Confederate Defenses of Newport News-- Part 1

From North American Forts.

There are about ten miles of preserved Confederate earthworks from the 1862 Peninsular Campaign are located along the Warwick Line in various city parks.

These include:

Dam #1.  Battery (1 gun) at Newport News Park on Constitution Way.

Lee's Mill Redoubt  (3 guns) at River's Ridge Circle (Lee's Mill Park).  There is a Confederate "Lee's Mill Earthworks" state marker at Warwick Boulevard at Lee's Mill Drive.

Lee Hall mansion (built 1858) on Yorktown Road (admission fee).

Skiffe's Creek redoubt (3 guns) at 22 Enterprise Drive.

--Old Secesh