Parker's Battery Marker

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Near Chester in Chesterfield County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Parker's Battery

By Bernard Fisher, February 9, 2009

1. Parker's Battery Marker

Inscription. Parker’s men improved this earthen redoubt, referred to as a battery, so as to better protect their guns stationed behind its walls. Supporting infantry, from the 15th and 17th Virginia regiments, filled the adjacent trenches and manned the forward picket line. While their comrades engaged Grant’s legions around Petersburg, the men of Parker’s Battery spent the last months of the war in the relative calm that prevailed along this area of the Confederate defenses.

With the collapse of the Confederate lines around Petersburg in early April 1865, the position here was vacated and the artillerists joined in the long march to Appomattox Court House. Having spent nearly 10 months in these entrenchments, almost one-fourth of their wartime service, the surviving members of Parker’s Battery came to view their experience here with some feelings of affection.

Erected by Richmond National Battlefield Park - National Park Service.

Location. 37° 20.904′ N, 77° 23.664′ W. Marker is near Chester, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. Marker can be reached from Ware Bottom Spring Road 0.1 miles east of Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. This marker is located within the Parker’s Battery Unit of the Richmond National Battlefield Park. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1801 Ware Bottom Spring Road, Chester VA 23836, United States of America.

Schematic Drawing of Parker’s Battery Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, February 9, 2009

2. Schematic Drawing of Parker’s Battery

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Remembrance (within shouting distance of this marker); Howlett Line (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); The Boy Company (about 500 feet away); Richmond Battlefields (about 600 feet away); Battery Dantzler (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named The Howlett Line (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Battery Dantzler (approx. 0.7 miles away); Olin Miller Dantzler (approx. 0.7 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Chester.