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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