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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6V_mcclellans-third-line_Sandston-VA.html
Here ran McClellan's third line of defense, May 31 - June 1, 1862. The Confederates, taking the first and second lines on this road, did not reach the third.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6T_seven-days-battles_Sandston-VA.html
Here, facing west, stretched the Union line in the afternoon of June 29, 1862. Brook's brigade was south of the road with Gorman's and Burn's brigades to the north. In a furious conflict Burn's line was broken but was restored by Sumner in person.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6R_seven-days-battles_Sandston-VA.html
Half a mile northwest occurred the action of Golding's Farm at dusk on June 27, 1862, as the battle of Gaines's Mill, on the other side of the river, was ending. The Confederates, sallying from their defenses, attacked Hancock's brigade holding th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6Q_grapevine-bridge_Sandston-VA.html
Here stood Grapevine Bridge across which, on the night of June 27, 1862, part of McClellan's Army moved in changing base from the Pamunkey to the James after the Battle of Gaines' Mill. "Stonewall" Jackson pursued, June 29.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6P_seven-days-battles_Sandston-VA.html
Here Sumner crossed the river to reinforce the part of McClellan's army fighting at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. Here a part of Porter's force crossed in the night of June 27, 1862 after the battle of Gaines's Mill. Here Stonewall Jackson, rebuilding …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA2Q_major-general-james-ewell-brown-stuart_Glen-Allen-VA.html
This monument, erected in memory of Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, C.S.A., by his cavalrymen about thirty feet from the spot where he fell mortally wounded on May 11, 1864, was dedicated June 18, 1811, by the Governor of Virginia, Fitzhug…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V9_union-reserves_Henrico-VA.html
Around 15,000 men and the artillery of General Samuel Heintzelman's Union Third Corps occupied this long stretch of open fields before you. They did not come under direct assault, but did supply reinforcements to the front line.
The farm silo y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V7_malvern-hill_Henrico-VA.html
Malvern Hill is the story of Confederate infantry against massed Federal artillery - Southern valor against Union firepower. Late in the afternoon of July 1, 1862, blasts from Union cannon blanketed this field with smoke. Residents of Staunton, Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V3_battle-commences_Henrico-VA.html
A march of less than three miles from the Glendale battlefield brought the Confederates to this spot at the foot of Malvern Hill. In earlier times it was a peaceful landscape, but on July 1 a line of Union artillery with infantry supports held the…