Results for Battle of Lee’s Mill
Results for Battle of Lee’s Mill
The Battle of Lee’s Mill
1862 Peninsula Campaign
In March of 1862, Union Maj. Gen. George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac landed at Fort Monroe and Camp Butler. This large force contained 121,500 soldiers, 44 batteries of field artillery and 101 heavy siege cannons. Confederate Maj. ...
Battle of Lee’s Mill
Flames Appeared on all Sides
The fortifications that appear before you are all that remain of the extensive Confederate fortifications defending the Warwick River crossing at Lee’s Mill.
After an uneventful march up the Great Warwick Road through Young’s Mill on April ...
Battle of Lee’s Mill (Dam Number 1)
April 16, 1862
A stalwart defense of the Warwick River by units of the 15th North Carolina, 7th Georgia and 2nd Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A., commanded by General J.B. Magruder is commemorated here. The defensive line extending across the Virginia Peninsula was ...