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|   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 |
 view galleryS48.6 km | The Big House-Tudor Hall Plantation - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites his landscape re-creates elements of a typical Southside Virginia plantation during the mid-nineteenth century. Tudor Hall, an original nineteenth-century building, was at the center of a farm that supported the owner, his family, and their slaves. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS48.6 km | Tobacco Barn-Tudor Hall Plantation - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Nineteenth-century farmers cut tobacco plants and placed them on sticks to be cured in tobacco barns like this one. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS48.6 km | McGowan’s South Carolina Brigade-Pamplin Historical Park - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Brigadier General Samuel McGowan, a 43-year-old lawyer and politician from Abbeville, South Carolina, commanded the troops responsible for maintaining these fortifications from October 1864 through March 1865. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS48.6 km | Tudor Hall-Tudor Hall Plantation - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites William Boisseau, a tobacco farmer, constructed Tudor Hall around 1812. Originally two rooms wide and one room deep, this style of house was popular in Dinwiddie County during the late 1700s and early 1800s. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryS48.6 km | “The Strongest Line of Works Ever Constructed” - Pamplin Historical Park VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The main line of entrenchments behind you was only one part of the entire defensive network established here by the Confederates. Southern soldiers removed all the trees in front of their works to create a clear field of fire. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/04/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| The Battle of White Oak Road The Walking Trail - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Welcome to the Civil War Preservation Trust’s White Oak Road Battlefield! The battlefield walking trail is a two-thirds-of-a-mile path that takes you past six wayside signs interpreting the 1865 battle, the remains of the Confederate earthworks. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/02/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view gallerySW54.1 km | The Battle of White Oak Road Four Years of War, Ten Months of Siege - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Though his lines grew thinner every day from illness, battle casualties, and desertion, Lee could not abandon Petersburg. Petersburg was the gateway to Richmond, and the capital of the Confederacy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/02/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view gallerySW58.4 km | The Battle of Five Forks - Dinwiddie VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On April 1, 1865, at this obscure county crossroads, that Confederate line finally stretched to its breaking point. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view gallerySW58.6 km | Battle of Five Forks - Dinwiddie VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here at Five Forks on April 1, 1865 10,000 Confederates, commanded by General Pickett, were overwhelmed by about 50,000 Federal troops, led by General Sheridan. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2020 last visited: 01/15/2022 |
 view gallerySW58.6 km | Digging In-Five Forks - Dinwiddie VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Just before noon on April 1, 1865, 10,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett arrived here at Five Forks. They immediately started digging and by mid-afternoon had constructed a rough earthwork that extended along the White Oak Road. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view gallerySW58.6 km | Death of Pegram-Five Forks Unit - Dinwiddie VA in U.S. Civil War Sites After fierce fighting, the Confederate positions around the intersection collapsed. In the melee fell Colonel Pegram, mortally wounded in the side. Just 23 years old, Pegram had survived all of the Army of Northern Virginia’s major battles posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view gallerySW58.6 km | The Union Cavalry Attacks - Dinwiddie VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On March 31, 1865, Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan retreated down this road to Dinwiddie Court House, driven by Pickett’s Confederates. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/07/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
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| Williamsburg Courthouse - Williamsburg, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Williamsburg Courthouse was used in the Civil War as a confederate field hospital during the Battle of Williamsburg. posted by:  bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 03/04/2016 last visited: 05/18/2019 |
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| Guinea Station-Grant Maneuvers South - Guinea VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Hancock reached Guinea Station about dawn, May 21. Pickets of the 9th Virginia Cavalry fired at the Union column, then disappeared to spread the alarm. Hancock continued south. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/22/2023 last visited: 06/22/2023 |
 view galleryN63.9 km | Jackson Shrine - Guinea Station VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson died of pneumonia at Fairfield in May 1863 after being wounded at Chancellorsville, VA. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 05/30/2012 last visited: 08/21/2023 |
 view galleryN63.9 km | War Comes to Fairfield - Woodford VA in U.S. Civil War Sites War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/08/2020 last visited: 07/03/2022 |
 view galleryN63.9 km | A Staggering Blow - Woodford VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Jackson's death fell heaviest on Gen. Robert E. Lee. He had come to rely on Jackson to carry out his plans, and Jackson had seldom failed him. "Such an executive officer the sun never shone on," Lee once said of his subordinate. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/08/2020 last visited: 07/03/2022 |
 view galleryS73.1 km | Sappony Church-Hampton’s Cavalry: "Too strong to be overcome" - Stony Creek VA in U.S. Civil War Sites About noon, Wilson attempted to force his way through to Ream’s station just as Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry appeared, and the two forces collided. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: 06/28/2023 |
 view galleryN73.4 km | Lee's Headquarters - Spotsylvania Courthouse VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A block of granite marks where General Robert E. Lee had his headquarters set up during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 05/29/2011 last visited: 12/15/2014 |
 view galleryN75 km | Pelham's Corner - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Although greatly outnumbered, the Gallant Pelham delayed thousands of Union soldiers from attacking the Jackson Corps at the Battle of Fredericksburg. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 06/12/2012 last visited: 07/26/2023 |
 view gallerySE75.2 km | Endview-Home of the Warwick Beauregards - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites When the Civil War erupted Endview was owned by Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis. Dr. Curtis organized local volunteers into the Warwick Beauregards (Co. H, 32rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry) at Endview and was elected the unit’s captain. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: 06/28/2023 |
 view gallerySE75.2 km | Lebanon Church In the Line of March - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Soon after Confederate Col. John Bankhead Magruder began organizing the Peninsula’s defenses at Yorktown on May 21, 1861, elements of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry established a courier station here. Countless Confederate soldiers marched by here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: 06/28/2023 |
 view galleryN75.3 km | Harrison House - Spotsylvania Court House VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A family home was caught in the middle of the battle at Spotsylvania Court House and served as temporary Confederate headquarters for Gen. Robert E. Lee. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 07/19/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryN75.6 km | The McCoull House - Spotsylvania Court House VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The McCoull house and farm got caught in the crossfire during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 07/02/2010 last visited: 08/18/2014 |
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