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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6O_redwater-creek-engagement_Chester-VA.html
While Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James entrenched at Bermuda Hundred on 11 May 1864, Confederate Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke led parts of two divisions north from Petersburg to unite with Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom's division near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6N_confederate-reconnaissance-mission_Chester-VA.html
On 2 June 1864, Confederate Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard sent Maj. Gen. Bushrod Johnson's troops toward nearby Federal pickets to reconnoiter their strength. The Confederate troops initially captured the northern portion of the Federal picket line, bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6M_advance-on-petersburg_Chester-VA.html
Elements of the Union Army of the James, led by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, landed at Bermuda Hundred on 5 May 1864 to cut the Confederate rail and supply lines between Richmond and Petersburg. On 9 May, Butler sent divisions to Port Walthall Ju…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6L_union-army-railroad-raids_Chester-VA.html
On 5 May 1864, leading elements of Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James disembarked off transports at Bermuda Hundred, located to the north of here. The next day this army began severing telegraph lines and nearby portions of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6H_the-howlett-line_Chester-VA.html
Just east of this point running from the James River to the Appomattox River, was the Confederate defense line known as the Howlett line, named for the Howlett House that stood at the north end of the line. Established in May, 1864, by General Bea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6E_battery-dantzler_Chester-VA.html
A half-mile northeast stands Battery Dantzler, named for Col. Olin Miller Dantzler, 22d South Carolina Infantry (killed in action nearby on 2 June 1864), and constructed in May-June 1864 to block the Union navy's approach to Richmond. The battery …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6B_bermuda-hundred_Chester-VA.html
Established 1613 by Sir Thomas Dale.First incorporated Virginia town 1614.Home of John Rolfe, colony recorder, who married Pocahontas.Rev. Alexander Whitaker ministered here.Early port of Richmond.Erected ? 1938 by Bermuda Hundred Chapter D.A.R.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6A_bermuda-hundred-landing_Chester-VA.html
Union Gen. Benjamin Butler's 30,000-man Army of the James landed here without opposition on May 5, 1864. Despite his surprise arrival, Butler proved unable to take advantage of the unprepared Confederate defenders below Richmond. He pushed west…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB61_chester-station-fight_Chester-VA.html
At this station, two miles west, the Union army of the James, turning toward Richmond, fought an action on May 10, 1864 and tore up the railroad.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5W_battle-of-chester-station_Chester-VA.html
Here, on May 10, 1864, as part of Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 3400 Federals and 2000 Confederates fought the Battle of Chester Station. This monument is erected in their memory by the Chester Station Camp #1503. Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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