 Marker ID:
Local Title: John
Bankhead Magruder, Major General, C.S.A.
Location: Deer Park, Campers Entrance, Newport News VA Description:
"U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1830, Virginia-born
Prince John Magruder served with distinction in the
Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned as Colonel, U.S.A. and
joined the Confederacy. In the Civil War's first planned
battle, his forces were victorious at Big Bethel, June 10,
1861. During April 1862 he delayed the Union drive up the
Peninsula here at Battle of Dam 1. After the war he lived
in Mexico. He died in Texas, 1871."
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