Endview became a major campground and hospital for Confederates during the early stages of the Peninsula Campaign. H, 32rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry) at Endview and was elected the unit’s captain.
Curtis organized local volunteers into the Warwick Beauregards (Co. Because of its location at a midpoint between the James and York rivers, Endview once again served as an important militia muster point and campground during the War of 18 12., When the Civil War erupted Endview was owned by Dr. Thomas Nelson, Jr.’s, 3,000-strong Virginia militia used Endview as a campground. When the French-American army began its march to begin the Revolutionary War’s Siege of Yorktown on September 28, 1781, Maj. William Harwood, Jr., who was a member of the House of Burgesses, a signer of the Virginia Resolves, and a Warwick County militia officer. The white two-and-a-half story frame building in front of you in the distance is Endview.
