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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PHH_the-armies-gather-at-cold-harbor_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Following the Federal cavalry's successful defense of the Old Cold Harbor Crossroads against Confederate infantry attacks on the morning of June 1, 1864, hard marching soldiers of the 6th Corps and 18th Corps arrived to solidify the Union army's h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PHG_june-3-1864-18th-corps-a-disastrous-attack_Mechanicsville-VA.html
General John H. Martindale's division of the 18th Corps deployed on this ground prior to its participation in the Federal attack on the morning of June 3, 1864. At 4:30 a.m., the roughly 3,400 men of the division advanced toward strong Confederate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PHF_keitts-attack-morning-june-1-1864_Mechanicsville-VA.html
On the morning of June 1, General Lee was anxious to regain control of the Old Cold Harbor Crossroads and ordered two Confederate infantry divisions to attack the outnumbered Union cavalry troopers defending the intersection.
Colonel Laurence M.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LR8_shelton-house-under-fire_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Shelton House Under Fire
May 30, 1864
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For details about the scenes depicted in this image,
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILB_beaver-dam-school_Beaverdam-VA.html
The original Beaver Dam School was built in 1909 on land acquired by the School Board of Beaver Dam District No. 3 of Hanover County. On 16 Dec 1919, fire destroyed the original two-story frame building that housed both elementary and high school …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IF6_m60-main-battle-tank_Ashland-VA.html
The Patton series of tanks are named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during WWII, and one of the first American advocates for the use of tanks in battle.
The M60 Patton battle tank entered active duty in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IF4_john-preston-clarke_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The Rev. John Preston Clarke (1831-1915), a free black man, and his Madagascar-born wife, Lucy Ann Renibe Winston, were raised in a Quaker community of free blacks in Montpelier. Ordained a minister in 1867, Clarke helped foster balck institutions…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I6V_firing-blind_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The mounds seen here might be improvised mortar positions built by Confederate artillerists in June 1864. Normal cannon pits had fields of fire, often established by keeping the front parapet low or by building a platform on which the gun could si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I6U_the-tramp-of-marching-feet_Mechanicsville-VA.html
This deeply carved depression is believed to be a remnant of a Civil War-era farm road. On June 27, 1862, Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's marching soldiers mistakenly turned south toward New Cold Harbor on their way to the Gain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1R_attacking-the-high-ground_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Totopotomy Creek separated the armies here between May 29 and 31, 1864. Twice the men of the Union 2nd Corps (Barlow's Division) charged down this slope. They hoped to cross the "deep morass" and seize the opposite heights. Darkness halted the fir…