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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EQ_broadway-landing_Chester-VA.html
Broadway Landing was located three miles up the Appomattox River from City Point. It was the main supply depot for Federal artillery during the siege of Petersburg. Artillery pieces and ammunition were transported by ship or barge and offloaded th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EP_historic-point-of-rocks_Chester-VA.html
Point of Rocks takes its name from a 60-foot high sandstone cliff located here along the Appomattox River. The site was used by Native Americans as a camp and observation point, and was mentioned by Captain John Smith in his notes on Virginia. A t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EO_abraham-lincoln-at-point-of-rocks_Chester-VA.html
In March of 1865 Abraham Lincoln left behind the pressures of Washington and traveled to visit Lt. Gen. Grant at City Point. He spent two weeks at City Point, touring the front and reviewing troops.
On March 27, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, his wife …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EN_appomattox-river-overlook_Chester-VA.html
This is a composite of two photographs taken of the Appomattox River from this location. The signal tower in the background was near present day R. Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks.
This sign was sponsored by Stewart O'Bannon III Esq., Flore…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EJ_african-americans-in-the-confederate-war-effort_Chester-VA.html
Like its pre-war economy, much of the southern war effort relied on slave labor. When Richmond became the capital for the newly formed Confederacy, both freedmen and slaves were used to maintain railroads, build fortifications, and perform other j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EI_point-of-rocks-hospital-ward_Chester-VA.html
This photograph was taken from across the Appomattox River behind you.
The large hospital ward in the photograph once stood in this field in front of you.
This sign was sponsored by Douglas Waters, Carrollton, TX
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22EH_crimean-ovens_Chester-VA.html
The wooded area in front of you contains rare examples of a radiant heat system called a Crimean Oven. This system was used to heat hospital tents at Point of Rocks during the Civil War. The concept behind Crimean Ovens dates back to the days of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E6_pontoon-bridge_Chester-VA.html
This photograph was taken from this spot in 1865. The flat area in front of you is where the hut in the photograph once stood. In June of 1864 a pontoon bridge was built across the marshy ground in the photograph. The first attacks on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E5_the-united-states-submarine-propeller-alligator_Chester-VA.html
The United States Submarine Propeller Alligator
The green, 47-foot-long Alligator was the U.S. Navy's first submarine—a technological wonder of the Civil War era.
French engineer Brutus de Villeroi designed the Alligator. It was built in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E4_the-appomattox-river-raid-june-26-28-1862_Chester-VA.html
"On June 26,...just as we were having roll call and the men were about to retire for the night, the boom of a cannon a little way down the river, and the whizzing of a shell as it sped us by, aroused us to the fact that the enemy was approach…