Manquin in King William County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Pamunkey Indians In The Civil War
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, February 13, 2020
1. Pamunkey Indians In The Civil War Marker
Inscription.
Pamunkey Indians In The Civil War. . Residents of the Pamunkey Reservation, 12 miles southeast of here, aided Union troops during the Civil War. About a dozen Pamunkey men enlisted as guides, scouts, gunboat pilots, and spies for Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862. Women and the elderly provided intelligence, shelter, safe passage, food, and supplies for Union troops. Confederate authorities pressed Pamunkey men into service as laborers and punished others for their Unionism with imprisonment at Richmond's Castle Thunder. After the war many Pamunkey Indians won compensation from the federal Southern Claims Commission for property damaged or taken by Union soldiers.
Residents of the Pamunkey Reservation, 12 miles southeast of here, aided Union troops during the Civil War. About a dozen Pamunkey men enlisted as guides, scouts, gunboat pilots, and spies for Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862. Women and the elderly provided intelligence, shelter, safe passage, food, and supplies for Union troops. Confederate authorities pressed Pamunkey men into service as laborers and punished others for their Unionism with imprisonment at Richmond's Castle Thunder. After the war many Pamunkey Indians won compensation from the federal Southern Claims Commission for property damaged or taken by Union soldiers.
Erected 2016 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number OC-37.)
Location. 37° 42.704′ N, 77° 9.023′ W. Marker is in Manquin, Virginia, in King William County. Marker is on Richmond Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360) 0.2 miles east of Acquinton Church Road (Virginia Route 618), on the right when traveling
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2020, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 746 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 13, 2020, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.