page_title: Varina, Virginia
section_title: Civil War
hierarchical_section_title: Varina, Virginia / History / Civil War
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Varina landing, Virginia (vicinity). Aiken house on James River Physical description: 1 negative (2 plates)&#160;:
context_page_description: Varina is a former unincorporated community and current magisterial district in the easternmost portion of Henrico County, Virginia, United States.
context_section_description: During the Civil War, Clover Forest Plantation was Robert E. Lee's headquarters for a period. The Seven Days Battle (1862) began in the Varian area and Lee was able to watch the battle from a bluff on what is now Meadowview Park. Cedar Hill was used as a camp during the Seven Days Battle, including by Confederate units of Dershaws Division.
  During the Civil War (1861–1865), it was one of the two major Southern places for prisoner exchange.  Union General Benjamin Butler took over the plantation for his official headquarters and the house and cabin housed his staff. Robert E. Lee, a Confederate soldier, established his Richmond-area headquarters at the Dabbs House.
caption: Aiken house at Varina, 1861–1869.
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