Malvern Hill

[JackADriscoll]

I went and visited Malvern hill and Glendale this morning. It was about 0730 and I had the park to myself. If you have never been Malvern hill is very well done. I was walking on the trail in the woods where the Confederates were chilling before the battle and all you could hear were birds and squirrels. There was no sounds of cars or airplanes or other people and you start to think this is what it could have been like in the 19th century on July 1. Then you realize no. No. It was way more noisy on that day.

 

[Jamieva]

Great place to go for a quiet battlefield visit there's no development around it and all there is a single 2 lane road bisecting the preserved area that gets very little traffic. Gaines mill has similar positive attributes but it's in the flight pattern for the Richmond airport so you do get plane noise there,

 

[redbob]

Malvern Hill was an artilleryman's dream and an infantryman's nightmare, between the massed batteries at the top of the hill and the gunboats on the river this attack was a forlorn hope from the start.

After the war, some enterprising soul took clay from the hill and cast souvenir bricks to sell to the veteran's and other tourists.

 

[Belfoured]

I went and visited Malvern hill and Glendale this morning. It was about 0730 and I had the park to myself. If you have never been Malvern hill is very well done. I was walking on the trail in the woods where the Confederates were chilling before the battle and all you could hear were birds and squirrels. There was no sounds of cars or airplanes or other people and you start to think this is what it could have been like in the 19th century on July 1. Then you realize no. No. It was way more noisy on that day.

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Excellent photos. Malvern and Glendale are a tribute to the efforts of those who recognize the need to preserve these sites, such as the ABT. Same with Gaines's Mill. The shame is that Fair Oaks/Seven Pines was obliterated long before they could get involved

 

[Belfoured]

Malvern Hill was an artilleryman's dream and an infantryman's nightmare, between the massed batteries at the top of the hill and the gunboats on the river this attack was a forlorn hope from the start.View attachment 471067 After the war, some enterprising soul took clay from the hill and cast souvenir bricks to sell to the veteran's and other tourists.

Nothing beats good fields of observation and fire.

 

[JOHN42768]

very nice photos, thanks

 

[Cavalier]

I have always regretted the fact that I never visited that Battlefield. Thanks very much for the great photos.

John

 

[ErnieMac]

I've visited both Malvern Hill and Glendale about 10 years ago. Is there anything more than the National Cemetery at Glendale?

 

[Jamieva]

I've visited both Malvern Hill and Glendale about 10 years ago. Is there anything more than the National Cemetery at Glendale?

No Glendale for now is still just the cemetery. The nps owns the land but no interpretive work or trails have been done yet. I know that is planned but I haven't heard when it is supposed to be open to the public. I am eager to see it myself.

 

[Belfoured]

No Glendale for now is still just the cemetery. The nps owns the land but no interpretive work or trails have been done yet. I know that is planned but I haven't heard when it is supposed to be open to the public. I am eager to see it myself.

If you know somebody you can get on that part of the field. As you note, however, the NPS work hasn't been done that is needed to open it to the public. But even now from a distance you can get a feel for what the battlefield at the crossroads was like. The good news is that it's been saved from the $$$$ interests.

 

[Belfoured]

I've visited both Malvern Hill and Glendale about 10 years ago. Is there anything more than the National Cemetery at Glendale?

Once NPS completes the needed work at Glendale and ABT completes the acquisition of more important tracts at Gaines's Mill/Cold Harbor, those fields will all be worth a return visit.