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Stonewall Jackson

Shrine (%804-633-6076;

12019 Stonewall Jackson Rd,

Woodford; h9am-5pm) in

nearby Guinea Station.

In a small white cabin

set against attractive

Virginia horse-country,

overrun with sprays of

purple flowers and daisy

fields, Jackson uttered

a series of prolonged

ramblings. Then he fell

silent, whispered, ‘Let us

cross over the river and

rest in the shade of the

trees,’ and died.

The Drive » You can get here

via I-95, which you take to I-295S

(then take exit 34A), which takes

50 minutes. Or, for a back road

experience (1 hour, 10 minutes),

take VA-2S south for 35 miles

until it connects to VA-643/Rural

Point Rd. Stay on VA-643 until it

becomes VA-156/Cold Harbor

Rd, which leads to the battlefield.

6 Cold Harbor

Battlefield

By 1864, Union General

Ulysses Grant was ready

to take the battle into

Virginia. His subsequent

invasion, dubbed the

Overland (or Wilderness)

Campaign, was one of the

bloodiest of the war. It

reached a violent climax

at Cold Harbor, just

north of Richmond.

At the site now known

as Cold Harbor Battlefield

(%804-226-1981; http://www.nps.

gov/rich; 5515 Anderson-

Wright Dr, Mechanicsville,

VA; hsunrise-sunset, visitor

center 9am-4:30pm), Grant

threw his men into a

full frontal assault; the

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