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By Bill Coughlin, April 24, 2007
McClellan’s Picket Line Marker
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1 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — W-4 — McClellan’s Picket Line —
On East Side Lane, on the left when traveling west.
The picket line of McClellan's army crossed the road here on the morning of May 31, 1862. — — Map (db m15050) HM
2 ► Virginia, Henrico County, Sandston — W-5 — McClellan’s First Line
On West Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60) west of J.B. Finley Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Union Brig. Gen. Silas Casey held both sides of the road here on 31 May 1862, in Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s first defensive line at Seven Pines. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered a dawn attack, but his lieutenants acted slowly. Maj. . . . — — Map (db m14322) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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