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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNCA_powerful-position_Mechanicsville-VA.html
On the morning of June 27, General Fitz John Porter's men arranged their formidable defenses along the slope of Boatswain's Creek, where you are standing. Orders directed him to resist Lee's advance, "even to my destruction," remembered Porter.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNC7_balloons-over-the-battlefield_Mechanicsville-VA.html
"The view I had of the field of battle from the balloon for the first time that afternoon showed me how serious it was?..I was up half an hour in all, when I saw certain movements of our forces which made me hurry down and gallop up to Genl. McCle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN53_springfield-plantation_Mechanicsville-VA.html
In 1862 this farmhouse was home to the widow Sarah Watt, her granddaughter, Mary Jane Haw, and a maid. It was a typical Hanover County plantation of several hundred acres with some 28 slaves who produced a modest income from grains, potatoes, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN52_garthright-house_Mechanicsville-VA.html
"We charged across the open field under a murdrous storm of balls & canister shot...& soon gained complet[e] possesion of all the buildings....We soon fortified as best we could the aproaches to the house by barrells & farming tools & held the pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN50_grants-grand-assault_Mechanicsville-VA.html
"We did not go far, only for six rods [100 feet]oon?by the lively use of bayonets, frying-pans, tin plates, and cups, we had a temporary protection, and the satisfaction of holding practically all the ground we had been over."Oscar Waite, 10th Ver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4Y_confederate-fortifications_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The diary of Edward R. Crockett, 4th Texas Infantry, illustrates the daily pressure of life in these trenches:
June 4th"We work hard last night & dawn on the 4th have a heavy work completed. We have quit sleeping almost entirely."
June 5th"L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4U_killing-fields_Mechanicsville-VA.html
"The men bent down as they pushed forward, as if trying ? to breast a tempest, and the files of men went down like rows of blocks or bricks pushed over by striking against each other."John L. Piper, 12th New Hampshire Infantry
At first light o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMQX_reads-batallion_Mechanicsville-VA.html
These cannon mark the approximate position of a four-gun battery belonging to the Richmond Fayette Artillery, part of Major J.P.W. Read's Battalion that held strategic points along the Confederate main line. The battery supported General Alfred H.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTV_hanover-tavern_Hanover-VA.html
Hanover Tavern was an essential part of the county courthouse complex during the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as the center of social life. For people living on large farms and plantations, whose closest neighbors could live miles away, tavern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLTU_hanover-courthouse_Hanover-VA.html
In December 1763, the Historic Hanover Courthouse was the site of the famous Parsons' Cause, an opening salvo of the American Revolution. During the Parsons' Cause trial, Patrick Henry voiced one of the first American objections to denial of the c…