The Cattle Raid
Just to the north of the road here, at old Sycamore Church, Wade Hampton, coming from the south, attacked the Union cavalry guarding Grant's beef cattle, September 16, 1864. The Unionists were overpowered; Hampton, rounding up 2,500 beeves, succeeded in escaping with them across the Blackwater and into Lee's lines.
Marker is at the intersection of Old Stage Road and Heritage Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Stage Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
