Honors
A number of geographic features have been named in honor of John Magruder:
- Fort Magruder, a Confederate stronghold during the Battle of Williamsburg.
- Magruder in York County, Virginia, a small town near Williamsburg. During World War II, about 1943, the United States Navy relocated the residents and the entire former town of Magruder became part of a large military reservation known as Camp Peary. Beginning in 1951, the facility has been designated for "Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity", and unofficially, is known as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facility nicknamed "The Farm". Access was still highly restricted as of 2005. See also Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia.
- Magruder Boulevard (State Route 134), a major connector road that runs through the independent city of Hampton and into York County.
- Thomas Magruder, a character in the Revisionist Western-themed video game, GUN, is a former Civil War major with the same last name.
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And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
Full on the filial dullness:”
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