Burnt Quarter is a historic

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located near Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in stages starting about 1750, and consists of a two-story, hipped roof central section flanked by -story wings. On April 1, 1865, the property became the scene of the decisive

Battle of Five Forks The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, at the end of the Siege of Petersburg, near the conclusion of the American Civil War. The Union ...

. During the battle the house served both as headquarters for Union General Merritt and as a military hospital. On the grounds is a monument to six unknown Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of Five Forks. an
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in 1969.

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Burnt Quarter, State Route 613 vicinity, Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, VA
1 photo and 2 data pages at

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Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Dinwiddie County, Virginia Houses completed in 1750 Houses in Dinwiddie County, Virginia {{DinwiddieCountyVA-NRHP-stub