Very limited information in Richmond paper for the Halfway House location for 1864....
Bermuda Hundred Campaign (May-June 1864)
The Daily Dispatch May 28, 1864
Lieut Col Carpenter, of the 112th New York, has died of his wounds received in the battle of Monday beyond the Halfway House. He was an estimable gentleman and a gallant soldiers, and his regiment will greatly feel his loss, as will a host of friends.
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VA-S10 Halfway House
This old inn was the headquarters of Major-General B. F. Butler's Union Army of the James during the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, May 16, 1864. The inn was so named because of its location about midway between Richmond in Petersburg.
Virginia State Library, 1951.
Location: US Route 1 (northbound), south of Richmond.
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http://www.anniebees.com/Drewry/Drewry%20Landmarks.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DrewrysB.html
http://www.mdgorman.com/Other%20Sites/drewrys_bluff.htm
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VA-S9 Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff
The Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, or the Proctor's Creek engagement, began on 14 May 1864, when part of Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James feigned an attack towards Richmond from Bermuda Hundred. After two days of skirmishing, Federals led by Maj. Gen. William F. Smith and Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore capture the outer Confederate earthworks here. At dawn on 16 May, however, the Confederates under Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke and Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr., launched several assaults from the inner defenses just north. By midmorning the Federal's began retreating south to the Half-Way House.
Department of Historic Resources, 2001.
Location: US Route 1 (northbound), south of Richmond.
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Drewry's Bluff in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 1864
On May 5, 1864, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler and his Army of the James landed at Bermuda Hundred, a neck of land only 15 miles south of Richmond. Marching overland, they advanced within three miles of Drewry's Bluff by May 9. While several Union regiments did manage to capture the fort's outer defenses, delays by Union generals spoiled the success. Confederate infantry under General P.G.T. Beauregard seized the initiative and successfully counterattacked on May 16. Once again a Union drive on Richmond met defeat at Drewry's Bluff. The area remained an integral part of Richmond's defense until the fall of Petersburg in April 1865.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/rich/ri_drew.htm
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Proctor's Creek (Drewry's Bluff), Virginia (VA-053) , Chesterfield County, May 12-16, 1864 US General Butler withdrew the Army of the James into the entrenchments at Bermuda Hundred. CS General Beauregard cobbled together a force of 18,000 to confront Butler's 30,000. On May 12 at 4:00 a.m. Butler ordered US General Smith's corps out in a pouring rain to strike north along the Richmond and Petersburg Turnpike to attack the Confederate line at Drewry's Bluff on the James River. This action was designed to cover a cavalry raid by US Brigadier General August V. Kautz against the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Smith soon encountered CS General Hoke's Division deployed along the north bank of Proctor's Creek. The Federals halted to await reinforcements from US General Gillmore's X Corps.
On May 13 Gillmore circled to the west to outflank the Confederate line. Smith pushed across the creek to find that the Confederates had abandoned the works for a stronger fortified position to their rear. Gillmore flanked this line at Wooldridge Hill, and the Confederates retreated again. Beauregard arrived to take command of the Confederates the following day and constructed a new line extending westward from Drewry's Bluff. The Federals dug in before this new line. Butler's cautious advance gave Beauregard time to concentrate his forces. He summoned CS Major General W. H. C. Whiting's Division from Petersburg and planned a converging attack on the Union lines: Whiting would attack northward, hitting Butler's rear, while Hoke and CS General Ransom's Divisions, attacking en echelon from left to right, would drive the Federal right back from Drewry's Bluff.
Ransom, with his right anchored near Fort Stevens, attacked down the Old Stage Road through heavy fog on the morning of May 16. He rolled up the Union line from right to left until his offensive stalled—his troops could not see through the fog. Rather than counterattack, Smith ordered his troops to retreat to the turnpike. Whiting inched northward from Petersburg to Port Walthall Junction but missed the battle. Butler ordered his demoralized army back to Bermuda Hundred that afternoon, ending his offensive against Richmond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drewry%E2%80%99s_Bluff
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va/va053.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Proctor's_Creek
VA-S11 Proctor's Creek Fight
To the west of the road here at Proctor's Creek Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Union Army of the James attacked the outer line of the Confederates' Drewry Bluff defenses on 13-14 May 1864. On the first day, Union Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore struck the Confederate right flank, commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr. Ransom's troops crumpled under the onslaught, rallied and counterattacked, and finally fell back to the main lines at Kingsland Creek. On 14 May, Gilmore and Maj. Gen. William F. Smith launch coordinated attacks that drove through the first defensive line but stopped short of the second. The Federals then entrenched.
Department of Historic Resources, 2001.
Location: US Route 1 (northbound) at Proctor's Creek, south of Richmond.
http://www.historical-markers.org/maps/drawmap.cgi?id=154_5415
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va053.htm
http://www.chesterfieldtourism.com/bermuda.shtml
http://books.google.com/books?id=f_B3ToTmp1oC&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=proctor's+creek&source=web&ots=41_VcsNcIT&sig=A9mJtsS2mM54f5PWFe14G6MIxhc
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