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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMI_the-crew-house_Henrico-VA.html
The Crew House — also known during the war as Dr. Mellert's — is a key landmark of the battlefield. In 1862, numerous outbuildings were located close to the house, and a small orchard stood nearby. The original house burned in the 1870…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMH_advantages-of-terrain_Henrico-VA.html
Today, heavy woods have replaced the vast rolling wheat fields upon which the armies fought. Timber also hides the steep slopes and jagged ravines that shielded the flanks of the Union position.
The rough terrain forced most of the Confederates…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMG_the-malvern-hill-crest_Henrico-VA.html
Looking back to the north, you now share the view of the Union artillerists. Remember that their guns stretched all the way across the hill in front of you. Today only eight guns represent where at least thirty stood during the battle.
On sever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMD_the-confederate-high-water-mark_Henrico-VA.html
You have reached the farthest point to which any organized Confederate infantry advanced on July 1. Two simple wooden structures stood within this cleared area. They are thought to have housed the slaves working the Crew farm.
During the twilig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM6_historic-farm-road_Henrico-VA.html
The armies fought the Battle of Malvern Hill across several very large and productive farms. That agricultural landscape helped shape the course of the battle. Stacks of recently harvested wheat offered feeble shelter to men of both sides. Farm bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM5_confederate-futility_Henrico-VA.html
Confederate attacks reached their final fury just before sunset. "The men would rush forward as they were urged," recalled a North Carolinian, "and then it seemed as though the whole line would sway back as a field of corn would before a wind." Wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJLF_outgunned_Henrico-VA.html
General Robert E. Lee hoped that a crossfire of Confederate artillery directed against the crest of Malvern Hill might silence the powerful array of Union guns and clear the way for an infantry charge. Generals Longstreet and Jackson established c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJLA_malvern-hill_Henrico-VA.html
Before you stood the Union rearguard, on Malvern Hill. Here, McClellan's line atop the plateau was only 875 yards wide. Confederate batteries were to soften the position prior to the infantry assault, but the Federal artillery proved superior. As …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL9_battlefield-burials_Henrico-VA.html
The depressions to the right of the trail probably represent former graves of Confederate soldiers. The dead of both armies received hasty battlefield burials. Most were disinterred after the war, with the Union dead going to Glendale National Cem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJH2_confederate-attacks-stall_Henrico-VA.html
General Couch found the uneven terrain in this section of the Union position less favorable for artillery. He chose to push his infantry well forward of the guns, placing brigades under Abercrombie, Howe, and Palmer on this ground to prevent the a…