Salem Church
This church, four miles north, was used as a field hospital, June, 1864, following the action an Nance's Shop, where the Union cavalryman Gregg, guarding a wagon train, was attacked by Wade Hampton. Gregg was driven from the field but saved the wagons. Wounded soldiers were brought to the church and some of the dead were buried there.
Marker is at the intersection of John Tyler Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 5) and Barnetts Road (Virginia Route 609), on the right when traveling west on John Tyler Memorial Highway.
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