Cold Harbor Campaign
Advanced Position of Ewell's Corps
Across the Old Church road at this point ran the advanced line of about 700 yards held by part of Ewell’s Confederate Corps on May 30, 1864. Abandoned that night, the position was occupied May 31 by troops of the Fifth Federal corps.
Marker is on Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) 0.3 miles east of Pebblepath Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
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