Malvern Hill - Glendale VA
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Don.Morfe
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Malvern Hill is the story of Confederate infantry against massed Federal artillery – Southern valor against Union firepower.
Waymark Code: WM1351G
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2020
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Malvern Hill-Richmond National Battlefield Park--Malvern Hill is the story of Confederate infantry against massed Federal artillery – Southern valor against Union firepower. Late in the afternoon of July 1, 1862, blasts from Union cannon blanketed this field with smoke. Residents of Staunton, Virginia, more than 100 miles distant, heard the roar of those guns.
Confederate infantry swarmed in front, desperate to gain a foothold near the Union guns. Their goal: drive the Federals from Malvern Hill and give Robert E. Lee the total victory he so craved.
From here a one and a half mile battlefield loop trail begins to your right. A shorter one-quarter mile spur trail leading to an important battlefield overlook beyond the Crew House starts to your left.
LOCATION: Marker is in Glendale, Virginia, in Henrico County. Marker is on Willis Church Road (Virginia Route 156),on the right when traveling south. Marker is in the Malvern Hill Battlefield Unit of Richmond National Battlefield Park. Post office area: Henrico VA 23231
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