Malvern Battlefield You Are Here - Richmond, Virginia
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BruceS
N 37° 25.120 W 077° 14.834
18S E 301138 N 4143688
You are here map on marker with information about the Battle of Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862, the last battle of the Seven Days Battle in the Richmond, Virginia area.
Waymark Code: WMT4F8
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2016
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"You Are Here"
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The Gathering Storm
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. By early afternoon Hill's five brigades, some 6,500 men, had formed under cover of the surrounding woods and slopes along Western Run. While they waited artillery shells exploded in the treetops showering the troops with pieces of iron and falling limbs.
At 1:30 General Lee issued the order that turned a one sided exchange of artillery fire into one of the war's largest frontal assaults. For Hil's men the moment to advance was at hand.