Lee's Headquarters
Posted by: 
johnjm99
N 37° 38.908 W 077° 24.290
18S E 287842 N 4169533
Original site of house used in planning for Richmond defensive.
Waymark Code: WM7ZV
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2006
Views: 35
Just to the east stood the Clarke house (Lockwood), wherein Gen. Rober E. Lee made his field headquarters, 28-31 May 1864. While here, and though ill, Lee deployed troops to key positions in Hanover County, including Haw's Shop, Totopotomoy Creek and Bethesda Church, and laid plans for his desperately outnumbered army to intercept Lt. Gen Ulysses S. Grant's advance on Richmond. Lee Telegraphed urgent appeals for reinforcements from nearby Atlee's Station on the Virginia Central Railroad. On 29 May President Jefferson Davis and Gen P.G.T. Beauregard visited the stricken Lee here. Lee's planning culiminated in the Battle of Cold Harbor 31 May - 12 June 1864, which stalled the Union offensive. The house was removed in 1990.
Marker Number: ND 11
Marker Title: Lee's Headquarters
Marker Location: Route 301
County or Independent City: Hanover
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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