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  2. Fort Magruder - Wikipedia

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    Fort Magruder was a 30-foot-high (9.1 m) earthen fortification straddling the road between Yorktown and Williamsburg, Virginia, just outside the latter city (and former Virginia state capital) during the American Civil War. At the center of the Williamsburg Line, it was also referred to as Redoubt Number 6.

  3. Battle of Williamsburg - Wikipedia

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    By May 5, Johnston's army was making slow progress on muddy roads and Stoneman's cavalry was skirmishing with Brig. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, Johnston's rearguard. To give time for the bulk of his army to get free, Johnston detached part of his force to make a stand at a large earthen fortification, Fort Magruder, straddling the Williamsburg Road (from Yorktown), constructed earlier by ...

  4. Magruder, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Magruder was a small unincorporated town in Virginia near Williamsburg in York County. Settled mostly by African-American freedmen after the American Civil War , it once had its own church, post office, cemetery, lodge, and homes.

  5. Peninsula campaign - Wikipedia

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    To give time for the bulk of his army to get free, Johnston detached part of his force to make a stand at a large earthen fortification, Fort Magruder, straddling the Williamsburg Road (from Yorktown), constructed earlier by Magruder. The Battle of Williamsburg was the first pitched battle of the Peninsula campaign, in which nearly 41,000 Union ...

  6. Siege of Yorktown (1862) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Yorktown or siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.Marching from Fort Monroe, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force at Yorktown behind the Warwick Line.

  7. Category:American Civil War forts in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Fort Magruder; Fort Marcy (Virginia) Fort Monroe; Fort Myer; N. Fort Nelson (Virginia) Fort Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia) O. Fort O'Rourke; P. Fort Pocahontas; R. Fort ...

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