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scene of the April 5, 1862, engagement which prompted
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan to besiege Magruder’s
Warwick -Yorktown Line.
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Richmond National
Battlefield Park
Visitor Center
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Richmond
International
Airport
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• Matthew Jones House – This 1725 house was the home
of 1st Lt. William B. Jones and Sgt. Henry F. Jones.
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Creek Line, built to defend Magruder’s Mulberry
Island-James River flank.
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★ Endview – This 1760 house served as a Confederate
and Union hospital.
★ Gloucester Point – Companion batteries to those at
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commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
★ Chickahominy Bluffs – Served as jumping off point
Yorktown
Waterfront
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ate army unsuccessfully attacked the Union forces
at Ellerson’s Mill on Beaver Dam Creek.
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★ Gaines’ Mill – The largest of the Seven Days Battles,
Yorktown
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★ Savage’s Station – This June 29, 1862, engagement
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• Portsmouth’s Olde Towne Historic District – Revolu-
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Fort Norfolk
Olde Towne
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Gosport Navy Yard
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Village of
Deep Creek
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Dismal
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Village of
Great Bridge
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Fort Monroe
Fort Wool
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Great Dismal Swamp
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Monitor-Merrimack
Overlook
Monitor-Merrimack
Harbor Cruise
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Siege of Suffolk
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Rip Raps
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Lake
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Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church
Cemetery
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Riddick’s Folly, an 1837 Greek
Revival building, was used as a
Union hospital and headquarters
of Maj. Gen. J.J. Peck during the
Siege of Suffolk.
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• Glencoe – Home of Lt. William Wallace, of the
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POW Camp
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Congress &
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A monument to the “Jackson Grays,” honors the
regiment that was formed on the churchyard by
Colonel William H. Stewart.
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• Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery –
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Battle of
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St. John’s
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Virginia War
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• Village of Great Bridge – A strategic crossing of the
“Jackson Grays.”
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• Village of Deep Creek – An important commercial
center on the Great Dismal Swamp Canal.
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occupied by Maj. Gen. J.J. Peck as his headquarters
during the 1863 Suffolk Siege.
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Wren Building
• Riddick’s Folly – This 1837 Greek Revival home was
• Dismal Swamp Canal – The oldest operating artificial
waterway in America, it provided access between
the Chesapeake Bay and the North Carolina Sounds.
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Union forces during the Civil War.
Maj. Gen. J.J. Peck’s 25,000 strong Union force in
Suffolk from April 11- May 4, 1863.
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• Fort Norfolk – Occupied by both Confederate and
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advance on January 31 and February 1, 1864, destroying
the Union gunboat, USS Smith-Briggs.
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it was here that the ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimack)
was created. (Tour by trolley and Carrie B Harbor Tour only.)
• Battle of Smithfield – Confederates repulse the Union
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WILLIAMSBURG
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Courtesy of Isle of Wight Museum
George Edward Pickett
Major General, CSA
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Battle of
Lee’s Mill
tionary and Civil War homes can be found in this
one-square-mile historic district.
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Rip Raps
(Castle Calhoun)
Monitor-Merrimack
Harbor Cruise
St. Luke’s
Church
★ Gosport Navy Yard – The oldest U.S. Naval shipyard,
and Union armies, 1861-1865.
Monitor-Merrimack
Overlook
Congress &
Cumberland
Overlook
Gilded eagle from the pilothouse of the USS Smith-Briggs,
captured on February 1, 1864,
during the Battle of Smithfield.
Matthew Jones House
• Portsmouth Naval Hospital – Used by Confederate
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Smithfield
“Battle between the Ironclads”
Fort Monroe
Fort Wool
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federate prisoners who died in the nearby Union POW
Camp at Camp Butler, April - July 1865.
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Newport News
POW Camp
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Hampton
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Peninsula Campaign came to an end when McClellan’s
army arrived at this position on the James River.
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Benjamin F. Butler
Brigadier General, USA
★ Harrison’s Landing (Berkeley Plantation) – The
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Big Bethel
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Virginia War
Museum
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Battle of
Dam No. 1
Skiffes
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last of the Seven Days Battles.
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Lee’s greatest attempt to destroy McClellan’s army
ended in failure.
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★ Glendale – At this crossroads on June 30, 1862,
★ Malvern Hill – This July 1, 1862, engagement was the
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Union resistance here and failed to support Confederate attacks at Glendale.
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the Confederate forces struck Union troops under
the command of Brig. Gen. Fitz - John Porter.
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Fort Boykin
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★ Beaver Dam Creek – On June 26, 1862, the Confeder-
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for Confederate advance into Mechanicsville.
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Colonial National
Historical Park
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Brigadier General, CSA
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Gloucester
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• Dabbs House – Lee’s first headquarters (June 1862) as
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“Bird’s Eye View of Fortress Monroe”
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McClellan’s army on May 31, 1862.
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Warwick
Court House
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The Wren Building following the
battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.
Watercolor by Lt. Robert K. Sneden,
U.S. Topographical Engineers.
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★ Seven Pines – Scene of Joe Johnston’s attack against
• Siege of Suffolk – Lt. Gen. James Longstreet besieged
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James River repulse Union gun boats, including the
Monitor, on May 15, 1862.
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Point
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Battle of
Lee’s Mill
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★ Drewry’s Bluff – Confederate batteries above the
• Newport News POW Camp – Monument honors Con-
Yorktown
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• Tunstall Station – This Richmond and York River railroad station was attacked by the Confederate Cavalry.
★ RELATED TIDEWATER SITES ★
Yorktown Waterfront
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this strategic crossroads on June 13, 1862, during his
“Ride Around McClellan.”
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★ New Kent Court House – Confederate and Union
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between Union troops under Brig. Gen. William
Franklin and Confederate troops commanded by
Maj. Gen. Gustavus Smith.
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Fort Magruder
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• Eltham’s Landing – Scene of May 7, 1862, engagement
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• Jamestown Island – Fortified by Confederates in 1861
to defend the James River approach to Richmond.
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Jubal Early encamped here prior to the May 5, 1862,
Battle of Williamsburg.
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Petersburg
National
Battlefield
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★ Wren Building – Confederate troops under Brig. Gen.
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road trace while acting as a rear guard for the
retreating Confederate army.
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defense of Fort Magruder as well as repelling Union
attacks against the Confederate right during the
May 5, 1862, Battle of Williamsburg.
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★ Williamsburg Line – These redoubts supported the
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Wilcox’s Landing
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★ Battle of Williamsburg – This section of the battlefield
Harrison’s
Landing
City Point
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Charles City
Court House
Shirley
Plantation
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Defensive Line and the scene of fierce fighting during
the Battle of Williamsburg.
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Defensive Line and the focus of Maj. Gen. George B.
McClellan’s siege April 5-May 3, 1862.
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“Encampment of U.S. Troops at Newport News, Virginia”
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★ Yorktown – A major link in Magruder’s 2nd Peninsula
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Samaria Church
Malvern Hill
Drewry’s Bluff
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Yorktown, these defenses helped block the York River
to McClellan’s use during the Peninsula Campaign.
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McClellan’s only effort to break Magruder’s defenses.
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★ Battle of Dam No. 1 – This April 16, 1862, engagement was
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a headquarters building by Confederate generals
John Bankhead Magruder and Joseph E. Johnston.
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★ Lee Hall – This antebellum mansion was used as
1862 Peninsula Campaign
Museums and Visitor Centers
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Long
Bridge
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★ Skiffes Creek – This redoubt is part of the Skiffes
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Talleysville
Crossroads
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Seven
Pines
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Alternate Peninsula Campaign Driving Route
Confederate Water Battery,
Gloucester Point.
Courtesy of Casemate Museum
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Savage’s
Station
Seven Days Battles Driving Route
Eltham’s
Landing
New Kent
Court House
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Peninsula Campaign Driving Route
Tunstall 606
Station
Courtesy of The Mariners’ Museum
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Courtesy of Riddick’s Folly
★ Battle of Lee’s Mill – These fortifications were the
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headquarters. The gas balloon, Constitution, was
deployed at this site.
doned Yorktown it became a busy Union port.
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★ Warwick Court House – Built in 1810, it served as
★ Redoubt 12 – Part of Magruder’s Williamsburg Line.
★ Fort Magruder – The center of the Williamsburg (3rd)
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Dispatch
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1820 tide mill were part of Magruder’s defenses.
Old Cold Harbor
Crossroads
Cold Harbor
Gaines’ 156 Hanover Park
Mill
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★ Young’s Mill – The earthworks located near this
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Beaver
Dam
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Dabbs
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Confederate campground.
of the Warwick-Yorktown Line.
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Chickahominy
Bluffs
★ Fort Boykin – This star fort was the southside anchor
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★ St. Luke’s Church – Built in 1632, the church was a
★ Yorktown Waterfront – Once the Confederates aban-
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Bethesda
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March 8, 1862, sinking of the USS Cumberland and USS
Congress by the ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimack).
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★ Congress and Cumberland Overlook – Scene of the
Old Church
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March 9, 1862, Battle of the Ironclads.
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★ Monitor-Merrimack Overlook – Scene of the
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Polegreen Church
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the first land battle of the Civil War.
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• Big Bethel – This June 10, 1861, engagement was
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building from the 1861 burning of Hampton.
Yellow Tavern
(J.E.B. Stuart
Monument)
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• St. John’s Church – This church is the only surviving
Enon Church
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to block its use by the Federals on August 7, 1861.
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★ Hampton – Confederates burned this port town
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The fort was used in operations against Confederateheld Norfolk in 1861-1862.
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★ Fort Wool – The companion fortification to Fort Monroe.
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cation in America and an important Union base for
campaigns throughout the Civil War.
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★ Fort Monroe – Largest moat encircled masonry fortifi-
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★ MARCH UP THE PENINSULA ★
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