Harrison's Landing
Supply base, Charles City County (Berkeley Plantation), Virginia.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Supply base
- Where
- Charles City County (Berkeley Plantation), Virginia
- Years
- 1862
- Today
- Museum
HARRISON'S LANDING
After the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862 the Army of the Potomac fell back to Berkeley Plantation, then known as Harrison's Landing, on the James River, and the plantation served as a river supply base. The bugle call Taps was written at the landing in 1862.
Then
After the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862, the Army of the Potomac fell back to Berkeley Plantation, then known as Harrison's Landing, on the James River, and the plantation served as a river supply base for the army.
Gen. Daniel Butterfield and bugler Oliver W. Norton wrote the bugle call Taps at the landing in 1862.
Now
Museum
Berkeley Plantation is a museum property open to the public and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1972.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 5 miles away.
Nearby
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- 5 miCity Point supply depotUnion · Supply base, Hopewell (City Point), Virginia
- 5 miAmmunition barge explodes at City PointAugust 9, 1864, City Point wharf, Virginia
- 12 miButler cuts the Richmond and Petersburg at Port Walthall JunctionMay 7, 1864, Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
- 14 miPetersburg rail hubConfederate · Rail junction, Petersburg, Virginia
- 15 miUnion army burns its stores at Savage's StationJune 29, 1862, Savage's Station, Virginia