Photograph of Beaver Dam Creek in the autumn

Beaver Dam Creek Battlefield

See It Now!

Most of the northern portion of the Beaver Dam Creek battlefield has been destroyed by development, but Richmond National Battlefield Park protects 365 acres along the lower section of the creek near the site of Ellerson's Mill. That area includes some of the ground the Confederates defended during the June 26, 1862 battle. Located on the south side of Cold Harbor Road (VA Route 156) just east of Mechanicsville, a walking trail from a parking area takes visitors across the historic creek from the Confederate side to the Union side.

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Beaver Dam Creek Battlefield: What's Nearby

Mechanicsville, VA
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Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Richmond, Virginia (VA-108)
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Petersburg, Virginia (VA-129)
Petersburg, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, VA
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Lafayette Visit Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (V-62)
Williamsburg, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Columbia, Virginia (VA-146)
Columbia, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Fredericksburg, Virginia (VA-126)
Fredericksburg, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Yorktown, Virginia (VA-60)
Yorktown, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
Piney Point , MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Orange, Virginia (VA-94)
Orange, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum
Scotland, MD
Rev War  |  Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle, VA
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National Museum of the Marine Corps
Quantico, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Suffolk, Virginia (VA-21)
Rescue, VA
Museum
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Norfolk, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Portsmouth, Virginia (VA-23)
Portsmouth, VA
Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Jeffersonton, Virginia (VA-93)
Jeffersonton, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox
Appomattox, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Jackson, North Carolina (NC-7)
Jackson, NC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Buckland, Virginia (VA-134)
Gainesville, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
Alexandria, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum
Chesapeake, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Halifax, North Carolina (NC-174)
Halifax, NC
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Washington, DC (DC-34)
Washington, DC
Museum
U.S. Navy Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Washington, DC
Museum
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Cemetery
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
Washington, DC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Enfield, North Carolina (NC-9)
Enfield, NC
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Silver Spring, MD
Civil War  |  Museum
Old City Cemetery and Pest House Medical Museum
Lynchburg, VA

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