John Bankhead Magruder
Major General, C S A
U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1830, Virginia-born 'Prince John' Magruder served with distinction in the Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned as Colonel, USA and joined the Confederacy. In the Civil War's first planned battle, his forces were victorious at Big Bethel, June 10, 1861. During April 1862 he delayed the Union drive up the Peninsula here at the Battle of Dam No.1. After the war he lived in Mexico. He died in Texas, 1871.
Marker is at the intersection of Campsite Drive and Jefferson Avenue (Virginia Route 143), on the right when traveling north on Campsite Drive.
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