Black Heath
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Black Heath was a house and coal mine located near the present day Midlothian area of Chesterfield County, Virginia. The Black Heath coal mining enterprises were operated intermittently from the early
Black Heath house in disrepair, c. 1890–1915
Henry Heth
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Henry Heth was a Confederate military officer who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
Black Heath
…take a more active role within the family coal business. John had eleven children with Margaret between 1823 and 1842, including the afore mentioned Henry Heth, who graduated from West Point in 1847 and served as a Confederate Major General during the Civil War. In 1833, John Heth incorporated the Black Heath…
Heth in uniform, c. 1862
Heth in uniform, c. 1861
A postbellum illustration of Confederate infantrymen at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863