Richmond Defences

Crossing of the Main Outer Line

The eastern face of the Outer Line of the Confederate defences of Richmond, which here crossed the Darbytown Road, extended Southward from the heights of the Chickahominy to Chaffin's Bluff on James River, a distance of about 11 miles.

Marker is on Darbytown Road 0.2 miles east of South Laburnum Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

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