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This set of markers are on the Two Forts & Discovery Walking Trails in Newport News Park.
 
By Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008
Marker in in Newport News Park
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — W-62 — Peninsula Campaign Warwick River —
On Clubhouse Way at Dam #1 Bridge, on the right when traveling east on Clubhouse Way.
2 ► Virginia, Newport News, Greenwood — Berdan’s Sharpshooters — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near Constitution Way east of Dam #1 Bridge, on the left when traveling east.
3 ► Virginia, Newport News, Greenwood — Custer’s Covered Way — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near Constitution Way, on the right when traveling east.
4 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — Mott’s Battery — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near Constitution Way, on the right when traveling east.
5 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — Battle of Dam No. 1 — The Water Boiled with Bullets — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
On Constitution Way just east of the Discovery Center, on the left when traveling east.
6 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — One-Gun Battery — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near Twin Forts Loop at White Oak Trail, on the left when traveling east.
7 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — “Their Conduct was Worthy of Veterans” — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near Twin Forts Loop east of Long Meadow Trail, on the left when traveling east.
8 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — “Just Like Sap – Boiling, in the Stream” — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near Long Meadow Trail at Twin Forts Loop, on the left when traveling east.
9 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — “The Bullets Would Whistle Around my Head” — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
On Twin Forts Loop east of Long Meadow Trail, on the left when traveling east.
10 ► Virginia, Newport News, Greenwood — “Every Kind of Obstruction was Skillfully Used” — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near White Oak Trail at Dam #1 Bridge, on the left when traveling east.
11 ► Virginia, Newport News, North Newport News — Battle of Lee’s Mill (Dam Number 1) — April 16, 1862 —
On Constitution Way, on the left when traveling east.
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026