These are two pictures of the Bridge at Philippi (West) Virginia. During the American Civil War it was simply Philippi Virginia. This is actually the site of the First Land Battle of the Civil War. It was a Union Victory. Forces under the overall command of George B. McClellan routed a much smaller Confederate force. The focal point was this bridge. This is a picture of the original bridge that was actually fought over in 1861. About 1990 this bridge was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt slightly larger to more easily carry automotive traffic. They did try to keep the character though.

These are two pictures of the Bridge at Philippi (West) Virginia. During the American Civil War it was simply Philippi Virginia. This is actually the site of the First Land Battle of the Civil War. It was a Union Victory. Forces under the overall command of George B. McClellan routed a much smaller Confederate force. The focal point was this bridge. This is a picture of the original bridge that was actually fought over in 1861. About 1990 this bridge was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt slightly larger to more easily carry automotive traffic. They did try to keep the character though.

Detail of the plaque on a memorial cannon mounted in Glendale National Cemetary near the Malvern Hill Battlefield

A gunner's eye view of the Malvern Hill Battlefield, facing in the direction from which the Confederate forces advanced.

The residence of the Methodist Minister was a landmark of the Battle of Malvern Hill - the final engagement of the Seven Days (Peninsula) Campaign. It was directly in the line of advance of DH Hill's division southward agains the Federal positions around teh Crew House on July 1, 1862.

Fort Panorama is a view of the inside of the fort as it appears today. Ft. Drewry was actually built in 1861-2. Its heavy guns were brough up from the wreck of the CSS Virginia after the fall of Hampton Roads. This was after the famous battle where the Virginia and Monitor fought, the first time two iron warships ever fought each other. When they came up the river in the summer of 1862 to try to reach Richmond and perhaps force a surrender from the river, the Monitor again faced the guns of her old adversary.

River Panorama is a view of the battle site in 1862 where the USS Monitor, USS Galena and two other ships attempted to draw Confederate forces away from the main battlefields of the Gen. George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. The earthwords and cannon visible are part of Fort Drewry, one of the principal river defense installations for Richmond. The Bouy in the river is approximately where the Monitor and Galena were when the fighting was going on. They came no closer to Richmond.

This is a "Cannoneer's eye view" of Fredericksburg. The cannon is a 4-inch Seige rifle on the Chatham Grounds. It aims across the Rappohanock River toward Marye's Heights, the focal point for much of the Union effort during the battle. The Steeple seen rising in the picture is St. George's Episcopal church, which has been on that site since the founding of Fredericksburg in the early 1700's

This is Chatham Manor. It served as Union Headquarters during the battle of Fredericksburg and as a hospital for both the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville (1863).

This is a 3-inch Ordnance Rifle. It occupies a position at the far right of the Confederate battle line during the December 1862 battle of Fredericksburg. The depression seen directly in front of the cannon is one of several surviving gun pits dug during the battle.