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|   Williamsburg Courthouse - Williamsburg, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites The Williamsburg Courthouse was used in the Civil War as a confederate field hospital during the Battle of Williamsburg. posted by:  bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 03/04/2016 last visited: 05/18/2019 |
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| Endview-Home of the Warwick Beauregards - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites When the Civil War erupted Endview was owned by Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis. Dr. Curtis organized local volunteers into the Warwick Beauregards (Co. H, 32rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry) at Endview and was elected the unit’s captain. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: 06/28/2023 |
 view gallerySE13.2 km | Lebanon Church In the Line of March - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Soon after Confederate Col. John Bankhead Magruder began organizing the Peninsula’s defenses at Yorktown on May 21, 1861, elements of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry established a courier station here. Countless Confederate soldiers marched by here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: 06/28/2023 |
 view gallerySE15.1 km | Skiffes Creek-The Defense of Mulberry Island - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The redoubt before you is one of five earthworks built by the Confederates to help defend the Mulberry Island/James River flank of Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder’s 2nd Peninsula Defensive Line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view gallerySE16.7 km | Battle of Lee’s Mill-Flames Appeared on all Sides - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Brig. Gen. William F. “Baldy” Smith, found its progress slowed first by torrents of rain that made the roads almost impassable and then by Brig. Gen. Lafayette McLaws’ 1,800 Confederate troops with three guns at Lee’s Mill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 06/26/2023 |
 view gallerySE16.9 km | Fortification Design-1862 Peninsula Campaign - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Confederate field fortifications constructed on the Virginia Peninsula were influenced by seventeenth-century French military engineer Marshal Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban and nineteenth-century American engineering professor Dennis Hart Mahan. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view gallerySE16.9 km | The Warwick-Yorktown Line 1862 - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On May 24, 1861, Confederate Col. John Magruder assumed command of the Peninsula’s defenses. The Confederate capital at Richmond was only 80 miles from Fort Monroe, and “Prince John” Magruder did not have enough artillery or men to capture the Union. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view gallerySE17.1 km | The Warwick River - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Overlooking one of the James River’s tributaries, Lee’s Mill is a watershed property with a long history of settlement. The Native Americans of the Powhatan Confederation hunted and fished along the banks of the Warwick River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view gallerySE17.4 km | One-Gun Battery - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The twelve miles of Confederate defenses followed the course of the Warwick River one mile from Yorktown to Mulberry Island. Dam No. 1, the mid-point, was protected by this one-gun battery mounting a 12-pound howitzer. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
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| Yorktown-The Frowning Fortress of York - Yorktown VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On April 5, 1862, the Army of the Potomac’s 3rd Corps advanced against Yorktown along the York-Hampton Road, hoping for a victory to end the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: 06/21/2023 |
 view galleryE17.4 km | Swan Tavern - Yorktown, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here is where munition was stored by Union forces. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/27/2014 last visited: 12/27/2014 |
 view gallerySE17.5 km | Ten Pound Parrott Rifle and Limber - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Civil War Parrott Rifle was a muzzle loaded rifled cannon capable of firing a 10 pound projectile about 3000 yards at 12ยบ elevation. Invented by Robert P. Parrott, the cast iron Parrott Rifle gave greater accuracy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 02/16/2022 |
 view gallerySE17.5 km | Third Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry April 16, 1862 - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites 3rd Regiment
Vermont Volunteer Infantry
Col. Breed N. Hyde Commanding posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 02/16/2022 |
 view gallerySE17.5 km | Battle of Lee’s Mill (Dam Number 1) April 16, 1862 - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A stalwart defense of the Warwick River by units of the 15th North Carolina, 7th Georgia and 2nd Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A., commanded by General J.B. Magruder is commemorated here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 02/16/2022 |
 view gallerySE17.5 km | Battle of Dam No. 1-The Water Boiled with Bullets - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On the morning of April 16, Union artillery, including Mott’s 3rd New York Battery, began shelling the Confederate earthworks. By noon it appeared as if the Southerners had abandoned their defenses. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view galleryE17.7 km | Classic Camp Life The Union Army Occupies Gloucester Point - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Union army fought its way up the York River, only to lose the hard fought Seven Days Battles around Richmond in June and July of 1862. The Union army left behind a large force that strengthened the defenses around Yorktown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/01/2020 last visited: 09/24/2021 |
 view galleryE17.7 km | On to Richmond! McClellan Invades the Virginia Tidewater - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The York River Confederate defenses were tested early in the Civil War. A large Union force, the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George B. McClellan, steamed down the Chesapeake Bay from Washington D.C. in March, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/01/2020 last visited: 09/24/2021 |
 view galleryE17.7 km | Where North Meets South Virginia Fortifies Gloucester Point - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Eighty years after the decisive events at Yorktown, a major war again came to Gloucester Point. This time it was a civil war. As Virginia joined the Confederacy in April, 1861, its leaders were soon defending the Chesapeake tidewater. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/01/2020 last visited: 09/24/2021 |
 view galleryE17.7 km | Welcome to Gloucester Point-A Point for the Defense - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites You are standing at the entrance to Tyndall’s Point Park. These protected remains of a Civil War fort survive to help take us back into the history of Gloucester Point. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/31/2020 last visited: 09/24/2021 |
 view galleryE17.9 km | DUPLICATE WAYMARK must delete in U.S. Civil War Sites Isaac Cornelius-Grave Number 497-On August 31, 1861, Isaac and his brother James enlisted in Company C, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE17.9 km | Yorktown National Cemetery - Yorktown, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A sign located at the entrance to the cemetery, explains the ultimate sacrifices given for those who were buried here during the Civil War. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 03/06/2016 last visited: 11/20/2018 |
 view galleryE17.9 km | Slabtown - Yorktown, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A makeshift town in Yorktown for soldiers of the civil war. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 03/06/2016 last visited: 03/06/2016 |
 view galleryE17.9 km | Shiloh Baptist Church - Yorktown, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A historical marker at the entrance to the Yorktown National Cemetery. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 03/06/2016 last visited: 03/06/2016 |
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| Fort Huger-Defending the James River - Smithfield VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Slaves and free blacks constructed the fort under direction of the Confederate Engineer Bureau, and detachments of Lt. Col. Fletcher Archer’s 5th Virginia infantry Battalion were posted here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view gallerySE21.1 km | Warwick Court House-Camp in the Wilderness - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Warwick County’s seat had been used as a Confederate supply depot until April 5, 1862, when it was occupied by Federal troops. The Union soldiers looted the court house and clerk’s office upon their arrival. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 06/26/2023 |
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