Inner Defenses
1864
Here ran the Inner line of Lynchburg defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill in June, 1864. General John C. Breckinridge. Confronting General Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley, made a forced march to forestall Hunter. Hill constructed a shallow line of trenches, occupied by Breckinridge, and hospital convalescents and Home Guards. It became a reserve line when General Early arrived.
Marker is at the intersection of 12th Street and Floyd Street, on the left when traveling south on 12th Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
