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|   Shifting Ground - Charles City VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites During most of the Civil War (1861-1865), Charles City County lay between two armies: the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia safeguarding the Confederate capital of Richmond and the Union Army of the Potomac occupying the Lower Peninsula. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| John Tyler Chairman of the Peace Convention -Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites To commemorate the efforts of John Tyler, native son, President of the United States 1841-1845. Chairman of the Peace Convention, 1861. To preserve the Union and to prevent war between the states. Erected 1961. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| Kittiewan Plantation - Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Land referred to as Kenwon, mentioned in a 1618 grant to Gov. George Yeardley. Patented in 1632 by Lennon Pierce. Occupied by Union Army in June 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| Willie Johnston Drummer Boy- Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites At Harrison's Landing in July 4, 1862, Willie Johnston-age 11, 3rd Vermont drummer boy played for div. review for keeping his drum during the arduous 7 days battles. He remains the youngest recipient of the Medal of Honor. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/05/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryW10 km | Origin of Taps - Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites During the Civil War in July 1862, when the Army of the Potomac was in camp on this site, Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield summoned Private Oliver Willcox Norton, his Brigade Bugler to his tent. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/05/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| A Battlefield Landmark - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Thomas J. West house stood as a prominent part of the battlefield scene—a goal for attacking Confederates and a landmark along the Union line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | Battlefield of Malvern Hill - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Against the Federals holding this eminence, the Confederates delivered repeated assaults from the North on July 1, 1862 and lost about 5,000 men in the final, indecisive Battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | Southern Valor vs. Union Firepower - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites As dusk approached on July 1, massed Confederate infantry made one last grand advance. Victory or defeat in the last battle of the Seven Days awaited its outcome. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | Malvern Hill - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Malvern Hill is the story of Confederate infantry against massed Federal artillery – Southern valor against Union firepower. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | Malvern Hill-1862 Seven Days' Battles - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites No military campaign had more influence on the course of the Civil War than these Seven Days’ battles. George B. McClellan’s army of more than 100,000 Union soldiers landed at Fort Monroe in spring of 1862, and fought its way up the peninsula. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | Twilight Action - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Stonewall Jackson’s wing of the Confederate army joined in the action just before darkness. Some of his infantry advanced on this side of the road, toward Malvern Hill’s crest. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | Malvern Hill Trail - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This one-and-a-half mile trail reveals one of the best preserved battlefields in the nation. More than a dozen signs describe the landscape, the progress of the battle, and its various landmarks. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.5 km | A Splendid Field of Battle - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Union commanders chose an ideal location to fight their last battle of the Seven Days. As many as 40 cannon covered the one-half-mile front, stretching from the slopes of Crew’s Run on your left to a similar drop to Western Run on your right. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.7 km | Methodist Parsonage - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The residence of the Methodist minister, situated near this spot, was a landmark of the Battle of Malvern Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.7 km | Battle Commences - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A march of less than three miles from the Glendale battlefield brought the Confederates to this spot at the foot of Malvern Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW17.7 km | The Gathering Storm - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Atop this knoll Confederate General D. H. Hill had an unobstructed view to the crest of Malvern Hill. In the distance stood the West farm house and fields where Union batteries waited to dispute any Southern advance. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryW18.2 km | Grant’s Cabin at City Point – Hopewell, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant lived in this cabin during the siege of Petersburg in 1864 and 1865. He was visited here by President Lincoln and other government officials. posted by:  archway location: Virginia date approved: 12/19/2009 last visited: 01/17/2019 |
 view galleryNW18.3 km | Riddell's Shop - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites West and Southwest, distant one-half mile lies the Battlefield of Glendale or Frazier's Farm, where the Confederate divisions of Longstreet and A.P. Hill on June 30, 1862, attacked and forced the withdrawal of Federal. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW18.7 km | White Oak Swamp - Sandston VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here on June 30, 1862, “Stonewall” Jackson’s command, pursuing McClellan’s army was halted by fire from troops of Franklin’s corps posted across the stream. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW18.8 km | Frazier's Farm or Glendale Battlefield - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here, on the Charles City Road, the Confederate forces of Major General Benjamin Huger in their attempt to intercept the Federal withdrawal to the James opened with artillery the Battle of Frazier's Farm, June 30, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNW19 km | Frazier's Farm or Glendale Battlefield - Glendale VA in U.S. Civil War Sites North and South of this point lay the line of battle in which the Confederate commands of James Longstreet and A.P. Hill engaged indecisively the Federal forces in the Fourth Battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryW26.1 km | Fort Brady - Richmond National Battlefield Park - Richmond, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Brady was constructed after the capture of Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864 by Federal troops. posted by: gparkes location: Virginia date approved: 07/09/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW27 km | Savage Station - Sandston, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Placed by the Battlefield Markers Association, marker #13 describes the Battle of Savage's Station, one of the Seven Days Battles in 1862. posted by: archway location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2009 last visited: 02/25/2012 |
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| Opportunity Lost - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites At 7 p.m. on June 15, 1864, the boom of Union cannons to the east foreshadowed a Union attack on the Dimmock Line. Minutes later, soldiers of the Union Eighteenth Corps broke through the undermanned Confederate line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.4 km | The Siege of Petersburg - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites If Petersburg fell, the Confederate capital at Richmond would fall too. Grant knew it; Lee knew it. And for nine months in 1864 and 1865 Union and Confederate armies waged a brutal campaign here that left the Confederacy on the verge of total defeat. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
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