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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5V_battle-of-chester-station_Chester-VA.html
On May 5, 1864, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Union Army of the James landed at Bermuda Hundred to sever direct communication between Richmond and Petersburg. Five days later, desperate to keep the connection open, 2,000 Confederates under Gen. Robert…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAH2_the-battle-of-trents-reach_Chester-VA.html
On Jan. 23, 1865, the ironclads Virginia II, Richmond, and Fredericksburg, with five smaller vessels, descended the James River in an effort to attack the Union supply depot at City Point. A reliable report indicated that recent floods had washed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAH1_battery-dantzler_Chester-VA.html
First named Ft. Howlett, the battery was renamed after Col. Olin M. Dantzler, who was killed on June 2, 1864, in an attempt to capture Ft. Dutton. Leading the 22nd South Carolina Inf. the attack failed. Battery Dantzler played a major role in keep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGV_olin-miller-dantzler_Chester-VA.html
Olin Miller Dantzler (1826-1824) was a native of South Carolina. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia in 1846. He married Caroline Clover on July 10, 1850, and they had five children. Prior to the war Dantzler served as a South Car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGT_battery-dantzler_Chester-VA.html
In 1862, Confederate authorities considered locating the main defensive James River battery here to block the Union navy's approach to Richmond. They chose Drewry's Bluff instead because they feared that Union forces would bypass this position by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAFU_osbornes_Chester-VA.html
The town of Osbornes was named for Captain Thomas Osborne who settled nearby at Coxendale in 1616. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Osborne's plantation wharf was a tobacco inspection station and local shipping center. Thomas Jefferson, grandfa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAFT_farrars-island_Chester-VA.html
In 1611, Farrar's Island was the site of the "Citie of Henrico," one of Virginia's first four primary settlement areas under the Virginia Company of London. Later, it was part of a 2,000-acre land patent issued posthumously to William Farrar in 16…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7NB_port-walthall_Chester-VA.html
Port Walthall, which stood on the banks of the Appomattox River several miles to the south, was a major shipping and passenger embarkation point prior to the Civil War. The railroad tracks leading to the port were melted down to manufacture Confed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7N8_point-of-rocks_Chester-VA.html
Point of Rocks is located two miles south on the Appomattox River. In 1608, Captain John Smith wrote abut this high rock cliff which projected out to the channel of the river. Known to all as Point of Rocks, it was severely damaged during a battle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7J6_mary-randolph_Chester-VA.html
Mary Randolph, a native of Chesterfield County and author of the first American regional cookbook, lived nearby at Presquile Plantation during the last two decades of the 18th century after her marriage to David Meade Randolph in 1782. The couple …
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