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Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News, VA

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Lee Hall Mansion

An 1859 Italianate plantation house that served as a Confederate headquarters during the Peninsula Campaign.

163 Yorktown Road, Newport News, VA 23603 · Newport News, VA

About Lee Hall Mansion

Lee Hall Mansion is an Italianate residence finished in 1859 by planter Richard Decatur Lee for his family. The Lees left the house within three years as the Peninsula became one of the earliest Civil War battlegrounds. Sitting on high ground with wide views, it housed Confederate commanders in spring 1862 who directed the defense of the Peninsula against Union forces. Admission includes a Peninsula Campaign gallery and a guided tour of the house, and wayside panels along a loop trail cover the grounds and former occupants.

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