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Outer Fortifications
The Exterior Line of Richmond's Civil War defenses crossed Brook Road near here. Occasional Union cavalry raids threatened from the north, making this portion of the city's elaborate earthen defenses especially significant. Union troops briefly captured this line on three ...
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Outer Fortifications
On the hilltops here
ran the outer line of
Richmond fortifications,
1862-1865.
Marker is at the intersection of Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) and Springdale Road, on the right when traveling north on Mechanicsville Turnpike.
Courtesy hmdb.org
