Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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VLR Listing Date 12/14/2017
NRHP Listing Date 04/17/2018
NRHP Reference Number MP100002355
The Little River UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is located five miles north of Ashland in Hanover County along U.S. Route 1. Composed of gray granite and just over four feet in height and 29 inches wide, the Little River marker was dedicated in 1936 and is one of sixteen erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1946 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) to commemorate Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. A nationwide memorial project of the UDC, the Jefferson Davis Highway markers began in 1913 and continued until 1947 when the highway’s terminal marker was placed in Arlington. Stretching to San Diego, California, the Davis highway was a southern counterpoint to the nation-spanning Lincoln Highway. The Little River UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is situated near to where the left wing of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s army rested on May 23-26, 1864 while Lee’s forces faced Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on the north side of North Anna River.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: August 16, 2022
