Covered Way

A pathway between the fort and the lower battery where soldiers using it were under cover from enemy gunfire.

Marker can be reached from Monument Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Battle of the Crater - Covered Way

At this place located by participants in the Battle of the Crater, this road, known as the Jerusalem Plank Road, was crossed by a covered way leading eastwardly to the ravine in rear of the Confederate breastworks which run northwardly ...

Covered Way

Camino Cubierto

The man-made hill around the fort, called the glacis (gla'sis), "covers" or protects this area from enemy fire. Capturing a fort's covered way usually involved a bloody assault.

Marker is on South Castillo Drive (State Highway A1A), on the right ...

Covered Way

Drewry’s Bluff – 1862 / 1864

During battle, supplies could be brought into the fort through the Covered Way, a tunnel protected from shell-fire.

Marker can be reached from Fort Darling Road, on the left when traveling east.

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Custer’s Covered Way

1862 Peninsula Campaign

George Armstrong Custer had the dubious honor of graduating last in the 1861 class at West Point. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Cavalry and fought with the Army of the Potomac in almost ...