Historical Marker

Wilcox’s Alabama Brigade,

Historical marker location:
Mechanicsville, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Watt House Road, 0.7 miles south of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156), on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1999

Longstreet’s Division,. Army of Northern Virginia, CSA.

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.
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