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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LG2_malvern-cliffs_Henrico-VA.html
General John B. Magruder sent wave after wave of Confederate infantry against the tempting target of Union artillery. In 1862, many of those attackers had to negotiate a largely treeless landscape filled with small ridges and ravines that bisected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CSZ_a-place-of-refuge_Henrico-VA.html
The Crew house and its outbuildings soon became one of the battlefield's most recognizable features. Little is known of the family that lived here during the war other than that they did not remain inside the home during the battle. However, Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ZP_48th-alabama-regiment-monument_Henrico-VA.html
This monument is dedicated
"To the 48th Alabama RegimentDarbytown Road-August 16, 1864Where it lost five-sixths of its men andfour-fifths of its officers, and capturedmore prisoners than its total, anddid not lose a prisoner. No men ever fought…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12A1_fort-brady_Henrico-VA.html
(left panel)Fort Brady
Visiting Richmond National Battlefield ParkThe concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the bat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PH_lee-vs-grant_Henrico-VA.html
Early in May 1864, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant hoped to end the Civil War by attacking Confederate armies simultaneously throughout the South. The commander in chief of all U.S. armies, Grant, accompanied Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac as it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PG_1862-peninsula-campaign_Henrico-VA.html
In April 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan began marching his huge Army of the Potomac west up the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers from Fort Monroe to Richmond, the Confederate capital. Gen. John B. Magruder's forces delayed the Fed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PF_defenses-of-richmond_Henrico-VA.html
Nearby stood one of the outer Confederate defensive lines that guarded Richmond during the Civil War (1861-1865). A series of earthworks and fortifications was built to protect the city and to allow the outnumbered Confederates to make maximum use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NF_grace-evelyn-arents_Henrico-VA.html
Grace Arents was a visionary social reformer and philanthropist whose quiet determination and generosity transformed Richmond. Her passions were children, nature, books, architecture, and her church. To aid the poor, "Miss Grace" established the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HB_evergreen-cemetery_Henrico-VA.html
In 1891, Evergreen Cemetery was established as a preeminent resting place for many of Virginia's most influential African-American residents. These include Maggie L. Walker, president and founder of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, and John Mitche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8M_the-grandest-sean-of-all_Henrico-VA.html
Beginning just after 4:00 pm and continuing into darkness, charging Confederate infantry made repeated assaults up these gentle slopes. In several places those attacks came within point-blank range of the Union lines. This ground is such a place.
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