Warwick Line

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The Warwick Line was a Confederate defensive fortification system on the Virginia Peninsula that played a key role in delaying Union forces during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate defensive line ⓘ
military fortification system ⓘ
associatedWith Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
Warwick County, Virginia ⓘ
Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Yorktown
campaignTheater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
commander John B. Magruder ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
constructedDuring American Civil War ⓘ
constructedFor defense of Richmond ⓘ
defense of the Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
controlledBy Confederate States Army ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
date 1862 ⓘ
defendedBy Army of the Peninsula ⓘ
designedBy John B. Magruder ⓘ
extendsFrom Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Yorktown
extendsTo Mulberry Island, Virginia ⓘ
feature artillery positions ⓘ
dammed sections of the Warwick River ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
redoubts ⓘ
rifle pits ⓘ
followedBy Williamsburg Line ⓘ
follows Hampton Line ⓘ
geographicFeatureUsed Warwick River ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Army artillery ⓘ
Confederate States Army infantry ⓘ
notableEvent Siege of Yorktown (1862) ⓘ
opposedBy Union Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
opposedCommander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
partOf Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
defenses of Richmond ⓘ
purpose delay Union advance up the Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
protect approaches to Richmond ⓘ
resultOfUse slowed Union advance toward Richmond in 1862 ⓘ
riverCrossed Warwick River ⓘ
significantYear 1862 ⓘ
status abandoned military fortification ⓘ
strategicRole delayed Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
typeOfFortification field fortification ⓘ
usedBy Confederate States Army ⓘ
usedIn Siege of Yorktown (1862) ⓘ

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