Peninsula Campaign Warwick River - Newport News VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 10.920 W 076° 32.244
18S E 363530 N 4116169
Marker Location: Near Discovery Center, Newport News Park VA.
Marker Number: W 62
Waymark Code: WM18MCE
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2023
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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.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/2001
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Department of Historic Resources
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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