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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJZ_pvt-benjamin-b-levy_Henrico-VA.html
Benjamin B. Levy, a young Jewish volunteer, received the Medal of Honor on 1 Mar. 1865, one of the first Jews so recognized. He entered service in the 1st New York Infantry in New York City on 22 Apr. 1861. During the Battle of Glendale (Frayser's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJY_first-successful-colonial-tobacco-crop_Henrico-VA.html
In 1611 John Rolfe became the first Englishman to cultivate tobacco nearby at Varina Farm, on the James River. Rolfe planted seeds bred in Varinas, Spain, and experimented with curing methods to produce a tobacco milder than the native variety. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJW_seven-days-battles_Henrico-VA.html
Here stood the center of Longstreet's line of battle in the afternoon of June 30, 1862. The Confederates, coming from the west, attacked the Union line just beyond. The battle lasted all afternoon, with varying fortunes and much hand-to-hand fight…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJV_second-battle-of-deep-bottom_Henrico-VA.html
About noon on 16 Aug. 1864, Union Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, with almost 5,000 men in four brigades, attacked the Confederate line over this ground. In a brief yet vicious struggle, Terry's men broke through 400 yards west of here. During the mel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAFO_dahlgrens-raid_Henrico-VA.html
Col. Ulric Dahlgren's Union cavalry passed through this area late in the evening of 1 March 1864 before defeating the Richmond Armory Battalion at the Battle of Green's Farm, just south on Three Chopt Road. Dahlgren led his command toward Richmond…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADE_charles-city-road_Henrico-VA.html
This strategically important road ran from the Williamsburg Road southeast past White's Tavern, across White Oak Swamp, and into the Riddell's Shop intersection with the Long Bridge and Darbytown roads, eight miles distant. As Gen. Robert E. Lee's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMADD_williamsburg-road_Henrico-VA.html
During the Civil War, Union and Confederate armies engaged in battles along major transportation corridors. Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's defensive earthworks blocked Williamsburg Road east of here, for example, during the 1862 Peninsula C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7R_deep-bottom-landing_Henrico-VA.html
After the Battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, Grant and Lee shifted their armies to Petersburg; but Grant did not wish to abandon the Richmond front entirely. He had Gen. Benjamin Butler position a small force from his Army of the James here at De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7N_battle-of-new-market-heights_Henrico-VA.html
On 28 September 1864, elements of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James crossed the James River to assault the Confederate Defenses of Richmond. At dawn on 29 September, 6 regiments of U.S. Colored Troops fought with exceptional valor d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9VC_the-battle-of-malvern-hill_Henrico-VA.html
Although the best known fighting on July 1, 1862, occurred across the road to the west, half of the battlefield is situated here, in front of the West House. Union infantrymen of General Darius Couch's division occupied the far forward slope of Ma…