The Howlett Line

The Howlett Line is a Virginia historical marker in Chesterfield County, dedicated 1987.

Chesterfield County · dedicated 1987 · W. Hundred Road, east of I-95

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Just east of this point running from the James River to the Appomattox River, was the Confederate defense line known as the Howlett line, named for the Howlett House that stood at the north end of the line. Established in May, 1864, by General Beauregard's troops after the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, the line became famous as the "Cork in the Bottle" by keeping General Butler's Army of the James at bay. The Union line was one mile to the east. Parker's Virginia Battery was one-half mile to the south.

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