Seven Days Battles--Malvern Hill

Seven Days Battles--Malvern Hill is a Virginia historical marker in 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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1864 · Hughes Military Map Of Richmond & Petersburgh, Va. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · White House-Harrison's Landing. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Hughes Military Map Of Richmond & Petersburgh, Va, 1864, covering the location of Seven Days Battles--Malvern Hill, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Hughes Military Map Of Richmond & Petersburgh, Va, 1864, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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