Historic Dinwiddie County Courthouse
Camille Bowman/Department of Historic Resources, 2008

Dinwiddie Court House

Fought on March 31, 1865, the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was one of the last offensive actions of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. While a Southern victory, the battle set the stage for the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Five Forks the next day and the eventual evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond on the night of April 2-3. 

The historic Dinwiddie County Court House still stands on the site today. The courthouse was built in 1851 and is a two-story, Greek Revival-style building with a front portico added in 1933. In 1973, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Dinwiddie Court House: What's Nearby

Dinwiddie, VA
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Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Petersburg, Virginia (VA-129)
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The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Richmond, Virginia (VA-108)
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The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
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The Valentine Richmond History Center
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Lafayette Visit Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (V-62)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Jackson, North Carolina (NC-7)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Halifax, North Carolina (NC-174)
Halifax, NC
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Columbia, Virginia (VA-146)
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American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Suffolk, Virginia (VA-21)
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Yorktown, Virginia (VA-60)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Enfield, North Carolina (NC-9)
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The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe
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The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox
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Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Norfolk, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Portsmouth, Virginia (VA-23)
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Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum
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Abraham Wooten Monument & Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Fredericksburg, Virginia (VA-126)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Orange, Virginia (VA-94)
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Old City Cemetery and Pest House Medical Museum
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Sandusky Historic Site and Civil War Museum
Lynchburg, VA
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Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
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Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum
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Preservation

The 91ÇÑ×Ó and our members have saved more than 8 acres at Dinwiddie Court House.

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