Seven Days Battles--Malvern Hill

Seven Days Battles--Malvern Hill is a Virginia historical marker in Henrico County, dedicated 1932.

Henrico County · dedicated 1932 · Willis Church Road, about 650 feet south of intersection with Carters Mill Road

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Here from east to west, Berdan's sharpshooters of Morell's division were strung out in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. Their rapid and accurate fire harassed the Confederates as they emerged from the woods and charged up the hill.

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