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Dam #1 on Warwick River Cemetery

Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA

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Newport News, Virginia 23608 United States

Coordinates: 37.18302, -76.53660
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Also known as Battle of Burnt Chimneys or the Battle of Lee's Mill, This battle was at Dam #1 on the Warwick River (now inside city limits of Newport News, Virginia.)The 35 Union soldiers killed in this battle were re-interred in Yorktown National Cemetery after the war. The Confederate Soldiers were simply buried on the battlefield and their graves never permanently marked.
Information from Confederate Cemeteries, vol. 2, by Mark Hughes, Heritage Books, 2003.
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Site of Dam Number 1
This location, now the Lee Hall Reservoir, was where the Vermont Infantry crossed the river on April 16, 1862 to attack the 15th North Carolina. This battle was the only major attempt to break through the Confederate defenses during the Peninsula Campaign.

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