Bermuda Hundred

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

Before determining to settle at Jamestown, the English sought a safe place to plant their colony further west along the James River. On that trip, John Smith and his fellow Englishmen found an ...

Bermuda Hundred

Established 1613 by Sir Thomas Dale.

First incorporated Virginia town 1614.

Home of John Rolfe, colony recorder, who married Pocahontas.

Rev. Alexander Whitaker ministered here.

Early port of Richmond.

Erected … 1938 by Bermuda Hundred Chapter D.A.R.

Marker is on Bermuda Hundred Road 1.4 miles east ...

Bermuda Hundred Landing

Butler’s Campaign Begins

Union Gen. Benjamin Butler’s 30,000-man Army of the James landed here without opposition on May 5, 1864. Despite his surprise arrival, Butler proved unable to take advantage of the unprepared Confederate defenders below Richmond.

He pushed west toward Port ...