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The community of Studley takes its name from the birthplace of Patrick Henry (1736-1799), orator of the American Revolution and first state governor of Virginia. The Henry family resided at Studley until 1750. The house, which burned in 1807, was …
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In 1747, the meetinghouse here became vital to the colonists' struggle for religious and civil liberty when Samuel Morris and other Hanover Presbyterian dissenters called the Rev. Samuel Davies (1723-1761) to become pastor. Davies, a great orator …
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Following the cavalry fight at Enon Church on May 28, 1864, Lee moved to block Grant's advance toward Richmond. He stationed his army along a ridge protected by swampy Totopotomoy Creek. When Union infantry arrived they found Lee's soldiers solidl…
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This community's first real taste of war came in May 1862, when Gen. George B. McC1e11an's Union army moved from the east to threaten Richmond. On May 25, McClellan ordered troops to reconnoiter the Hanover Courthouse area and push back any enemy …
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After crossing the Pamunkey River, Grant ordered his army to consolidate near this intersection.
While the cavalry fought a ferocious battle west of here at Enon Church on May 28, 1864, Grant's infantry reconnoitered north toward Hanover Court …
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Confederate cavalry under Gen. Wade Hampton arrived here May 28, 1864, hoping to locate the whereabouts of the Federal army. Hampton's leading column collided with Gen. David Gregg's Union cavalry division near the Haw's Shop crossroads, one mile …
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This intersection was known as Polly Hundley's Corner during the Civil War. The roads led to Atlee's Station, the Pamunkey River, Mechanicsville and Hanover Courthouse. A sign here announced that it was only seven miles to Richmond and just two mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA98_union-armys-crossing-of-the-pamunkey-river_Mechanicsville-VA.html
On 26 May 1864, following the engagements along the North Anna River, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and two cavalry divisions to move southeastward to secure crossings on the Pamunkey River. The next morning …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA97_lees-headquarters_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Just to the east stood the Clarke house (Lockwood), wherein Gen. Robert E. Lee made his field headquarters, 28-31 May 1864. While here, and though ill, Lee deployed troops to key positions in Hanover County, including Haw's Shop, Totopotomoy Creek…
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Established in 1654 from York and named for County Kent, England. In it are Chestnut Grove, Birthplace of Martha (Dandridge) Custis; White House, home of Martha Custis; Poplar Grove, where Martha Custis met George Washington; St. Peter's church, w…