The Half-Way House
The house that stood here, midway between Richmond and Petersburg, was a landmark in the campaign of 1864. East and Southeast were Batteries Brooks, Semmes, Wood and Dantzler which defended the South side of James river from Drewry’s Bluff to the Howlett Line.
Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (Virginia Route 301) and Wonderview Drive, on the left when traveling south on Jefferson Davis Highway.
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