Historical Marker
Gaines' Mill
Historical marker location:
6283 Watt House Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia
( Marker is on Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road.)
Marker installed: 2011
1862 Seven Days' Battles.
The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.