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|   Battery 5 of the Dimmock Line - Petersburg VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1862 – two years before the first Federals appeared at the city’s gates – Confederate Captain Charles Dimmock oversaw the construction of a ten-mile line of defensive works ringing Petersburg. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.4 km | Artillery at Petersburg - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In front of you are just some of the types of cannon used in the Civil War. Some are bronze, some iron. Some are rifled - they fired conical shells. Others are smoothbore - they fired the traditional cannonball. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.4 km | Battery 5 Trail - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine months of siege. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.4 km | Uprooted by War - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The gentle depression in front of you is the only vestige of the Josiah Jordan House. The house was dismantled by Union troops during the Siege of Petersburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.7 km | Infantry Earthworks - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Re-created here are samples of some of the infantry earthworks that ringed Petersburg – works that one man said made the landscape resemble “an immense prairie dog village.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.7 km | Monotonous Toil - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites This quiet wood was once a busy encampment. Here, during the winter of 1864-65, Union soldiers fought not Confederates, but boredom and toil. They drilled, they primped their huts, they read mail and newspapers, they played, and they waited. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW27.8 km | “A Splendid Charge” - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites After the capture of Battery 5, some of the 3,500 black troops swept southward, routing Confederates before them. At dusk, they charged on Battery 9 and swarmed over the works. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
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| Freedom Fighters - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites By November 1864, several thousand African American soldiers, designated as United States Colored Troops or USCT, held Fort Harrison and the nearby earthworks. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/16/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.2 km | Fort Harrison Trail - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate soldiers built Fort Harrison on this high point of land as part of their scheme to protect the approaches to Richmond. The Union army seized the fort after heavy fighting in September 1864, altered its appearance, and renamed it. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/16/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.2 km | Fort Harrison Trail Fort Harrison - 1862/1864 - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Both Federals and Confederates occupied this fort. Originally these earthworks were part of the 1862 Richmond line of defense. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/14/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.2 km | First Park Headquarters - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This 1930s photograph shows the headquarters for the Richmond Battlefields Park Corporation. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/16/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.2 km | Confederate Counterattack - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites General Robert E. Lee deplored the loss of Fort Harrison and made immediate efforts to recapture it. Lee himself accompanied a large body of reinforcements from Petersburg on September 29. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/16/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.5 km | Parker's Battery Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Parker’s men improved this earthen redoubt, referred to as a battery, so as to better protect their guns stationed behind its walls. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/17/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.5 km | Howlett Line Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites These earthworks are part of the Confederate defensive position known as the Howlett Line. It was a string of interconnected redoubts and entrenchments that stretched for eight miles. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/17/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.5 km | Boy Company Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This prominent battery in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia often went by its nickname, “The Boy Company.” Although the average battery member was 25 years old, the company had several lads between the ages of 14 and 19. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/17/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.5 km | Remembrance Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Sometime before 1906, the surviving members of Parker’s Battery erected the small granite monument here to commemorate their fallen comrades, and to emphasize the battery’s participation in the defense of their homes and capital. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/17/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW28.5 km | Parker’s Battery Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A small monument, erected by the survivors of Parker’s Battery, emphasizes the importance of this place in their post-Civil War lives. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/17/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW29 km | Confederate Bulwark Fort Johnson -1864 - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Johnson was perfectly situated to protect Richmond. From this commanding ridge the Confederate garrison looked out across the treeless landscape that offered an open field of fire for their guns. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/14/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryW29 km | Empty Victory Fort Hoke-1864 - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here at Fort Hoke a small collection of Virginia artillerists tried valiantly to stop the Union advance. Their fire seriously wounded General E.O.C. Ord, the Union 18th Corps commander. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/14/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
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| Grapevine Bridge - Highland Springs VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here stood Grapevine Bridge across which, on the night of June 27, 1862, part of McClellan's Army moved in changing base. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/15/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryNW29.6 km | Black Troops Attack at Chaffin’s Farm-Fort Gilmer – 1864 - Henrico VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Fort Gilmer loomed as a major obstacle to any advance on Richmond. On the afternoon of September 29, 1864, several regiments of black troops stormed these works only to be driven back. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/14/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
 view galleryNW29.8 km | Battlefield of Seven Pines - Sandston, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Placed by the Battlefield Markers Association, marker #37 describes the Battle of Seven Pines as Confederates led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston moved east to meet Gen. George B. McClellan's army. posted by:  archway location: Virginia date approved: 9/2/2009 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW29.8 km | A Fatal Error - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites For weeks the black troops had rehearsed their role as spearhead of the assault. But late on July 29, fearing public outcry should the African-American troops suffer heavy casualties, Meade ordered Burnside to pick another, all-white division. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW29.8 km | Prelude to the Crater - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites The predawn darkness of July 30, 1864, shrouded intense Union preparations on this ridge. Thousands of troops filed quietly into the ravine and trenches in front. More than 160 cannon crowded the earthworks to your right and left. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/9/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view galleryW32.2 km | May 15, 1862—The Battle of Drewry's Bluff - Richmond VA in U.S. Civil War Sites When Federal gunboats rounded the distant bend in the James, they entered a shooting gallery. Confederate soldiers and Marines along the riverbanks raked the decks with musket fire. Confederate guns here in the fort opened fire. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/16/2020 last visited: 10/2/2021 |
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