City Point and Hopewell
City Point is five miles northeast. There Governor Sir Thomas Dale made a settlement in 1613. In April, 1781, the British General Phillips landed there. Grant had his base of operations there in the siege of Petersburg, 1864-1865. Lincoln was there in April, 1865. In the World War the City of Hopewell grew up near by.
Marker is on Oaklawn Blvd (Virginia Route 36), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
