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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESC_early-airmail-service_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Airmail service was initiated by the U.S. Post Office and the Army on 15 May 1918. Because of the danger night flying posed, airway beacons such as Studley were erected along the airmail routes between the East and West Coasts and Georgia and New …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESB_henrys-call-to-arms_Mechanicsville-VA.html
One mile east on the river was Newcastle. There, on May 2, 1775, Patrick Henry put himself at the head of the Hanover volunteers and marched against the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, who had seized the colony's powder.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESA_cornwalliss-route_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Gen. Charles Cornwallis and his British forces left Petersburg on 24 May 1781 to attack the Marquis de Lafayette and his troops stationed in Richmond. Learning of Cornwallis's movements, Lafayette abandoned the city on 27 May and moved north throu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMES2_edmund-ruffins-grave_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Here at Marlbourne is the grave of Edmund Ruffin (1794-1865), one of the leading American agriculturists of the 19th century. He published and edited the Farmer's Register, an agricultural journal, for several years. In 1843, Ruffin moved to Marlb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDTM_rutland_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Rutland was the home of the Timberlake family for 200 years, built circa 1790-1810 as a one-and-one-half-story hall-and-parlor house. July 12-21, 1862, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart headquartered in the house, with an encampment of 3,000 cavalry.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBHL_cavalry-action-at-cold-harbor_Mechanicsville-VA.html
On 31 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt's Union cavalry brigade, operating under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, advanced along this road and through these fields. Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate horsemen fought a fluid defensive battle, grad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB18_the-ultimate-sacrifice_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The losses sustained by both armies during the Wilderness to Cold Harbor campaign made the world shudder. Casualties by some estimates averaged 2,000 per day, and at Cold Harbor nearly 18,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured.
While Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB17_nowhere-to-go_Mechanicsville-VA.html
For nearly two weeks, from June 3 to June 12, the soldiers endured the agony of trench warfare. One Virginian recalled:
Thousands of men cramped up in a narrow trench, unable to go out, or to get up, or to stretch or to stand, without danger to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB16_those-people-stand-no-chance_Mechanicsville-VA.html
From this dominating position, Confederates of Major General Robert Hoke's Division, easily repulsed part of the famous June 3 assault. For the South Carolinians holding this line, the battle ended before they knew a serious charge had been made.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB13_bayonets-are-for-digging_Mechanicsville-VA.html
This covered-way, constructed after June 3, connected the main Confederate line behind you to the low ground in front. A South Carolinian stationed near here recalled:
To guard against the shells that were continually dropping in our midst or o…