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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RZ_redoubt-1_Williamsburg-VA.html
Because Lt. Col. Benjamin S. Ewell had made little progress on the Williamsburg defenses by late June 1861, Gen. John B. Magruder, commanding the Army of the Peninsula, replaced him with Gen. Lafayette McLaws. Capt. Alfred L. Rives, acting chief o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RX_quarterpath-road_Williamsburg-VA.html
On the other side of the parapet is Quarterpath Road, a historic roadbed that for centuries linked Williamsburg to Allen's Wharf on the James River. It runs behind the Confederate fortifications here, gaining additional importance during the Battl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RV_battle-of-williamsburg_Williamsburg-VA.html
As the May 5, 1862, Battle of Williamsburg raged along the Bloody Ravine and in front of Fort Magruder, the Union commander sought to turn the flank of the Confederate defenses. Gen. Joseph Hooker was convinced that the right flank was unoccupied …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6R8_defending-the-peninsula_Williamsburg-VA.html
When Virginia seceded on April 17, 1861, Union and Confederate leaders alike saw the Peninsula as an avenue of attack against Richmond. Federal ships on the James and York rivers could guard an army's flanks and escort supply vessels upstream. For…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6R5_williamsburg-in-the-civil-war_Williamsburg-VA.html
Williamsburg, once the capital of Virginia, declined after the American Revolution. By 1861, although many colonial structures still lined the streets, the Governor's Palace and former capitol building lay in ruins. The College of William and Mary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6OL_redoubt-12_Williamsburg-VA.html
You are near the northern end of the Confederate defensive line built in 1861 to protect the eastern approach to Richmond. The "Williamsburg Line" stretched between the James and York rivers and consisted of fourteen forts, commonly called redoubt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6OK_fort-magruder_Williamsburg-VA.html
Here are the remains of Fort Magruder, an earthen redoubt built in 1861 at the center of the Confederate defensive line. The "Williamsburg Line" stretched between the James and York rivers and consisted of fourteen forts, commonly called redoubts.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6OI_battle-of-williamsburg_Williamsburg-VA.html
A critical part of the Battle of Williamsburg took place here on May 5, 1862. Union troops occupied the ridge to your right across present-day U.S. Route 60. The Confederate line of redoubts stood to your left on the ridge to the west. Felled timb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6M0_jamestown_Williamsburg-VA.html
This part of old "James Towne" has been owned and preserved since 1893 by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Founded May 13, 1607, "James Towne" was the first permanent English settlement in America. It saw the beginning…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6IU_washington-rochambeau-route_Williamsburg-VA.html
Generals Washington and Rochambeau and their staffs arrived in Williamsburg on September 14, 1781. Here they gathered their troops and supplies prior to laying siege to Cornwallis at Yorktown 12 miles away on September 28, 1781.The marking of this…