Historical Markers and War Memorials in Varina, Virginia
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Varina is in Henrico County
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On New Market Road (Route 5) 0.1 miles east of Varina Road, on the right when traveling east.
In 1611 John Rolfe became the first Englishman to cultivate tobacco nearby at Varina Farm, on the James River. Rolfe planted seeds bred in Varinas, Spain, and experimented with curing methods to produce a tobacco milder than the native variety. The . . . — — Map (db m16182) HM
On New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) 0.1 miles east of Battlefield Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
Fort Harrison served as one of the principal works in Richmond's defenses during the Civil War. On 29 Sept. 1864, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James launched a two-pronged attack against Richmond's defenses as Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant . . . — — Map (db m16181) HM
On New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) at Sunday Drive, on the right when traveling west on New Market Road.
The Baptist Church of Christ on Four Mile Creek was constituted at Clayton Springs on the 5th of August, 1781. In 1828, church members moved the meeting house four miles west to its present location. In the fall of 1864, Union troops occupied the . . . — — Map (db m24857) HM
On Farmers Circle Drive at New Market Road (Virginia Route 5), on the left when traveling north on Farmers Circle Drive.
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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 . . . — — Map (db m160054) 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 m187237) 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
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 m90633) HM
Near New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) west of Doran Road, on the right when traveling west.
You are located on a tract of land formerly owned by the Frayser family. This was the home of Jesse Frayser (1764-1827) and his wife Keziah Frayser (1761-1854). Jesse Frayser was a private in the Virginia Militia under the command of General Gates . . . — — Map (db m101376) HM
On New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) at Gregg Road, on the left when traveling west on New Market Road.
Proudly erected
in memory of those
of our community who
served faithfully in the
following wars or conflicts
Korean War • Viet Nam War
Lebanon & Grenada • Panama
Persian Gulf • War on Terror
Let us strive
to see that the same . . . — — Map (db m184272) WM
Near New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) at Interstate 295, on the left when traveling east.
English merchant and politician William Hatcher imigrated to Virginia around 1634. Hatcher acquired over a thousand acres of land through the headright system. His grants were scattered throughout what would become Chesterfield County as well as . . . — — Map (db m183352) HM
