What to see in America . Battles were fought in allthe region round, and the fortified lines that protected thecity are visible in various places. Among the more importantbattles were Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, and Malvern Park, a popular resort just below Richmond onthe James River, is the site of Powhatans dwelling wherePocahontas, then twelve years old, saved the life of Captain,j . John Smith. Farther down the river, fourteen and one half miles fromRichmond, is Varina, thehome of Pocahontas andher husband, John , thirty milessouth of Richmond, wasthe center of t
What to see in America . Battles were fought in allthe region round, and the fortified lines that protected thecity are visible in various places. Among the more importantbattles were Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, and Malvern Park, a popular resort just below Richmond onthe James River, is the site of Powhatans dwelling wherePocahontas, then twelve years old, saved the life of Captain,j . John Smith. Farther down the river, fourteen and one half miles fromRichmond, is Varina, thehome of Pocahontas andher husband, John , thirty milessouth of Richmond, wasthe center of the finaloperations of the CivilWar, and thirteen pitchedbattles were fought in theneighborhood. One ofthe best-known engage-ments was that of theOld Crater, east of thecity. At AppomattoxCourt House, about eightymiles west of Richmond,the war ended April 9,1865, in the surrender of Gen. Lee to Gen. Grant. Thequaint old Southern city of Fredericksburg, halfway be-tween Richmond and Washington, is another center of Civil. Christ Church, Alexandria Virginia 153 War interest. It was the scene of a fiercely contested battlein 1862, and the next year the Battle of Chancellorsvillewas fought eleven miles to the west, and the year after thatthe Battle of theWilderness oc-curred a few milesfarther away inthat a mile ofChancellorsvilleStonewall Jack-son was wounded Mt. Vernon fatallybv his
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