The Union Trail

During Phase I of the Battle of Richmond, Pleasant View and this property lay between opposing lines, with Union troops and artillery one-half mile north near Mt. Zion church and Confederate troops and artillery one-half mile south. On an August day, artillery shells passed overhead, some Confederate rounds falling short and exploding on the ground amid smoke and small arms fire. At Churchill's Draw, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Churchill led a brigade through the draw, emerged near the Union line, and took Federal forces by surprise. His maneuver turned the battle in the Confederates' favor, and the Union line fell back, ending this phase of the battle.

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