Rockingham County

  • Annie Eliza Johns (0)

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    Trails sign located in churchyard, Henry and Moncure streets, Leaksville – Johns gained fame as a nurse and advocate for both Union and Confederate soldiers in Civil War hospitals Danville, Va. She is buried here.
     

  • Dan River: Vital Supply Line (6)

    Trails sign located in Eden at the Leaksville Landing parking area, next to the bridge where Route 87 crosses the Dan River – This river port became an important link in the Confederate lifeline connecting this rich farming and raw materials area with Danville. Goods gathered here eventually were shipped to Richmond and other points north by rail.
     

  • Leaksville Cotton Mill (0)

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    Trails sign at Morgan and Meadow streets, west of the traffic circle in Eden – Story of the Leaksville cotton mill that produced cloth for Confederate uniforms and tents early in the war. Labor shortages caused by able-bodied men entering the Confederate armies created problems for the operation.
     

  • Piedmont Railroad: Flight of Jefferson Davis (9)

    Trails sign at Gov. David S. Reid home, Lawsonville and South Market streets – Important rail link, completed in 1864, sending supplies from Greensboro via Danville to Lee's army in the field. The train carrying Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis and many of his cabinet used this line, passing through here on the way south April 11, 1865, two days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
     

  • Scales Law Office: Duty, Courage & Daring (7)

    Trails sign at Academy (Route 311) and Franklin streets in Madison – Office of Alfred M. Scales, who raised a company of soldiers here. He participated in most of the major battles in the East including Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He was wounded several times.
     

  • Wentworth Methodist Church: The Price of War (21)

    Trails sign on Route 65 at the Wentworth Methodist Church – Graves of local residents killed in the war and other Confederate veterans buried in this churchyard. The church itself was built in 1859. Free blacks and slaves also buried here.
     

  • Wentworth In The Civil War (0)

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    Trails sign at corner of Route 65 and Tyre Dodson Road – Tour of this antebellum courthouse village includes homes, churches and a tavern building.