Into the "Bottle"
The Union Army of the James, retiring across Proctor's Creek in this vicinity after the battle of Drewry's Bluff, May 16, 1864, turned east into the Peninsula between the James and Appomattox Rivers, where it was "Bottled" by Confederate forces.
Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and County Route 288, on the right on Jefferson Davis Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
