includes a portion of the landmarked Sayler's Creek Battlefield, an area of 1,022 acres (414 ha) that was the site of the April 6, 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, one of the last major engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war involving Confederate General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee (1807–1870).
Greyson Steele, Battle Creek Enquirer June 13, 2024 at 11:00 AM Battle Creek's annual Juneteenth Family Day Celebration returns to the Washington Heights neighborhood this weekend with a variety ...
Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg (1864–65). The battlefield is near the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and includes outlying components in Hopewell, Prince George County, and Dinwiddie County.
Sayler's Creek Battlefield, near Farmville, Virginia, was the site of the Battle of Sayler's Creek of the American Civil War. Confederate general Robert E. Lee's army was retreating from the Richmond to the Petersburg line. Here, on April 6, 1865, Union general Philip Sheridan cut off and beat back about a quarter of Lee's depleted army.
The district encompasses the site of the Battle of New Market, a battle fought on May 15, 1864, during Valley Campaigns of 1864. In the middle of the battlefield stands the Bushong House, used by both sides as a hospital during the battle and now the visitor center for the 300-acre park. [3]
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The 26-year-old Battle Creek man was taken into custody without incident and arrested on charges of arson and five counts of assault with intent to murder. No injuries were reported by the family ...