Seven Days ' Battles New Bridge
The road to the south is the New Bridge road leading to Old Tavern (Highland Springs). In the 1862 campaign bridge and road played an important part in the movements of both armies. The Unionists moved from New Bridge to Mechanicsville on May 24, 1862. Longstreet and A. P. Hill crossed the bridge on June 29 going to the battle of Glendale.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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