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Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg (1864–65). The battlefield is near the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and includes outlying components in Hopewell, Prince George County, and Dinwiddie County. Over 140,000 people visit the park annually.
An area of more than 1,200 acres (490 ha) around Five Forks was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [1] [3] The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 419 acres (1.70 km 2) of the battlefield. [4]
Park rangers provide information, highlight powerful history
The 292-day Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (Siege of Petersburg) began when two corps of the Union Army of the Potomac, which were unobserved when leaving Cold Harbor at the end of the Overland Campaign, combined with the Union Army of the James outside Petersburg, but failed to seize the city from a small force of Confederate defenders at the Second Battle of Petersburg on June 15–18, 1864. [4]
Antietam National Battlefield visitor center renovation provides renewed and deeper look at Sept. 17, 1862, conflict and what led to it.
Five Forks was a key location for control of the critical Confederate supply line of the South Side Railroad (sometimes shown as Southside Railroad). While Devin's and Crook's divisions reached Dinwiddie Court House in the late afternoon of March 29, Custer's division was protecting the bogged down wagon train about 7 miles (11 km) behind the ...
The park's primary sections are the City Point Unit, where Grant had his headquarters; the Eastern Front battlefield, which features the Crater and the main visitor center; the Five Forks battlefield and the Poplar Grove National Cemetery.
Hogan mustered in as a Corporal in Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 16, 1861. [1]According to the Military Times Hall of Valor, on 30 July 1863, while serving with Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, in action at Petersburg, Virginia, the 45th charged into the huge crater caused by Union forces exploding tons of gunpowder under Confederate lines.