Todds Tavern, Virginia

Todds Tavern, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Todds Tavern, Virginia
Todds Tavern, Virginia
Todds Tavern, Virginia
Coordinates: 38°14′53″N 77°40′07″W / 38.24806°N 77.66861°W / 38.24806; -77.66861Coordinates: 38°14′53″N 77°40′07″W / 38.24806°N 77.66861°W / 38.24806; -77.66861
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 and was the site of the Battle of Todds Tavern.

History

It was the focal point of a cavalry battle on May 7–8, 1864, between the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War.[1][2][3] The Tavern location on Brock Road carried the name of Charles Todd who died about 1850. According to historian Noel Harrison's research, the Todd family had sold the property around 1845 to Flavius Josephus Ballard who then re-sold the property in 1869.[4] 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

  1. ↑ "battle of Todd's Tavern". |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  2. ↑ "Battle of Todd's Tavern". |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  3. ↑ "Todd's Tavern".
  4. ↑ "ISSUU - Fredericksburg Guide Book by Jonathan James". |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)


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