A.P. Hill Escapes Capture

Historical marker location:

Locust Grove, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Hill-Ewell Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

The Battle of the Wilderness. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.