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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LG2_malvern-cliffs_Henrico-VA.html
General John B. Magruder sent wave after wave of Confederate infantry against the tempting target of Union artillery. In 1862, many of those attackers had to negotiate a largely treeless landscape filled with small ridges and ravines that bisected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFS_antioch-baptist-church_Sandston-VA.html
A chapel, built in 1772 at Boar Swamp, was used by Elijah Baker to gather people for worship. In 1776 the church was constituted as Boar Swamp Baptist Church, with Joshua Morris as the first pastor. In 1780 Joshua Morris and fourteen members from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFR_decoy-airfield_Sandston-VA.html
At this location in World War II, the 936th Camouflage Battalion constructed a decoy airfield to protect nearby Byrd Airfield, which was converted to Richmond Army Air Base in May 1943. On 2,400 acres of farmland seized by the federal government, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CSZ_a-place-of-refuge_Henrico-VA.html
The Crew house and its outbuildings soon became one of the battlefield's most recognizable features. Little is known of the family that lived here during the war other than that they did not remain inside the home during the battle. However, Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ZP_48th-alabama-regiment-monument_Henrico-VA.html
This monument is dedicated "To the 48th Alabama RegimentDarbytown Road-August 16, 1864Where it lost five-sixths of its men andfour-fifths of its officers, and capturedmore prisoners than its total, anddid not lose a prisoner. No men ever fought…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HC_springfield-school_Glen-Allen-VA.html
African-American students attended this two-room 1920s structure. It was one of approximately 22 schools under the supervision of the pioneer educator, Virginia E. Randolph. Multiple grades were taught with students ranging in age from seven to ei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HB_mercer-hugh-cosby-farm_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Significant for its ownership by one African-American family dating back to the late 1800s, Mercer Hugh Cosby built the farmhouse in the 1880s on 52-acres. He grew tobacco and had an orchard on the property. The farm passed to his youngest son Wil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12A1_fort-brady_Henrico-VA.html
(left panel)Fort Brady Visiting Richmond National Battlefield ParkThe concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the bat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PH_lee-vs-grant_Henrico-VA.html
Early in May 1864, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant hoped to end the Civil War by attacking Confederate armies simultaneously throughout the South. The commander in chief of all U.S. armies, Grant, accompanied Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac as it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PG_1862-peninsula-campaign_Henrico-VA.html
In April 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan began marching his huge Army of the Potomac west up the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers from Fort Monroe to Richmond, the Confederate capital. Gen. John B. Magruder's forces delayed the Fed…
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