| Eugene C. Tidball - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 594 pages
...elevated plateau overlooking the James River, about a mile and a half by threefourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with several converging roads running over it. In front the ground sloped gradually, giving clear range for artillery to the woodland to the north. The left... | |
| United States - 1884 - 1198 pages
...James River. Malvern Hill is an elevated plateau about a mile and a half by three-fourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with several converging...slopes gradually toward the north and east to the wood-laud, giving clear ranges for artillery in those directions. Toward the northwest the plateau... | |
| Maine - 1897 - 812 pages
...Hill by stating that "it is an elevated plateau, about a mile and half by three quarters of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with several converging...defensible ravines, and the ground slopes gradually towards the north and east to the woodland, giving clear ranges for the artillery in those directions.... | |
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