 Marker ID:
Local Title: First
Peninsula Defense Line
Location: Warwick Blvd. at Young's Mill
Lane, Newport
News VA 23602 Description:
"Earthworks on the hillside above mark the
southernmost of three fortified cross-peninsula defense
lines built by Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder in the
spring of 1862 and extending three miles from Deep Creek
here at Young's Mill, to the Poquoson River at Harwood's
Mill. Although rated formidable by Union Gen. C. D. Keys,
this line was abandoned in favor of a firm stand on the
second defense line at Lee's Mill, April 5, 1862."
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