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Pen. Map Side ) R ★ MARCH UP THE PENINSULA★ R c a 360 ★ 95 te R Fort Monroe – Largest moat encircled masonry fortifi- m titu 1 Ins o ry A cation in America and an important Union base for t HANOVER o st Hi campaigns throughout the Civil War. o ry P ita P 301 il M P ★ y Fort Wool–Thecompanionfortification to Fort Monroe. m & r A A 2 . The fort was used in operations against Confederate- Enon Church .S g U H f r o held Norfolk in 1861-1862. 606 k y A u s e e t b Yellow Tavern e r ★ r u N Hampton – Confederates burned this port town o s C (J.E.B. Stuart y C to block its use by the Federals on August 7, 1861. k Tot opotomo N c 295 Monument) 643 P i O r • St. John’s Church – This church is the only surviving A C e Old Church K building from the 1861 burning of Hampton. M d Polegreen Church 627 e 606 R • Big Bethel – This June 10, 1861, engagement was r 627 U I F 606 V the first land battle of the Civil War. 628 N 30 E , K R ★ d Bethesda E Monitor-Merrimack Overlook – Scene of the n Y March 9, 1862, Battle of the Ironclads. o Church R I m 615 632 V E ★ Congress and Cumberland Overlook – Scene of the h R c March8,1862, sinking of the USS Cumberland and USS i Cold Harbor R 156 Congress by the ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimack). ( Old Cold Harbor v e r R R Chickahominy R i ) ★ St. Luke’s Church – Built in 1632, the church was a Beaver Crossroads Bluffs r k White Confederate campground. Dam Cold Harbor o 1 Creek Y House ★ 301 Gaines’ 156 Hanover Park & Fort Boykin – This star fort was the southside anchor 195 360 o n d Tunstall 606 Peninsula Campaign Driving Route Mill m of the Warwick-Yorktown Line. Dabbs h Station Dispatch i c ★ House 33 156 Station ( R Seven Days Battles Driving Route Yo ung’s Mill – The earthworks located near this 613 New Kent Eltham’s 1820 tide mill were part of Magruder’s defenses. 161 609 Landing 249 Court House Confederate Water Battery, Alternate Peninsula Campaign Driving Route ★ Warwick Court House – Built in 1810, it served as Savage’s J 33 Gloucester Point. IV Corps Commander Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes’ A Station 1862 Peninsula Campaign M E 60 Talleysville headquarters. The gas balloon, Constitution, was E S R I V R Richmond National Crossroads deployed at this site. 156 Battlefield Park 60 Museums and Visitor Centers ★ Battle of Lee’s Mill – These fortifications were the Visitor Center Seven RICHMOND 106 D Pines 64 More Civil War Sites scene of the April 5, 1862, engagement which prompted A Long 33 RB YT Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan to besiege Magruder’s O W Richmond Bridge N Warwick-Yorktown Line. R Parks 161 D. International 155 Matthew Jones House – This 1725 house was the home Airport 30 • CHARLES CITY R 1 D. of 1st Lt. William B. Jones and Sgt. Henry F. Jones. 301 ★ HENRICO White Oak NEW KENT Skiffes Creek – This redoubt is part of the Skiffes Museum Courtesy of Virginia War Glendale Swamp Creek Line, built to defend Magruder’s Mulberry 156 C “Encampment of U.S. Troops at Newport News, Virginia” 5 H Island-James River flank. ( I R C K ★ Lee Hall – This antebellum mansion was used as ic A H O M a headquarters building by Confederate generals 10 h Drewry’s Bluff Malvern Hill I Gloucester m N John Bankhead Magruder and Joseph E. Johnston. Samaria Church Y 60 o 106 R I V E ★ n 609 R Battle of Dam No. 1 – This April 16, 1862,engagement was d 606 155 30 McClellan’s only effort to break Magruder’s defenses. & ★ P Endview – This 1760 house served as a Confederate 295 R and Union hospital. e E t GLOUCESTER W e V A M r ★ Gloucester Point – Companion batteries to those at I CHARLES CITY R E s O J Yorktown, these defenses helped block the York River b R 5 Y R u A 156 I B O V to McClellan’s use during the Peninsula Campaign. r M E g S R J E Charles City 64 R RR) A ★ Yorktown – A major link in Magruder’s 2nd Peninsula 10 Court House JAMES K Bermuda C Defensive Line and the focus of Maj. Gen. George B. Shirley R Hundred K McClellan’s siege April 5-May 3, 1862. Plantation 5 I 17 Landing Wilcox’s Landing CITY V ★ E Yorktown Waterfront – Once the Confederates aban- He 618 B rring Sherwood YORK R doned Yorktown it became a busy Union port. 60 A CHESTERFIELD C I V E R Harrison’s r Forest S E R N R V E Y ★ City Point e Redoubt 12 – Part of Magruder’s Williamsburg Line. Landing e R k Redoubt 12 ★ Fort Magruder – The center of the Williamsburg (3rd) E s Cree V Qu n’ k Defensive Line and the scene of fierce fighting during 36 10 156 ee I 156 WILLIAMSBURG the Battle of Williamsburg. 1 156 Quarterpath R Creek 301 Road King’s ★ Battle of Williamsburg – This section of the battlefield ) X was known as the Bloody Ravine. R HOPEWELL Wren Building 641 O R 10 5 Fort Magruder CO ★ T t LO Williamsburg Line – These redoubts supported the i n 199 NI Gloucester 95 Po 132 A T L Point defense of Fort Magruder as well as repelling Union y 5 Battle of Williamsburg P t A A R i K attacks against the Confederate right during the 36 Williamsburg W C 156 A M ( 295 C Line Y May 5, 1862, Battle of Williamsburg. O 31 o P l ★ A P l Quarterpath Road – J.E.B. Stuart used this historic Petersburg e 238 Yorktown Waterfront National g C e road trace while acting as a rear guard for the OLONIA L PARK Endview Battlefield WAY C Yorktown retreating Confederate army. 460 r eek 60 ley Creek ★ Wren Building – Confederate troops under Brig. Gen. rm 85 Wo Jubal Early encamped here prior to the May 5, 1862, Jamestown 143 Island Lee Hall Battle of Williamsburg. Battle of Courtesy of Casemate Museum 301 1997 Copyright Virginia Historical Society, Dam No. 1 • Jamestown Island – Fortified by Confederates in 1861 M E S R Skiffes 105 “Bird’s Eye View of Fortress Monroe” J A I V ER to defend the James River approach to Richmond. E Creek IV PETERSBURG federacy ( Con R R N the Ship’s N • Eltham’s Landing – Scene of May 7, 1862, engagement of O o m S r eu 17 Point O ( f U between Union troops under Brig. Gen. William o us Battle of Q W M l e O CHESAPEAKE BAY k h Franklin and Confederate troops commanded by T Matthew Lee’s Mill P e f & o 173 Maj. Gen. Gustavus Smith. l y Jones House s d P e t Warwick e r o t u Cape ★ New Kent Court House – Confederate and Union e o n Court House r s C NEWPORT Charles troops passed through here en route to Richmond. b R 156 u NEWS W R r g Ta lleysville Crossroads – J.E.B. Stuart passed through A • ) R R R this strategic crossroads on June 13, 1862, during his 95 ) W Young’s “Ride Around McClellan.” I R C VE K Mill RI Tunstall Station – This Richmond and York River rail- CK • R 143 A 13 I k B road station was attacked by the Confederate Cavalry. V e E e ★ R r Drewry’s Bluff – Confederate batteries above the The Wren Building following the Courtesy of The Mariners’ Museum C James River repulse Union gun boats, including the p 60 HAMPTON 35 battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. e Monitor, on May 15, 1862. e Watercolor by Lt. Robert K. Sneden, D k e Big Bethel ★ Seven Pines – Scene of Joe Johnston’s attack against U.S. Topographical Engineers. e 460 BURWELLS The Mariners’ r McClellan’s army on May 31, 1862. Gloucester BAY Museum C 17 64 s • Dabbs House – Lee’s first headquarters (June 1862) as Point Jubal A. Early r CO e 258 LO t commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. N Brigadier General, CSA a IA L 673 W PA R YORK RIVER K Hampton ★ ★ W 10 SEVEN DAYS BATTLES A Fort Boykin Colonial National Y Virginia War ★ Chickahominy Bluffs – Served as jumping off point Historical Park Yorktown Museum Waterfront 60 “Battle between the Ironclads” for Confederate advance into Mechanicsville. P A G I V E Newport News Fort Monroe Bus A N R R ★ Beaver Dam Creek – On June 26, 1862, the Confeder- 10 POW Camp 167 Fort Wool ate army unsuccessfully attacked the Union forces 238 Monitor-Merrimack at Ellerson’s Mill on Beaver Dam Creek. 238 ISLE OF WIGHT Battle of Rip Raps Overlook (Castle Calhoun) federacy Smithfield ★ Gaines’ Mill – The largest of the Seven Days Battles, Yorktown 238 Con Congress & the of m Cumberland the Confederate forces struck Union troops under eu Monitor-Merrimack us Overlook M the command of Brig. Gen. Fitz-John Porter. Endview 634 e Harbor Cruise h T St. Luke’s f ★ o 10 Savage’s Station – This June 29, 1862, engagement y s Church e 664 t 637 r was part of the Seven Days Battles. 60 u R 17 o HAMPTON C ★ E White Oak Swamp – “Stonewall” Jackson met strong V 704 ROADS Cape Union resistance here and failed to support Confeder- Lee Hall I 337 564 R Henry ate attacks at Glendale.
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