 Marker ID:
Local Title:
Young's Mill
Location: Young's Mill Lane, Newport News VA
23602 Description:
"Since early colonial days Deep Creek has had a dam and a
pond here with a mill, owned by the Matthews, Digges and
Young families, grinding corn well into the 20th century.
In the Peninsular Campaign, Federal forces of Gen.
McClellan encountered strong Confederate works nearby. The
right flank of Gen. Magruder's first line of defense, the
works were abandoned April 5, 1862 for a resolute stand 6
miles farther north at
Lee's Mill."
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