Todds Tavern, Virginia

Todds Tavern, Virginia
Todds Tavern, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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	Coordinates: 38°14′53″N 77°40′07″W / 38.24806°N 77.66861°W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Spotsylvania
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

Todds Tavern is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, and was the site of the Battle of Todd's Tavern.

History

Todds Tavern was the focal point of a cavalry battle on 7–8 May 1864, between the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War.^[1] The tavern location on Brock Road carried the name of Charles Todd who died about 1850. According to the historian Noel Harrison's research, the Todd family sold the property around 1845 to Flavius Josephus Ballard who re-sold the property in 1869.^[2] The intersection where the tavern stood still maintains the name "Todd's Tavern". Today, there is a convenience store at the crossroads where the original tavern sat.

References

^ "Battle of Todd's Tavern". National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- Eisert, Kevin. "Battle of Todd's Tavern "A Hunch Pays Off" May 7-8, 1864". The War For States' Rights. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^ Cummings III, John F. (March 10, 2014). Even If Written In Stone - the case of Charles Robert Todd. Fredericksburg Guide Book. pp. 34–35. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

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[1] "Battle of Todd's Tavern". National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- Eisert, Kevin. "Battle of Todd's Tavern "A Hunch Pays Off" May 7-8, 1864". The War For States' Rights. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

[2] Cummings III, John F. (March 10, 2014). Even If Written In Stone - the case of Charles Robert Todd. Fredericksburg Guide Book. pp. 34–35. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Spotsylvania
CDPs	Lake Wilderness Spotsylvania	Map of Virginia highlighting Spotsylvania County
Unincorporated communities	Alsop Arcadia Artillery Ridge Bells Crossroad Belmont Blades Corner Brockroad Brokenburg Carters Store Chancellor Chancellorsville Chewnings Corner Cookstown Dunavant Five Mile Fork Four Mile Fork Granite Springs Lanes Corner Leavells Lewiston Margo Marye Massaponax McHenry Old Trap Olive Olivers Corner Partlow Paytes Post Oak Shady Grove Corner Snell Stubbs Thornburg Todds Tavern Wilderness‡
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