“The Great Cattle Raid at Harrison’s Landing” by Alfred R. Waud, Harper’s Weekly, 8 October 1864
“Leaving from a point along the Confederate right flank of the Boydton Plank Road on 14 Sept. 1864, Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton took about 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen and rode more than 100 miles around the rear of the Union army. Reaching Coggins’ Point on the James River on 16 Sept., the raiders successfully captured almost 2,500 head of cattle from the Federals and returned to their lines relatively unmolested. The next day the cattle were penned in the field east of the Boydton Plank Road until being slaughtered for the Confederate toops in the Petersburg trenches.”
“Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid (Marker Number S-48),” Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 2005
1st U.S. Colored Cavalry 
Ms. Anderson, I just left a message. Each month I pass the highway marker for the cattle raid while driving from DC to my native NC. Further down the road is the Nat Turner marker and a sign for the former AA community of Urquaharttown.
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Hi, Marvin – Thanks for getting in touch. Can you tell us more about Urquaharttown?
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