Here, on the second line of the Drewry’s Bluff defences, Confederate troops were concentrated May 12-15, 1864, to take the offensive against a Federal force that had advanced from Bermuda Hundred under command of General B.F. Butler and had cut the Richmond–Petersburg railroad.

Marker is on Perrymont Road 0.1 miles north of Norcliff Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources: