Intermediate Line of Confederate Defenses

This cannon marks the intermediate line of

Confederate defenses of Richmond

1862 - 1865

Placed here in 1958 by the

Confederate Memorial Literary Society

in memory of

Alexander Wilbourne Weddell

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Clovelly Road and Canterbury Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Intermediate Defenses

Here ran, east and west, the intermediate line of Richmond defenses during the Civil War. Near this spot on 1 March 1864 Union Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick halted his raid that was intended to free Union prisoners and lower ...