Civil War | Fort
Skiffes Creek Redoubt
Virginia
9285 Warwick Boulevard
Newport News, VA 23607
United States
The Skiffes Creek Redoubt formed part of Confederate Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder's Second Peninsula defensive line. The redoubt was constructed in early April 1862 during the Peninsula campaign's Warwick-Yorktown line siege. The fortification helped defend the right flank of the Confederate defensive line until abandoned during the evening of May 3, 1862.
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