Glendale (Frayser's Farm)
The possession of this, the Quaker road, on June 30, 1862, saved McClellan's army from destruction. The Confederates, coming from the west, sought to seize the road and block the Union withdrawal to James River. While Longstreet was fighting a rearguard battle at Glendale, the Union wagon trains and artillery passed along this road and another road two miles east.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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