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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21BA_first-baptist-church-centralia_Chester-VA.html
In 1867, the African American members of
nearby Salem Baptist Church separated and
founded Salem African Baptist Church. The
new congregation held worship services under
a brush arbor before constructing a building
here on a one-acre tract de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6P_lees-headquarters_Chester-VA.html
To the east, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee briefly made his headquarters at Clay's house on 17 June 1864. There he received full details of the Union army's attack on Petersburg that began the evening of 15 June 1864. Lee learned that Lt. Gen. Ul…
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/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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5V_battle-of-chester-station_Chester-VA.html
On May 5, 1864, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Union Army of the James landed at Bermuda Hundred to sever direct communication between Richmond and Petersburg. Five days later, desperate to keep the connection open, 2,000 Confederates under Gen. Robert…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAFU_osbornes_Chester-VA.html
The town of Osbornes was named for Captain Thomas Osborne who settled nearby at Coxendale in 1616. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Osborne's plantation wharf was a tobacco inspection station and local shipping center. Thomas Jefferson, grandfa…