The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Markers and Remains of Newport News-- Part 3: Skiffes Creek and Lowe's Balloon
SKIFFES CREEK REDOUBT--
22 Enterprise Drive. Earthwork that was part of the Skiffes Creek Line built to defend Mulberry Island and the James River during the 1862 Peninsular Campaign.
WARWICK COURT HOUSE
1401 Old Courthouse Way. 1810 courthouse was Union General Erasmus D. Keye's IV Corps Army headquarters. Professor Thaddeus Lowe's gas balloon Constitution provided reconnaissance of Confederate troop movements from here.
--Old Secesh
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