Richmond Defences
Battery 16 of the Inner Line
On this spot stood Battery 16 of the Inner Line of the Richmond Defences, constructed in 1862-64. This Battery, which was never assailed by the Federals, was one seventeen placed between the Confederate capital and the Intermediate Line.
Marker is on Holly Springs Avenue 0.1 miles north of North Hopkins Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
