Danieltown

In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling stock. Seven local men captured 32 of Wilson’s cavalrymen near here on the morning of June 23, when the detachment left the main column to destroy a bridge. Capt. George D. White, 3rd Virginia Cavalry, was at home in Boydton recuperating from a wound when he learned of the side raid. He recruited six neighbors and found the Federals taking breakfast at a local house.