Advance on PetersburgElements of the Union Army of the James, led by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, landed at Bermuda Hundred on 5 May 1864 to cut the Confederate rail and ... [click for more]
Bermuda HundredA mile north, on the site of an important Appamatuck Indian village, Sir Thomas Dale established Bermuda Hundred in 1613. The hundred was a traditiona... [click for more]
Chester Station FightAt this station, two miles west, the Union army of the James, turning toward Richmond, fought an action on May 10, 1864 and tore up the railroad.... [click for more]
Colonel Thomas LygonColonel Thomas Lygon, who came to the Virginia colony in the early 1640s from Worcestershire, England, patented several large parcels of land on the n... [click for more]
Farrar’s IslandIn 1611, Farrar's Island was the site of the Citie of Henrico, one of Virginia's first four primary settlement areas under the Virginia Company of Lon... [click for more]
OpposunoquonuskeIn 1607, Opposunoquonuske, sister of the Appamattuck Indian chief Coquonasum, headed an Appamattuck town on the James River at the mouth of the Appoma... [click for more]
OsbornesThe town of Osbornes was named for Captain Thomas Osborne who settled nearby at Coxendale in 1616. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Osborne's plant... [click for more]
Point of RocksPoint of Rocks is located two miles south on the Appomattox River. In 1608, Captain John Smith wrote about this high rock cliff which projected out to... [click for more]
Redwater Creek EngagementWhile Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James entrenched at Bermuda Hundred on 11 May 1864, Confederate Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke led pa... [click for more]
Union Army Railroad RaidsOn 5 May 1864, leading elements of Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James disembarked off transports at Bermuda Hundred, located to th... [click for more]
