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On March 22, 1622, the Powhatan chiefdom launched a coordinated offensive against the English settlements along the James River. Sixty-six men, women and children were killed within the Henrico settlements including five dead at Henricus. Over one…
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This is a fragment from the breech of a 5.8 inch "Sawyer Gun". This gun was located at Battery Sawyer, a Federal gun position across the river to your front where the River's Bend community is today. This gun burst on August 5, 1864 afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6B_dutch-gap-conservation-area_Chester-VA.html
The trail at Dutch Gap traces the old channel of the James River. Before the river was rerouted, there was a ferry landing on the opposite shore called Osborne's Landing. This may have been the location of the enigmatic Port Cotage referenced by G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F2K_the-strachan-house_Chester-VA.html
This house was constructed in 1841 by Rev. John Alexander Strachan, founder of Enon Baptist Church. Rev. Strachan also preached at several other congregations in the area. Family stories describe him rowing a boat across the Appomattox River to pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EL8_construction-of-the-howlett-line_Chester-VA.html
Construction of the Howlett Line The earthworks here were constructed after the Battle of Ware Bottom Church. Prior to that, this area was the advanced picket line for the Army of the James and would have consisted of a series of rifle pits dug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKZ_historic-point-of-rocks_Chester-VA.html
From May 1864 until the end of the Civil War in April 1865, this land was the site of a large hospital for Federal troops who fought in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg. Historic Point of Rocks is within the historic bounda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKY_opening-actions-of-the-bermuda-hundred-campaign_Chester-VA.html
Battles at Port Walthall JunctionAt about 4:00 PM on May 6, 1864 Brig. Gen. Charles Heckman's brigade moved down Ruffin Mill Road toward Port Walthall Junction where 600 soldiers from Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood's South Carolina brigade awaited in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKX_grants-virginia-campaigns_Chester-VA.html
Lt. Gen. Grant's strategy was to attack the Confederate armies on multiple fronts simultaneously so that they could not reinforce each other. In the early days of May 1864, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade moved the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKW_confederate-leaders_Chester-VA.html
When the Bermuda Hundred Campaign began, Confederate forces south of the James River were widely scattered across southern Virginia and eastern North Carolina. Confederate eyes were focused on events to the north where the Battle of the Wilderness…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKV_the-bermuda-hundred-campaign-federal-leaders_Chester-VA.html
In April of 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant met with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler and approved his plan for attacking Richmond by moving an army up the James River. Grant decided that while the Army of the Potomac moved against Robert E. Lee and t…
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