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Freeman Markers (Richmond Battlefields) Historical Markers

A set of markers placed by the Battlefield Markers Association starting in the 1920s. Historian Douglas Southall Freeman wrote the inscriptions, hence they are commonly referred to as "Freeman Markers".
 
By Bernard Fisher, July 25, 2003
Drewry’s Bluff Battlefield Marker
1 ► Virginia, Chesterfield County, Chester — 57 — Drewry’s Bluff Battlefield —
2 ► Virginia, Chesterfield County, Chester — 56 — Drewry’s Bluff Defences —
3 ► Virginia, Chesterfield County, Chester — 58 — The Half-Way House —
4 ► Virginia, Chesterfield County, Richmond — 59 — Fort Darling — Defences of Drewry's Bluff —
5 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Atlee — 50 — Totopotomoy Line — Confederate Works —
6 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Atlee — 51 — Totopotomoy Line — Federal Works —
7 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 25 — Battle of Cold Harbor — Position of the Federal Sixth Corps —
8 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 26 — Battle of Cold Harbor — The Field of the Heaviest Losses —
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9 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 27 — Battle of Cold Harbor — The Confederate Main Line —
10 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 28 — Battle of Cold Harbor — Main Line of Anderson’s Left Wing —
11 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 29 — Battle of Cold Harbor — Position of the Confederate Left Wing —
12 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 3 — Beaver Dam Creek —
13 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 30 — Cold Harbor Campaign — Advanced Position of Ewell's Corps —
14 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 31 — Cold Harbor Campaign — Advanced Position of Ewell's Corps —
15 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 4 — Ellerson's Mill —
16 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 9 — Gaines' Mill —
17 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 2 — Mechanicsville —
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18 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 6 — New Cold Harbor — Where Two Battlefields Meet —
19 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 7 — The Watt House — Gaines' Mill Battlefield —
20 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 5 — Walnut Grove Church —
21 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Mechanicsville — 8 — Whiting's Advance — Approximate Line of Whiting's Advance —
22 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Studley — 52 — Enon Church — Rapidan-James Campaign —
23 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Studley — 53 — Hanovertown — Grant's Crossing —
24 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Studley — 32 — Stuart’s Ride — Around McClellan’s Army —
25 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Studley — 54 — Stuart's Ride — June 13-14, 1862 —
26 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Henrico — 20 — Methodist Parsonage —
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27 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Henrico — 46 — Richmond Defences — Advanced Works of the Outer Line —
28 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 21 — Battlefield of Malvern Hill —
29 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 49 — Fort Gilmer — Outer Line of Richmond Defences —
30 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 23 — Fort Harrison —
31 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 16 — Frazier's Farm — or Glendale Battlefield —
32 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 17 — Frazier's Farm — or Glendale Battlefield —
33 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 18 — Frazier's Farm — or Glendale Battlefield —
34 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 22 — Malvern Hill — Confederate Assault —
35 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 1 — Richmond Defences — Intermediate Line — Reported missing
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36 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 33 — Richmond Defences — The Outer Line —
37 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 43 — Richmond Defences — Crossing of the Intermediate Line —
38 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 44 — Richmond Defences — Outer-Line Crossing Mill Road —
39 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 47 — Richmond Defences — Crossing of the Main Outer Line —
40 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 48 — Richmond Defences — Intermediate Line —
41 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 15 — Riddell's Shop —
42 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 12 — The Dabb House — General Lee's Headquarters. —
43 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — 19 — Willis' Church —
44 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 37 — Battlefield of Seven Pines —
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45 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 38 — Battlefield of Seven Pines —
46 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 39 — Battlefield of Seven Pines —
47 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 40 — Battlefield of Seven Pines —
48 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 41 — Battlefield of Seven Pines — Reported permanently removed
49 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 45 — Fort Lee —
50 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 10 — Grapevine Bridge —
51 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 42 — Richmond Defences — Crossing of the Outer Line —
52 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 13 — Savage Station —
53 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 11 — The Trent House — McClellan's Headquarters —
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54 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — 14 — White Oak Swamp —
55 ► Virginia, Richmond, Bellevue — 34 — Richmond Defences — The Outer Line —
56 ► Virginia, Richmond, Country Club of Virginia — 36 — Richmond Defences — The Dahlgren Raid —
57 ► Virginia, Richmond, Laburnum Park — 35 — Richmond Defences — Kilpatrick’s Raid —
58 ► Virginia, Richmond, South Richmond — 55 — Richmond Defences — Battery 16 of the Inner Line —
 
 
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