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On May 24, 1861, Confederate Col. John Magruder assumed command of the Peninsula's defenses. The Confederate capital at Richmond was only 80 miles from Fort Monroe, and "Prince John" Magruder did not have enough artillery or men to capture the Uni…
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The clerk's office was built in 1810, when Warwick Courthouse was moved here.
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By tradition, early Warwick County court sessions were held under a large elm tree at nearby Richneck Plantation, home of Col. Miles Cary, Jr. In 1810, Warwick's first brick courthouse was built on this Denbigh site. It also served as clerk's offi…
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From this rifle pit, Colonel Hiram Berdan's 1st U.S. Sharpshooters targeted Confederate troops on the opposite bank of the Warwick River. Hiram Berdan, considered the nation's best marksman, organized the regiment from hand-picked volunteers who p…
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George Armstrong Custer had the dubious honor of graduating last in the 1861 class at West Point. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Cavalry and fought with the Army of the Potomac in almost every major battle from Bull Run to…
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On April 4, 1862, Major General George B. McClellan launched his offensive on the Virginia Peninsula against the Confederate capital at Richmond. Major General John B. Magruder's 13,000 troops halted the Union advance along the Warwick-Yorktown li…
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The Battle of Dam No. 1 proved a lost opportunity for the Union Army to break the Warwick-Yorktown line and force a Confederate withdrawal toward Richmond. Instead, Major General George McClellan spent another 17 days completing his heavy artiller…
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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 Gen…
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The Vermont troops waited in vain for reinforcements; Corporal Alonzo Hutchinson was mortally wounded while crossing the Warwick River and died without signaling for support. The Union leaders also failed to exploit the break in the Confederate li…
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Brigadier General William Smith massed 18 cannons in an open field within 500 yards of the opposite shore. In addition, General Smith deployed Brigadier General William T.H. Brooks's Vermont Brigade along the Warwick River with two brigades in sup…