Pamunkey River Project
White House Landing

One of the first sites at which detailed, on-the-ground survey was conducted was an area known as White House Landing, near the town of West Point.   McClellan made his field headquarters’ at the nearby White House plantation for a period of time.   The plantation belonged to the Custis family, and was the site of Martha Dandridge Custis’s marriage to George Washington.   It was later the home of Robert E. Lee’s wife, Martha Custis Lee.

The remains of at least four vessels were documented in the intertidal
zone along the shoreline at White House Landing, as shown
in the site plan below (hold mouse over hulls for photos of the features).

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