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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA28_powder-magazine_Richmond-VA.html
Directly in front of you is the site of a powder magazine, where ammunition and gunpowder were stored.
An explosion there could obliterate the fort. To bomb-proof the magazine, structural timbers were covered with a thick layer of earth.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA1K_hanover-county-henrico-county_Richmond-VA.html
Hanover CountyArea 512 Square MilesFormed in 1720 from New Kent, and named for the Electorate of Hanover. Patrick Henry and Henry Clay were born in this county. In it were fought the battles of Gaines's Mill, 1862, and Cold Harbor, 1864.Henrico Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA0U_oakwood-cemetery-confederate-section_Richmond-VA.html
After the First Battle of Manassas, Richmond appropriated this approximately 7.5 - acre lot on 12 Aug. 1861 for burial of Confederate war dead. These Soldiers from every Southern state either died in Richmond's military hospitals, such as Chimbora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9VF_the-chickahominy-river-seven-days-battles_Richmond-VA.html
During the Civil War's Seven Days' Battles from 25 June to 1 July 1862, many engagements occurred along and near the Chickahominy River. Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac. His goal was to capture the Confederate capit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V4_battlefield-landscape_Richmond-VA.html
Photographs taken during and shortly after the war help us to understand, preserve and rehabilitate the battlefield landscape. In the 1880's a photographer recorded a series of views of Malvern Hill to accompany Civil War articles published in Cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V0_the-west-house_Richmond-VA.html
Sitting atop Malvern Hill only feet from the roaring line of Union cannon, the West House became an instant battlefield landmark. The original house dated from approximately 1831, but was rebuilt decades after the Civil War. The current structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T4_execution-of-gabriel_Richmond-VA.html
Near here is the early site of the Richmond gallows and "Burial Ground for Negroes." On 10 Oct. 1800, Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith from Brookfield plantation in Henrico County, was executed there for attempting to lead a mass uprising against s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SA_seven-days-battles_Richmond-VA.html
This was the extreme left of the Union line at Glendale, and was held by Hooker's Division. When McCall (just to the north) was broken, Hooker, supported by Burns's brigade, drove the Confederates back. In the night the Union army marched southward.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9RZ_seven-days-battles_Richmond-VA.html
Willis Church Road runs from here to Malvern Hill. A large part of Union Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac followed this road south toward the James River, four miles ahead, near the end of the Seven Days' Battles in 1862. On 30 June,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9Q2_outer-fortifications_Richmond-VA.html
On the hilltops hereran the outer line ofRichmond fortifications,1862-1865.