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Young's Mill - Historic Site

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13055 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News, Virginia, 23602

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The earthworks located adjacent to this 1820 tide mill were the western anchor of Confederate Major General John B. Magruder's first line of defense during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.

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