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|   Shifting Ground - Charles City VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites During most of the Civil War (1861-1865), Charles City County lay between two armies: the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia safeguarding the Confederate capital of Richmond and the Union Army of the Potomac occupying the Lower Peninsula. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view gallerySE29.8 km | John Tyler Chairman of the Peace Convention -Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites To commemorate the efforts of John Tyler, native son, President of the United States 1841-1845. Chairman of the Peace Convention, 1861. To preserve the Union and to prevent war between the states. Erected 1961. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view gallerySE30.1 km | Wilcox’s Landing-Crossing the James - Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Army of the Potomac along with artillery and several thousand supply wagons moved south of the James. It was one of the few times a Union commander had managed to outmaneuver Confederate commander Gen. Robert E. Lee. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 06/26/2023 |
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| Opportunity Lost - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites At 7 p.m. on June 15, 1864, the boom of Union cannons to the east foreshadowed a Union attack on the Dimmock Line. Minutes later, soldiers of the Union Eighteenth Corps broke through the undermanned Confederate line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS31.1 km | 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS31.2 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS31.2 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS31.2 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS31.2 km | The Siege of Petersburg - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites If Petersburg fell, the Confederate capital at Richmond would fall too. Grant knew it; Lee knew it. And for nine months in 1864 and 1865 Union and Confederate armies waged a brutal campaign here that left the Confederacy on the verge of total defeat. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS32 km | The Beefsteak Raid-Wade Hampton’s Cattle Raid - Prince George VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Successfully reaching their destination two days later, the Confederates overwhelmed the guards and rounded up 2,500 head of cattle. To the south and at Sycamore Church, another contingent of Southern cavalry skirmished with a Federal outpost. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 06/26/2023 |
 view galleryS32.5 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS32.5 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS32.5 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view gallerySE34 km | Kittiewan Plantation - Charles City VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Land referred to as Kenwon, mentioned in a 1618 grant to Gov. George Yeardley. Patented in 1632 by Lennon Pierce. Occupied by Union Army in June 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/06/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS34.3 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS34.3 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: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryS39.9 km | Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier-Lee's Retreat - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here, the Union’s Sixth Army Corps broke through the Confederate line defending Petersburg, causing a series of actions which eventually led to the evacuation of the city by Lee’s army that evening. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | The Military Landscape-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Did you know the end of the American Civil War started here?
On the morning of April 2, 1865 you would have been standing near the center of the battle that decided the nine-month campaign for Petersburg and Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | Confederate Winter Quarters-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Brigadier General Samuel McGowan’s South Carolina Brigade spent the winter of 1864-1865 very close to the fortifications they defended. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | Field Fortifications-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Pamplin Historical Park has created these replica earthworks to suggest how this area might have looked during the winter of 1864-65. Both armies at Petersburg constructed long lines of field fortifications. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | Tudor Hall Field Quarter-Tudor Hall Plantation - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The environment in front of you recreates elements of a plantation Field Quarter of the 1800s. The slaves who provided agricultural labor on farms like Tudor Hall lived in areas like this in the years before the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | The Plantation Landscape-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Life was a lot simpler back then…or was it? You are standing near the center of a once successful and productive mid-19th century farm. To your right is the main house, Tudor Hall, built in two stages before the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | Obstructions-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Obstructions, like the reproductions displayed here, played an important role in Civil War field fortifications. These obstacles broke the forward momentum of assaulting troops and maximized and attacker’s exposure to the defenders’ fire. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | The Breakthrough Trail Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A walk along the Breakthrough Trail is a journey into history! On April 2, 1865, thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers clashed here to determine the fate of Petersburg and Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS40.6 km | The Confederate Fortifications-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The earthen wall in front of you is a part of the main Confederate defense line begun in 1864 and defended until April 2, 1865. You are standing behind the line facing southeast towards the Union positions about one mile away. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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