Peninsula Campaign Warwick River
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N 37° 10.920 W 076° 32.244
18S E 363530 N 4116169
Virginia Historical Marker
Waymark Code: WM3FF1
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2008
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Following the 10 June 1861 Battle of Big Bethel, Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder, commander of the Confederate Army of the Penninsula, organized the construction of three defensive lines of fortifications across the penninsula. The main line extended 12 miles from Yorktown to the Warwick River and downstream to Lee's Mill, then westward to Skiffes Creek, which flowed into the James River at the Mulberry Island Point battery. When Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan began his Peninsula Campaign to capture Richmond, the Warwick River fortifications blocked the progress of Army of the Patomac on 5 April 1862. McClellan ordered a siege that lasted from 5 April to 4 May 1862.
Marker Number: W 62
Marker Title: Peninsula Campaign Warwick River
Marker Location: Near Discovery Center, Newport News Park
County or Independent City: York County ?
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Hostorical Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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