The Battle of Glendale, also known as the Battle of Frayser's Farm, Frazier's Farm, Nelson's Farm, Charles City Crossroads, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop, took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, on the sixth day of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War.
Contest around McCall's Cannons
Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman
Brig. Gen. George A. McCall
Slocum's artillery engages Huger's (Engraving by Alfred Waud)
Henrico County, officially the County of Henrico, is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,389 making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia. Henrico County is included in the Greater Richmond Region. There is no incorporated community within Henrico County; therefore, there is no incorporated county seat either. Laurel, an unincorporated CDP, serves this function.
The Old Henrico County Courthouse in Richmond.
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Varina Farms Plantation
Cannons at the site of the Battle of Malvern Hill