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Down this slope in the late afternoon of June 26, 1862, A. P. Hill moved to attack the Unionists holding the east side of Beaver Dam Creek. Pender's Brigade was on the left, Ripley's on the right. Exposed to a terrible fire from entrenched troops,…
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Brig. General J.E.B. Stuart, riding with 1800 cavalry from Richmond to Ashland, Old Church, Tunstall, Providence Forge, and Charles City, thereby encircling McClellan's Army, at this point encountered the first Federal resistance.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99A_hanovertown_Mechanicsville-VA.html
A once thriving village which in 1761 by a small vote missed being capital of Virginia. Here on May 27, 1864 the Federal army under Lt. General Grant crossed the Pamunkey in its movement from the Wilderness to the James. Here also crossed Sheridan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM999_enon-church_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Here on May 28, 1864 the Confederate cavalry under Major General Fitzhugh Lee in a severe engagement withstood for five hours the Federal advance, thereby allowing the Army of Northern Virginia to take its position beyond the Totopotomoy. Near thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM998_totopotomoy-line_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Crossing the road at this point were Federal entrenchments heavily shelled by the Confederates in the operation of May 29-30, 1864, immediately preceding the Second Battle of Cold Harbor. The nearby Shelton House was mentioned frequently in dispat…
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Fortifications on this hill mark the strong confederate works along Totopotomoy Creek, prepared as a defensive position in General Lee's withdrawal from the Rapidan to the James. Engagements here May 29-30, 1864, were preliminary to the Second Bat…
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One-quarter mile to the Northwest, at Linney's, "Jeb" Stuart's cavalry met and charged the Federals in the raid undertaken June 12-14, 1862, to discover the Federal line of communication. There fell Captain Wm. Latan
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM98O_cold-harbor-campaign_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Across the Old Church road at this point ran the advanced line of about 700 yards held by part of Ewell's Confederate Corps on May 30, 1864. Abandoned that night, the position was occupied May 31 by troops of the Fifth Federal corps.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM98N_cold-harbor-campaign_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The second advanced position held by Ewell's Confederate Corps here crossed the Old Church Road. This position was evacuated by the Confederates on the night of May 30, 1864. Occupied by the Federals on May 31 and attacked from the West by Souther…
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On the main Confederate line, eight miles long, which here crossed the Old Church Road, the Federal Army, June 3, 1864, made numerous futile and costly charges. The heaviest of these were three miles southeastward and were accounted "the worst sla…