Fair Oaks Station

The intersection of the Richmond and York River Railroad and Nine Mile Road became one of Henrico County’s best-known Civil War landmarks, with Fair Oaks Station on the north side of the junction. During Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederate attack at Seven Pines on 31 May 1862, troops under Brig. Gen. Richard H. Anderson passed here as they assaulted the Union right. On 29 June 1862, an innovative Confederate artillery piece was pushed past the intersection by a locomotive for use during the Battle of Savage’s Station. The weapon, a siege gun mounted on a flatcar behind a shield of rails, marked the first use of railroad artillery in warfare.

Highland Springs, Virginia · United States