The Dabb House - Richmond, VA
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N 37° 32.594 W 077° 22.973
18S E 289482 N 4157806
Placed by the Battlefield Markers Association, marker #12 is located at General Robert E. Lee's first headquarters.
Waymark Code: WM8434
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2010
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After the conclusion of the Battle of Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862), Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed his senior military adviser as commander of the Confederate Army - General Robert E. Lee. Here in his first headquarters, Lee planned the attack that would become the Seven Days Battles. The aggressiveness of Lee's attack and the tactics used by the Confederates unnerved an already jittery and paranoid George B. McClellan who, on the third of the Seven Days, ordered a retreat to the James River.
The Dabb House - General Lee's Headquarters
In the residence at the end of this lane, General R.E. Lee had headquarters from June 1 to June 26, 1862. Hither for conference came “Stonewall” Jackson, Longstreet, Stuart, A.P. Hill, D.H. Hill and other of his lieutenants. Here the plan for the Seven Days’ campaign was drawn.
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About the Battlefield Markers (Source: National Park Service):
This is one in a series of 61 markers erected beginning in 1925 to identify the battlefields around Richmond. The tablets were the work of the Battlefield Markers Association, a group of historians committed to commemorating the Richmond battlefields. Most prominent among the association's members was Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, the eminent biographer of George Washington and Robert E. Lee. The work of Dr. Freeman and the Association ultimately led to the purchase of battlefield lands and the establishment of Richmond National Battlefield Park in 1936.
Group that erected the marker: Battlefield Markers Association
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 3812 Nine Mile Road Richmond, VA USA 23223
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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