Battlefield Burials

The depressions to the right of the trail probably represent former graves of Confederate soldiers. The dead of both armies received hasty battlefield burials. Most were disinterred after the war, with the Union dead going to Glendale National Cemetery and the Confederate dead probably being removed to Richmond. These woods and the small stream nearby offered welcome shelter to Confederate soldiers as several brigades, mostly under the command of General John B. Magruder, advanced up the slope and subsequently fell back into the woods while Union artillerists threw shells into the treetops.

Sandston, Virginia · United States