1862 Peninsula Campaign
After the 15th North Carolina's repulse, Brigadier General Howell Cobb (a former governor of Georgia and secretary of treasury) rallied the Confederates and prepared to drive the Vermonters into the water. Cobb commanded a brigade in Brigadier General Lafayette McLaw's division and reinforced the line with the 7th, 8th, 11th, and 16th Georgia Infantry regiments. With great noise and shouting, the Georgians attacked Captain Samuel Pingree's beleaguered command and forced their withdrawal across the Warwick River. Thus, Cobb's troops lined the rifle pits and fired at their fleeing enemy crossing the Warwick. This was the first battle for most of Cobb's brigade. Private Eli Landers of the 16th Georgia wrote, "It did not frighten me as bad as I expected it would but I tell you when the bullets would whistle around my head I felt sort of ticklish."HM Number | HM77X |
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Series | This marker is part of the Virginia Civil War Trails series |
Tags | |
Historical Period | Civil War |
Historical Place | Battlefield |
Marker Type | Other |
Marker Class | Historical Marker |
Marker Style | Interpretative Marker / Sign |
Placed By | Virginia Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 at 3:53pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 363322 N 4116666 |
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Decimal Degrees | 37.18645000, -76.53983333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 11.187', W 76° 32.39' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 11' 11.2200" N, 76° 32' 23.4000" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 757, 301 |
Can be seen from road? | No |
Is marker in the median? | No |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 10001 Twin Forts Loop, Newport News VA 23608, US |
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