The Confederate Defense

Confederate troops commanded by General Richard S. Ewell arrived on this ridge line on the morning of May 5. Ordered by General Lee not to initiate a battle, Ewell placed 10,000 men along this high ground on either side of ...

Second Line of the Confederate Defenses

This cannon

marks the location of

the Second Line of the

Confederate Defenses of Richmond

Placed in 1938 by the City of Richmond

at the request of the

Confederate Memorial Literary Society

Marker is on Monument Avenue 0.1 miles west of Roseneath Road, in the median.

Courtesy ...

Confederate Defenses at the Mouth of Caney Creek

During the Civil War (1861-65), Federal forces tried several times to seize Texas ports. Galveston was taken on October 5, 1862, but recaptured by a Confederate army on January 1, 1863. Lt. Dick Dowling's troops stopped a Federal invasion at ...