 Marker ID:
Local Title: Lee
Hall
Location: Warwick Blvd. at Lee Hall, Newport
News VA Description:
"The village of Lee Hall, built after the arrival of the C
& O Railway in the 1880's, took its name from the fine
residence begun in 1848 by Richard Decatur Lee overlooking
his extensive Warwick County plantation. Lee Hall became
the headquarters of the Confederate General John B.
Magruder, in April and May 1862 during the Civil War
Peninsular Campaign."
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