Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles north of Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
Confederate Col. John Bankhead Magruder (1807-1871) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830. He served in the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and commanded an artillery battery in . . . — — Map (db m181096) HM
Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
“As a political question and a question of humanity can I receive the services of father and mother and not take the children? Of the humanitarian aspect I have no doubt; of the political one I have no right to judge.”—Gen. . . . — — Map (db m181098) HM
Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles north of Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
In the spring of 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led his 100,000-man Army of the Potomac west from Hampton past Big Bethel in a campaign to capture Richmond. The battlefield of June 9, 1861, soon faded into obscurity.
Little remains of the . . . — — Map (db m103832) HM
Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles north of Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
During the Federal attack, the first Confederate enlisted man who died in combat during the Civil War was killed here.
Union Gen. Ebenezer W. Pierce began his assault at about 9 A.M. on June 10, 1861. Capt. H. Judson Kilpatrick led the 5th New . . . — — Map (db m103833) HM
Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles north of Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Battle of Big Bethel was, for most of the participants, their first experience with warfare. Officers and enlisted men on both sides often wrote of details that in fights to come would not merit a mention.
Union Gen. Ebenezer W. Pierce, the . . . — — Map (db m103834) HM
Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles north of Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
As the Confederates here tried to burn the Zouaves out of the buildings that stood in front of you, the last act of the battle unfolded to your left across the creek. The "New England Battalion” (1st Vermont, 4th Massachusetts, and 7th New . . . — — Map (db m103835) HM
Near Big Bethel Road (Virginia Route 600) 0.1 miles north of Semple Farm Road, on the left when traveling north.
For the Federals, the Big Bethel expedition ended in complete failure. Casualties totaled 76: 18 killed, 53 wounded, and 5 missing. The Northern press blamed Gen. Benjamin F. Butler for ordering his troops into battle with poor preparation and for . . . — — Map (db m161320) HM
On Water Street (Virginia Route 143), on the left when traveling south.
Here stood the U.S. Army’s first camp on Virginia soil after secession, built in May 1861. Only the Veteran’s Cemetery on County Street remains of this entrenched camp. The influx of soldiers at Fort Monroe prompted the commander, Lt. Col. Justin . . . — — Map (db m10479) HM
Near Emancipation Drive 0.1 miles south of East Tyler Street, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Here, under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened in January 1863 as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s “contraband of war” decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, . . . — — Map (db m33817) HM
On Emancipation Drive 0.1 miles south of Tyler Street, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Here, under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened in January 1863 as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin Butler's "contraband of war" decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, . . . — — Map (db m283409) HM
Near Settlers Landing Road (U.S. 60) at South King Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
The control of Hampton had been disputed during the war’s first months. Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler sought to expand Union control over the lower Peninsula. Despite his defeat during the June 10, 1861, Battle of Big Bethel, his troops occupied . . . — — Map (db m299345) HM
On Chesapeake Avenue (Virginia Route 167) at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Chesapeake Avenue.
After the March 8-9, 1862, Battle of Hampton Roads, CSS Virginia went into drydock for refitting. USS Monitor guarded Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s transport vessels in the York River near Fort Monroe, and the Federals reinforced . . . — — Map (db m10351) HM
On North Center Street north of England Street ( Route 54), on the right when traveling south.
Ashland in 1860 was a quiet, charming village. Its 150 residents lived in cottages on tree-lined streets. A fashionable hotel, a notable racecourse, and a famous mineral springs resort made Ashland a social center. Then came war.
In the summer . . . — — Map (db m8199) HM
On Doswell Road at Washington Highway (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling east on Doswell Road. Reported permanently removed.
This junction was one of the most pivotal sites for the well-being of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army. Known during the war as Hanover Junction, it was the intersection of two important railroads. The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac . . . — — Map (db m287562) HM
On Verdon Road (Virginia Route 684) 0.2 miles west of New Market Mill Road ( Route 685), on the right when traveling west.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia arrived here at the North Anna River on May 22, 1864. The next day, the Union Army of the Potomac followed, having maneuvered around the Confederates from the Wilderness through Spotsylvania . . . — — Map (db m73939) HM
On Hanover Courthouse Road (U.S. 301) 0.2 miles north of Depot Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
This community’s first real taste of war came in May 1862, when Gen. George B. McC1e11an’s Union army moved from the east to threaten Richmond. On May 25, McClellan ordered troops to reconnoiter the Hanover Courthouse area and push back any enemy . . . — — Map (db m15818) HM
Near Hanover Courthouse Road (U.S. 301) at Library Drive, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, Cleavers and Amanda Chisholm's Hanover Tavern "hosted" both armies and refugees who fled the depredations of war. Hard fighting just outside of town on May 27, 1862 resulted in several hundred casualties. Two weeks later, . . . — — Map (db m170041) HM
On Rural Point Road (County Route 643) at Heatherwood Drive, on the right when traveling north on Rural Point Road.
Following the cavalry fight at Enon Church on May 28, 1864, Lee moved to block Grant’s advance toward Richmond. He stationed his army along a ridge protected by swampy Totopotomoy Creek. When Union infantry arrived they found Lee’s soldiers solidly . . . — — Map (db m15829) HM
On Immanuel Trail at Old Church Road ( Route 606), on the left when traveling south on Immanuel Trail.
In May 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula to the gates of Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June and began planning a counterattack. On June . . . — — Map (db m61876) HM
On Studley Road (County Route 606) at Buckeye Road, on the left when traveling east on Studley Road.
Confederate cavalry under Gen. Wade Hampton arrived here May 28, 1864, hoping to locate the whereabouts of the Federal army. Hampton’s leading column collided with Gen. David Gregg’s Union cavalry division near the Haw’s Shop crossroads, one mile in . . . — — Map (db m15781) HM
On Rural Point Road (County Route 643) 0.1 miles south of Studley Road (County Route 606), on the right when traveling south.
This intersection was known as Polly Hundley’s Corner during the Civil War. The roads led to Atlee’s Station, the Pamunkey River, Mechanicsville and Hanover Courthouse. A sign here announced that it was only seven miles to Richmond and just two . . . — — Map (db m15757) HM
On Studley Road (County Route 606) 0.1 miles east of Williamsville Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling east.
After crossing the Pamunkey River, Grant ordered his army to consolidate near this intersection.
While the cavalry fought a ferocious battle west of here at Enon Church on May 28, 1864, Grant’s infantry reconnoitered north toward Hanover Court . . . — — Map (db m15817) HM
Near Turner Ashby Lane 0.2 miles north of Neff Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
On June 6, 1862, the vanguard of Union Gen. John C. Frémont’s force, pursuing Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s army south up the Shenandoah Valley, reached this point near Harrisonburg. Jackson’s rear guard, led by Gen. Turner . . . — — Map (db m15752) HM
Near Turner Ashby Lane west of Neff Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On June 6, 1862, the vanguard of Union Gen. John C. Frémont’s force, pursuing Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s army south up the Shenandoah Valley, reached this point near Harrisonburg. Jackson’s rear guard, led by Gen. Turner . . . — — Map (db m253876) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles north of Campbell Street, on the left when traveling north.
Harrisonburg was Rockingham County’s seat of government and largest town, and it was an ideal site for a hospital. When the Civil War began in 1861, although the railroad had not yet extended to Harrisonburg, the town sat at the intersection of . . . — — Map (db m39330) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
During the Civil War, a road (Market Street) ran east and west through the courthouse square, dividing it roughly in half. The courthouse occupied the northern portion while the jail, clerk’s office, and springhouse were in the southern section. . . . — — Map (db m16482) HM
On South Main Street (Virginia Route 11) at Franklin Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.
The Civil War brought trauma and pain to this stately home, built in 1856. Before the conflict began, Edward T.H. Warren, his wife, Virginia Watson Magruder, and their three children, Elizabeth, James, and Virginia resided here. With them, lived . . . — — Map (db m263480) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 11) south of East Bruce Street, on the right when traveling north.
This was the home of Harrisonburg’s first mayor, Isaac Hardesty, an apothecary. Elected in 1849, Hardesty served until 1860. His Unionist sympathies compelled him to leave for Maryland after the Civil War began. Early in the first week of May . . . — — Map (db m256375) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles north of East Bruce Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Harrisonburg is associated with the exploits of McNeill’s Rangers, a famous Confederate partisan unit. In 1862, John Hanson McNeill, a native of Hardy County in present-day West Virginia, recruited men for Co. E, 18th Virginia Cavalry. With . . . — — Map (db m39331) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 11) south of Newman Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Harrisonburg is associated with the exploits of McNeill’s Rangers, a famous Confederate partisan unit. In 1862, John Hanson McNeill, a native of Hardy County in present-day West Virginia, recruited men for Co. E, 18th Virginia Cavalry. With . . . — — Map (db m305350) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 11) at Franklin Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. Reported permanently removed.
This was the home of Edward T.H. Warren, a Harrisonburg attorney. As a lieutenant in the Valley Guards, a Rockingham County militia company, Warren attended the trial and execution of John Brown in Charles Town (in present-day West Virginia) in . . . — — Map (db m41497) HM
Near East Market Street (U.S. 33) at Reservoir Street.
During the Civil War, Woodbine Cemetery was Harrisonburg’s principal burial ground. Chartered in March 1850, it opened later that year after the city’s first mayor, Isaac Hardesty, sold 2.5 acres of his property to the cemetery company. The need . . . — — Map (db m39333) HM
On Meadow Farm Drive 0.5 miles north of Mountain Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
nion Gen. Philip Sheridan used the Mountain Road during his 1864 raid toward Richmond. His lengthy column of 12,000 horsemen passed here on the morning of May 11. The troopers spread out to destroy many miles of railroad track at Ashland, Allen’s . . . — — Map (db m15819) HM
On Meadow Farm Drive north of Mountain Road, on the left when traveling south.
On May 4, 1864, Union Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac crossed the Rappahannock River to engage Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and destroy it. This maneuver bean the Overland Campaign, part of Union . . . — — Map (db m272310) HM
On Telegraph Road south of Towering Road, on the right when traveling south.
While Grant and Lee fought at Spotsylvania, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan took 12,000 Federal cavalry on a raid toward Richmond. After destroying a large Confederate supply depot at Beaver Dam Station, Sheridan’s troopers met 4,000 Southern cavalrymen . . . — — Map (db m183307) HM
Near Longbridge Road 0.4 miles south of Darbytown Road, on the left when traveling south.
(preface) In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James rivers toward the Confederate capital. A . . . — — Map (db m32291) HM
On Farmers Circle Drive north of New Market Road ( Route 5), on the left when traveling north.
On September 29, 1864, this ground was the scene of combat as Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler directed a two-pronged attack on Confederate defenses here. Part of his force crossed the James River at Deep Bottom, about two miles southeast, and . . . — — Map (db m301743) HM
On Richmond Airport Connector Road south of Seven Hills Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
In April 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan began marching his huge Army of the Potomac west up the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers from Fort Monroe to Richmond, the Confederate capital. Gen. John B. Magruder’s forces delayed the . . . — — Map (db m171304) HM
On New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) east of Laurel Hill Lane, on the right when traveling east.
For almost ten months beginning in mid-June 1864, the Army of the Potomac besieged the cities of Petersburg and Richmond from the east and south. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Union fortifications extended west of Petersburg . . . — — Map (db m164454) HM
On Richmond Henrico Turnpike 0.7 miles east of Azalea Avenue.
On May 12, 1864, this crossing of the Chickahominy River was the scene of a sharp engagement between Union and Confederate cavalry The previous day, Gen. Philip Sheridan and his Union troopers fought and defeated Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and his . . . — — Map (db m257632) HM
On Darbytown Road (County Route 600) at Dorey Park Road, on the right when traveling east on Darbytown Road. Reported permanently removed.
A massive two-pronged Union attack on September 29, 1864, captured New Market Heights and a section of Richmond’s outer defenses including Fort Harrison. Not wishing to concede a vital part of his line to the enemy, Confederate commander Robert E. . . . — — Map (db m310298) HM
Near Nine Mile Road (State Highway 33) 0.1 miles west of Dabbs House Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
In May 1862, Gen. George McClellan’s Union army was poised on the outskirts of Richmond threatening the Confederate capital. Here, in the Dabbs House, Robert E. Lee, as new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, opened his headquarters on . . . — — Map (db m15930) HM
Near Nine Mile Road (Virginia Route 33) at Evergreen Road, on the right when traveling west.
Here at the Dabbs House on June 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee established his first field headquarters as the new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. He replaced Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who had been wounded, as Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m167845) HM
Near Nine Mile Road (Virginia Route 33) at Evergreen Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
In May 1862, Gen. George McClellan's Union army was poised on the outskirts of Richmond threatening the Confederate capital. Here, in the Dabbs House, Robert E. Lee, as new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, opened his headquarters on . . . — — Map (db m259135) HM
On Deep Bottom Road, on the left. Reported permanently removed.
After the Battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, Grant and Lee shifted their armies to Petersburg; but Grant did not wish to abandon the Richmond front entirely. He had Gen. Benjamin Butler position a small force from his Army of the James here at . . . — — Map (db m193868) HM
On Deep Bottom Road east of James Street, on the left.
As you watch boats being launched here today, imagine the challenge faced by Union engineers tasked with constructing a pontoon bridge at this site on June 20th, 1864. Under the cover of night, and without alerting nearby Confederate pickets, . . . — — Map (db m216519) HM
On Richmond Airport Connector Road south of Seven Hills Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Early in May 1864, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant hoped to end the Civil War by attacking Confederate armies simultaneously throughout the South. The commander in chief of all U.S. armies, Grant, accompanied Gen. George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac as it . . . — — Map (db m54253) HM
On Darbytown Road (County Route 600) at Dorey Park Road, on the right when traveling west on Darbytown Road.
For almost ten months beginning in mid-June 1864, the Army of the Potomac besieged the cities of Petersburg and Richmond from the east and south. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Union fortifications extended west of Petersburg and launched . . . — — Map (db m310301) HM
Near Brook Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles west of Brook Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
(Preface): In May 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula to the gates of Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June and began planning a . . . — — Map (db m55719) HM
Near Brook Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles north of Brook Run Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The fortifications here was part of the outer defensive line begun during the Peninsula Campaugn to protect the Confederate capital of Richmond. At 5 A.M. on June 12, 1862, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and 1,200 cavalrymen, including several who . . . — — Map (db m196021) HM
Almost every Confederate soldier who died in a Richmond hospital during the war was buried in one of three local cemeteries: Hollywood, Oakwood, or Shockoe Hill. Although Hollywood Cemetery is the best known because of the many prominent men buried . . . — — Map (db m61820) HM
On Meadow Road (County Route 156) east of Grapevine Road, on the right when traveling east.
On the night of June 27, 1862, following the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Gen. George McClellan ordered a withdrawal of his Union army to the James River. In the wake of the retreating army, Savage’s Station, located one half mile in front of you . . . — — Map (db m3685) HM
You are standing at the center of the most intense fighting during the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862. With Union Gen. George B. McClellan's army threatening Richmond from the east, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston launched a surprise . . . — — Map (db m310722) HM
Near East Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) west of Rodes Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Confederate attacks on May 31, 1862, designed to push the Union army away from Richmond, struck an isolated wing of the Federal Fourth Corps in this vicinity.
The heaviest action took place along the Williamsburg Road. Marching from the . . . — — Map (db m10595) HM
On East Williamsburg Road (Route 60) west of Rodes Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers toward the Confederate capital. Confederate Gen. . . . — — Map (db m310721) HM
On Grapevine Road 0.3 miles south of Old Hanover Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Between June 12 and June 28, 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan maintained his headquarters here at Trent House. Known as “Reynoldsville,” the house dates from about 1825. During the Civil War, it was the home of Dr. Peterfield Trent who served . . . — — Map (db m14207) HM
On Grapevine Road north of Traverse Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers toward the Confederate capital. confederate Gen. . . . — — Map (db m275986) HM
On Elko Road (County Route 156), on the right when traveling south on Elko Road. Reported missing.
After the twilight battle at Savage’s Station on June 29, 1862, the Army of the Potomac abandoned the final remnants of its line in front of Richmond and retreated through the darkness toward the James River. Once across White Oak Swamp, the Union . . . — — Map (db m3720) HM
On Farmers Circle Drive at New Market Road ( Route 5), on the left when traveling north on Farmers Circle Drive. Reported permanently removed.
For almost ten months beginning in mid-June 1864, the Army of the Potomac besieged the cities of Petersburg and Richmond from the east and south. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Union fortifications extended west of Petersburg and . . . — — Map (db m160054) HM
Near Kingsland Road 0.3 miles west of Deep Bottom Road, on the right when traveling west.
"After half an hour of terrible suspense, by starting the yell among a few, we succeeded in getting them in motion. The entire brigade took up the shout and went over the rebel works." — Colonel Alonzo Draper, Second Brigade, Paine's . . . — — Map (db m187238) HM
Near Kingsland Road 0.3 miles west of Deep Bottom Road, on the right when traveling west.
"The colored soldiers by coolness, steadiness, and determined courage and dash have silenced every cavil of the doubters of their soldierly capacity." — General Benjamin Butler, US Army
After the capture of New Market Heights, Paine's . . . — — Map (db m187239) HM
Near Kingsland Road 0.3 miles west of Deep Bottom Road, on the right when traveling west.
"The prize sought is either Richmond or Petersburg, or a position that will secure the fall of the latter." — Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, US Army
By the fall of 1864, Union armies under General Ulysses S. Grant were locked in a brutal . . . — — Map (db m257626) HM
On New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) at Strath Road, on the right when traveling east on New Market Road.
(preface) For almost ten months beginning in mid-June 1864, the Army of the Potomac besieged the cities of Petersburg and Richmond from the east and south. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Union fortifications extended west Petersburg . . . — — Map (db m257627) HM
On Elleber Sods Road (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling south.
Two miles west on the former Staunton-to-Parkersburg Turnpike is Camp Allegheny, the highest Civil War fortification east of the Mississippi. Its rolling meadows and spectacular views belie a punishing winter climate. The turnpike was completed in . . . — — Map (db m32880) HM
On U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Beyond the ridge you are facing is Sitlington’s Hill. On the afternoon of May 8, 1862, Gen. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson directed two brigades of Confederate infantry to take position on the hill facing the Federals across Bull Pasture Creek in . . . — — Map (db m155083) HM
Near Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Route 656, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
You are standing at the center of the McDowell battlefield. Throughout the afternoon of May 8, 1862, hundreds or Union soldiers advanced doggedly uphill toward your position, loading and firing as they came. On either side of you, Confederate . . . — — Map (db m165773) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Bullpasture River Road ( Route 678), on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Elements of three Union armies moved through the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1862, while a fourth army marched up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond. Together, these two wings comprised a pincer movement against the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m172827) HM
On Virginia Route 645 just north of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's unsuccessful attack on Union forces at Kernstown on March 23, 1862, alarmed Federal officials, who assigned additional troops to the Shenandoah Valley to guard against a Confederate assault on . . . — — Map (db m172829) HM
Near Bullpasture River Road (Virginia Route 678) 0.2 miles west of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
(preface)
Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackon's unsuccessful attack on Union forces at Kernstown on March 23, 1862, alarmed Federal officials, who assigned additional troops to the Shenandoah Valley to guard against a Confederate assault on . . . — — Map (db m194722) HM
On Virginia Route 645 just north of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
During the Civil War, Virginia's roads were of vital importance to both Union and Confederate armies for the transport of soldiers, artillery, supply wagons, and livestock herds to feed the troops. The roads ranged from narrow dirt paths to wide, . . . — — Map (db m172828) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Bullpasture River Road ( Route 678), on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
You are standing on one of the pivotal battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley campaign. Here, on May 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his 6,000 men defeated Union Gens. Robert C. Schenck's and Robert H. Milroy's . . . — — Map (db m172816) HM
On Bullpasture River Road (County Route 678) at Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west on Bullpasture River Road. Reported permanently removed.
Union troops camped in the fields south of here between April 17, 1862, and the Battle of McDowell on May 8. They deployed artillery, including “two twelve pounders [that] were planted on the plateau in the rear of [the church] so as to cover the . . . — — Map (db m254981) HM
Near Mansion House Road west of Doe Hill Road ( Route 654), on the right when traveling west.
Entering this house, the Mansion House (The George Washing Hull House), on May 9, 1862, the day after the Battle of McDowell, a VMI Cadet witnessed a horrifying scene. "The parlor had been used as a hospital; there was a dead man laid on top of . . . — — Map (db m302500) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) just east of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Monterey, the seat of Highland County government, also served as the headquarters for Confederate and Union forces at different times during the Civil War. Confederate Gen. Henry R. Jackson, who led a brigade under Gen. Robert E. Lee during the . . . — — Map (db m172834) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) at Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
Monterey, the seat of Highland County government, also served as the headquarters for Confederate and Union forces at different times during the Civil War. Confederate Gen. Henry R. Jackson, who led a brigade under Gen. Robert E. Lee during the . . . — — Map (db m257005) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) at Spruce St, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. Reported permanently removed.
Monterey was headquarters for Confederates during much of the 1861 Mountain Campaign and headquarters for Federals prior to the fighting at McDowell. In the winter of 1861-1862, skirmishing occurred across the county as the frontier between the . . . — — Map (db m155465) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) west of Forest Road 396, on the right when traveling west.
You are standing in the middle of what was once Fort Edward Johnson. Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson built this fort—"cutting timber, ditching, fortifying"—in early April 1862 to defend the Shenandoah . . . — — Map (db m307917) HM
On Oaklawn Boulevard (Virginia Route 36) at U.S. 295, on the right on Oaklawn Boulevard.
Ordered to take Petersburg, Gen. William F. “Baldy” Smith directed Gen. Edward W. Hinks’ division of African American soldiers to move from City Point toward the Cockade City. Hinks encountered unexpected Confederate resistance at Baylor’s Farm in . . . — — Map (db m86247) HM
On Water Street at Pecan Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Water Street. Reported permanently removed.
City Point had been a port for more than 250 years before the Union army arrived. On June 15, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant established his headquarters at City Point just eight miles behind the front lines at Petersburg. Located at the . . . — — Map (db m19622) HM
On Appomattox Street at Cedar Lane, on the right when traveling north on Appomattox Street.
The fort behind you is all that remains of the inner defense line built by the Union army in 1864 to protect its base headquarters at City point. With a powerful fleet of ironclads and gunboats controlling the James River and a numerically superior . . . — — Map (db m3791) HM
On Cedar Lane at Pecan Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Cedar Lane. Reported permanently removed.
8000 — B.C. Indian occupancy.
1613 Sir Thomas Dale establishes area as “Bermuda Cittie.”
1619 — Name changes to Charles City Point.
1621 — Rev. Patrick Copeland plans to build free public school, financed by the East India Company.
1622 — . . . — — Map (db m19605) HM
On Pecan Avenue west of Prince Henry Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
City Point…tells more about how war is conducted than many battlefields. It demonstrates how Union forces used rivers and railroads to deliver the tools of war directly to the troops in the field. – Robert Black, The Harrisburg . . . — — Map (db m19612) HM
On Pelham Street at Prince Henry Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Pelham Street. Reported permanently removed.
The Yankee Soldier met Miss Wiseman at the town well – and married her after the war.
The Wiseman family had settled in City Point many years before Mary Catherine Wiseman married Frederick Belch in 1865. He was a Yankee soldier bivouacked . . . — — Map (db m41498) HM
On Eppes Street, on the right when traveling west.
“I think this is a very good place with the exception of too many lice.” - Stephen P. Chase, 86th New York Volunteers. Lice may have been the only problem the staff of the Depot Field Hospital could not handle. The largest of . . . — — Map (db m14597) HM
On Prince Henry Avenue at Maplewood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Prince Henry Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
“To a civilian, a camp is always a sad-looking sight – men living on the ground like animals, in the mud, under the rain which penetrates the tents, surrounded by thick and acrid smoke of burning wood. Army camps are wild and primitive . . . — — Map (db m19623) HM
On Prince Henry Avenue south of Pecan Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
"Oh! father, it would make your blood run cold to see the fights...War is awful." - James Nugent, City Point, April 27, 1865
In the closing months of the Civil War, a young Wisconsin college student was drafted and soon saw combat in . . . — — Map (db m19609) HM
On Brown Avenue south of Pecan Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
“I’ve noticed that that band always begins its noise just about the time I am sitting down to dinner and want to talk.” – General U.S. Grant, City Point, Virginia
Earthworks had been thrown across the neck of land . . . — — Map (db m19610) HM
On Water Street south of Pecan Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
The Quartermaster Department was responsible for the transportation of the Army, storage and transportation of supplies, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, horses, forage, fuel, maintenance of buildings and repair of equipment.
Captain . . . — — Map (db m19611) HM
On Cedar Lane at Maplewood Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Cedar Lane. Reported permanently removed.
During the Civil War this church served as a signal station for both the Confederacy and the Union. On May 5, 1864 Col. Samuel A. Duncan’s brigade of United States Colored Troops (4th, 5th, and 6th U.S.C.T.) occupied City Point and the signal . . . — — Map (db m19604) HM
On Prince Henry Avenue at Maplewood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Prince Henry Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
The structure before you was one of three taverns which existed in City Point at the time of the Civil War. It was probably constructed in the eighteenth century. On June 15, 1864 the United States Christian Commission established its offices in . . . — — Map (db m19624) HM
On Cedar Lane at Maplewood Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Cedar Lane. Reported permanently removed.
“It was a pen of filth and vermin.” – William Howell Reed, a Sanitary Commission agent
The Bull Ring was the Union provost Marshal’s prison at City Point used for the confinement of Union soldiers convicted or charged with desertion, . . . — — Map (db m256678) HM
On Pecan Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
“Let them surrender and go home, they will not take up arms again. Let them all go, officers and all, let them have their horses to plow with, and, if you like, their guns to shoot crows. Treat them liberally … I say, give them the . . . — — Map (db m19658) HM
Near Appomattox Street at Fort Street. Reported permanently removed.
“After breakfast I mounted and rode...to look at the Bake House just completed. It will turn out 100,000 rations in 24 hours. Every thing is on a grand scale and of the most convenient & Economical character. They make most excellent . . . — — Map (db m19613) HM
Near Weston Lane 0.2 miles west of North 21st Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
“… a very pretty, large white house situated on a hill that sloped to the river; with pretty fruit and shade trees scattered over the lawn.” - Emma Wood Richardson
Weston Manor provided a safe haven for young Emma . . . — — Map (db m14586) HM
On Bank Street at Prince Henry Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Bank Street. Reported permanently removed.
“It was a nervous place for a woman; but I endured it, rahter feeling a kind of enthusiasm in the nearness to danger and death.” - Sarah Palmer, Ninth Corps Hospital Nurse
Women decided to come to City Point for . . . — — Map (db m19618) HM
On South Church Street (Business Virginia Route 10) 0.2 miles east of Jericho Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
This section of the Pagan River in front of you is where the Union gunboat, USS Smith-Briggs, was run aground and destroyed by local Confederate troops during the January 31-February 1, 1864, Battle of Smithfield.
Smithfield . . . — — Map (db m156842) HM
Near Fort Boykin Trail (Virginia Route 705) at Mogarts Beach Road ( Route 673), on the left when traveling north.
Directly in front of you is the entrance to Fort Boykin. Originally built in 1623 to protect the colonists against “Spaniards by sea and Indians by land” and called “The Castle,” the fort was rebuilt during the Revolutionary War and renamed Fort . . . — — Map (db m2699) HM
Near Talcott Terrace at Lawnes Neck Drive, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
(prelude) In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers toward the Confederate capital. A . . . — — Map (db m35929) HM
Near Talcott Terrace at Lawnes Neck Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Where you are standing might not feel like an ideal location for a fortification today, but in 1861, this was the perfect place for an artillery battery to block the James River approach to Richmond, the Confederate capital.
When the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m244371) HM
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