Chickahominy Bluff

Historical marker location:

4300 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) near Springdale Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2010

1862 Seven Days' Battles.

Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married.