Jefferson Davis Highway
This tree marks the
site of Battery 17 of
the inner defenses of
Richmond, 1862-1865, and
is planted in soil taken
from battlefields
A memorial to
Confederate soldiers
by the Elliott Grays
Chapter U.D.C. 1929.
Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Harwood Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
