White House Landing
Supply base, White House (New Kent County), Virginia.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Supply base
- Where
- White House (New Kent County), Virginia
- Years
- 1862, 1864
- Today
- Industry today
WHITE HOUSE LANDING
Landing on the Pamunkey River where the Richmond and York River Railroad crossed it. A major Union Army supply base in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign and again in 1864 during the Overland Campaign. Union troops burned the White House mansion in 1862.
Then
White House Landing on the Pamunkey River, where the Richmond and York River Railroad crossed the river, was a major Union Army supply base in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign and again in 1864 during the Overland Campaign. McClellan made the White House plantation his base of operations in May 1862.
Union troops burned the White House mansion during the 1862 occupation.
Now
Industry today
The railroad that crossed at White House is now part of the Norfolk Southern system.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through White House (New Kent County) today.
Served by
Nearby
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