BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Newport News -- Young's Mill

VA -- Newport News -- Young's Mill:

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[4] YOUNGS_060430_14.JPG	[5] YOUNGS_060430_16.JPG	[6] YOUNGS_060430_20.JPG
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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. YOUNGS_060430_01.JPG: First Peninsula Defense Line: Earthworks on the hillside above mark the southernmost of three fortified cross-peninsula defense lines built by Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder in the spring of 1862 and extending three miles from Deep Creek here at Young's Mill, to the Poquoson River at Harwood's Mill. Although rated formidable by Union Gen. C.D. Keys, this line was abandoned in favor of a firm stand on the second defense line at Lee's Mill, April 5, 1862. (1977 sign)
2. YOUNGS_060430_06.JPG: The trenches are in the hills up here
3. YOUNGS_060430_14.JPG: Note the street person sleeping on the bench before the mill. Sigh.
4. YOUNGS_060430_23.JPG: Young's Mill: Since early Colonial days, Deep Creek has had a dam and pond here with a mill, owned by the Mathews, Digges and Young families, grinding corn well into the 20th century. In the Peninsular [sic] Campaign, Federal forces of Gen. McClellan encountered strong Confederate works nearby, the right flank of Gen. Magruder's first line of defense. The works were abandoned April 5, 1862, for a resolute stand 6 miles farther north at Lee's Mill. (1967 sign)
5. YOUNGS_060430_27.JPG: Young's Mill: Following the 10 June 1861 Battle of Big Bethel, Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder established a base at Young's Mill. This tide mill formed the right flank of Magruder's First Defensive Line, which reached across the Peninsula to Ship's Point on the York River. Extensive earthworks defended the crossing of the Warwick Road over Deep Creek. When Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan began his Peninsula Campaign on 4 April 1862 to capture Richmond, elements of Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes IV Corps led by Brig. Gen. William F. "Baldy" Smith advance to Young's Mill. They skirmished with Confederate troops defending this mill dam crossing. The Confederates abandoned their position for a more determined stand on the Warwick River. (2002 sign)
6. YOUNGS_060430_30.JPG: Young's Mill Magruder's First Peninsula Defensive Line -- 1862 Peninsula Campaign -- The mill located behind you is one of the few remaining tide mills on the Peninsula. In the woods across the private road to your left are several redoubts and rifle pits. These fortifications are all that remain of the Confederate 1st Peninsula Defensive Line. Since the Colonial era, Deep Creek has had a dam and a pond here with a mill. The dam provided an important crossing over Deep Creek for the Great Warwick Road, a first roadway that connected Hampton, Newport News Point, and Warwick Court House with Williamsburg. This mill was built in the 1820s by local landowners, the Youngs, who owned nearby Denbigh Plantation. Following the June 10, 1861, Battle of Big Bethel, Confederate commander John Bankhead Magruder decided to established three defensive lines across the Peninsula. Young's Mill became the western strong point of the 1st Defensive Line, which stretched eastward to Harwood's Mill and followed the Poquoson River to Ship's Point. The fortifications constructed near the mill became the Confederate forward base for operations against the Federal forcs at Camp Butler. When the Union forces began their advance against Richmond, Union Gen. McClellan sent Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keye's IV Corps up the Warwick Road to flank the Confederate positions by way of the Half-Way House west of Yorktown. Magruder abandoned his 1st Defensive Line for a more resolution stand at this 2nd Defensive Line along the Warwick River to Yorktown. Keyes' troops moved through the Confederate entrenchment at Young's Mill, encountering little resistance, as Union Private Wilbur Fisk recounted, "We drove the enemy from a position they had fortified and that night occupied the place ourselves. The rebels left quick a village of huts or barracks, and from appearances, they had enjoyed much more comfortable quarters during the winter than we had ourselves." The Union Army had made good progress on April 4, and from Young's Mill, Gen. Keyes expected to be able to reach the Half-Way House on the morrow.
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