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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E3_point-of-rocks-hospital_Chester-VA.html
Shortly after the Army of the James landed in Bermuda Hundred, a field hospital was established here at Point of Rocks. The hospital originally consisted of tents set up in the orchard around the Strachan House. The tents were 50 feet long and con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E2_nurses-at-point-of-rocks-hospital_Chester-VA.html
Patients at Point of Rocks Hospital were under the care of two pioneer women in the field of medicine, Clara Barton and Harriet Dame. At a time when most women were not allowed to be near the fighting, these women saw the war close up at field hos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E1_the-first-attacks-on-petersburg_Chester-VA.html
"Petersburg at that hour was clearly at the mercy of the Federal Commander who had all but captured it"
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard on the June 15th attack at Petersburg.
On June 9, 1864, as Grant prepared to shift his army from Cold…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E0_the-siege-of-petersburg-begins_Chester-VA.html
After taking heavy losses at Cold Harbor, Lt. Gen. Grant made the decision to move his army across the James River and attack Petersburg. The capture of that city and its key rail links would cut off Richmond from the rest of the Confederacy.
J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22DY_united-states-colored-troops-in-the-army-of-the-james_Chester-VA.html
Thousands of African-American troops served in the Army of the James under the official designation of United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler was a strong proponent of the use of African-American troops and had more U…
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/HM1NDX_the-lagoon_Chester-VA.html
Civilization has dramatically transformed the landscape. Before 1930s, the land around you was probably swamp and bottomland forest. From the 1930s to around the 1960s, companies mined the area for sand and gravel. During this time, the large open…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NDL_the-bermuda-hundred-campaign_Chester-VA.html
Photograph of the ironclad ram Atlanta. The Atlanta was built by the Confederacy and was captured at Savannah Ga. by Federal forces in 1863. It saw service on the James River in the US Navy. The ship was decommissioned in 1865 and was sold to Hait…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NDK_the-bermuda-hundred-campaign_Chester-VA.html
Photograph of the Union ironclad Saugus taken from near this location in March 1865. The log boom on the bow of the Saugus is a field adaptation to protect it from Confederate mines in the river.
This sign was sponsored by Edwin C. Bearss, Arli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NDJ_the-siege-of-petersburg_Chester-VA.html
The Battle of Trent's Reach
On the night of Jan. 23, 1865, the ironclads Virginia II, Richmond, and Fredericksburg, with five smaller vessels, descended the James River in an effort to attack the Union supply depot at City Point. Recent fl…