Endview
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N 37° 12.768 W 076° 34.266
18S E 360595 N 4119635
Erected 2005 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number W 230.)
Waymark Code: WMGB67
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2013
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This traditional farmhouse was probably built for William Harwood around 1769. His great grandson, Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis, acquired the plantation in 1858. In May 1861, Dr. Curtis organized the Warwick Beauregards (Company H, 32d Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment) and commanded them until May 1862. Confederate Generals Lafayette McLaws and Robert Tombs used Endview as their headquarters during the early stages of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Union regiments camped here as part of the Federal occupation of nearby Yorktown. Dr. Curtis regained possession of Endview (also called Curtis Farm) after the Civil War and his descendants continued to live here until 1985.
Marker Number: w 230
Marker Title: endview
Marker Location: Newport News, Virginia
County or Independent City: Newport News
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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