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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9RX_glendale-fraysers-farm_Henrico-VA.html
In this vicinity, the Union Army of the Potomac made a stand on 30 June 1862, during its retreat from the Chickahominy River toward the James River. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan posted several Union divisions facing east and north to protect this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9P2_seven-days-battles_Richmond-VA.html
Here from east to west, Berdan's sharpshooters of Morell's division were strung out in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. Their rapid and accurate fire harassed the Confederates as they emerged from the woods and charged up the hill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9OZ_the-battle-of-malvern-hill_Henrico-VA.html
"We reached the field; here were wounded men and the dead, but we heeded them not. We relieved the 7th New York Regiment and poured in a hot fire; still they kept the field, men falling all round, but our only thought was to fire as fast as possib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9OX_the-battle-of-malvern-hill_Henrico-VA.html
"There was no cessation or diminution yet of the enemy's fire - musketry here - which swept the field to such an extent that it was difficult to believe anything could escape unhurt." - Lt. McHenry Howard, Confederate staff officer
The 15,000 m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9OU_seven-days-battles_Henrico-VA.html
Across the road here stretched the Confederate line of battle, facing south, in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. Jackson commanded here, Magruder to the west. Longstreet and A. P. Hill were in reserve the battle lasted intermittently. From morning t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9OQ_willis-church-parsonage_Henrico-VA.html
Frustrated by his failure at Glendale, Robert E. Lee gathered his army on July 1, 1862, for a final effort to destroy the Union army. But on this day, unlike his previous efforts during the Seven Days, Lee did not have a Union flank or a strung-ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9OM_seven-days-battles_Henrico-VA.html
Across the road here stretched the Union line of battle in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. Couch's, Kearney's and Hooker's divisions were to the east of the road, Morell to the west, with Sykes in reserve. The Confederates made several attacks and,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9OL_seven-days-battles_Richmond-VA.html
Across the hill here from east to west the Union artillery was in position in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. The Union batteries overpowered the few cannon the Confederates were able to bring up. When the Southern infantry charged from the woods, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99R_freeman-marker_Henrico-VA.html
This is one in a series of 61 markers erected beginning in 1925 to identify the battlefields around Richmond. The tablets were the work of the Battlefield Markers Association, a group of historians committed to commemorating the Richmond battlefie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM995_richmond-defences_Henrico-VA.html
At this point the Intermediate Line of the Confederate defences of Richmond crossed this, the Darbytown Road. This line was continuous around Richmond and lay between the outer defensive system and the inner forts.