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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLKT_battle-of-glendale_Henrico-VA.html
(sidebar)In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James rivers toward the Confederate capital. A Confederate army ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMJ_malvern-cliffs_Henrico-VA.html
The view from here illustrates the power of the Union position atop Malvern Hill. Late in the afternoon of July 1, two Confederate brigades attacked across the treeless flat terrain below. Union guns in the Crew yard and elsewhere pounded the Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMI_the-crew-house_Henrico-VA.html
The Crew House — also known during the war as Dr. Mellert's — is a key landmark of the battlefield. In 1862, numerous outbuildings were located close to the house, and a small orchard stood nearby. The original house burned in the 1870…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMH_advantages-of-terrain_Henrico-VA.html
Today, heavy woods have replaced the vast rolling wheat fields upon which the armies fought. Timber also hides the steep slopes and jagged ravines that shielded the flanks of the Union position.
The rough terrain forced most of the Confederates…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMG_the-malvern-hill-crest_Henrico-VA.html
Looking back to the north, you now share the view of the Union artillerists. Remember that their guns stretched all the way across the hill in front of you. Today only eight guns represent where at least thirty stood during the battle.
On sever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMD_the-confederate-high-water-mark_Henrico-VA.html
You have reached the farthest point to which any organized Confederate infantry advanced on July 1. Two simple wooden structures stood within this cleared area. They are thought to have housed the slaves working the Crew farm.
During the twilig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM6_historic-farm-road_Henrico-VA.html
The armies fought the Battle of Malvern Hill across several very large and productive farms. That agricultural landscape helped shape the course of the battle. Stacks of recently harvested wheat offered feeble shelter to men of both sides. Farm bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM5_confederate-futility_Henrico-VA.html
Confederate attacks reached their final fury just before sunset. "The men would rush forward as they were urged," recalled a North Carolinian, "and then it seemed as though the whole line would sway back as a field of corn would before a wind." Wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJLF_outgunned_Henrico-VA.html
General Robert E. Lee hoped that a crossfire of Confederate artillery directed against the crest of Malvern Hill might silence the powerful array of Union guns and clear the way for an infantry charge. Generals Longstreet and Jackson established c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJLA_malvern-hill_Henrico-VA.html
Before you stood the Union rearguard, on Malvern Hill. Here, McClellan's line atop the plateau was only 875 yards wide. Confederate batteries were to soften the position prior to the infantry assault, but the Federal artillery proved superior. As …