Petersburg, Virginia site photos

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(5-2001) Petersburg National Battlefield Tour Stop-1: Confederate Battery 5 View of Battery 5 of the Dimmock Line. One of the many earthen walled forts constructed by the Confederate forces in the line surrounding Petersburg. On June 15, 1864 at 7:45 PM the Union 18th Corps attacked and broke the Confederate's line here. Though there were few Confederate forces in front of the Union attackers Gen. William Smith stopped the attack to await re-enforcements. Had he continued, Petersburg and Richmond (?) would have been taken then		(5-2001) Petersburg National Battlefield Tour Stop-1: Battery 5 Trail (The Dictator) 13" seacoast mortar similar to the 13" mortar used by Gen. Grant's forces during siege of Petersburg. The mortar required 14 pounds of black powder to throw a 225 pound ball 2 miles into Petersburg. The ball was fused to explode at tree level and was filled with 11 pounds of powder Wartime view of the Dictator


Petersburg National Battlefield Wartime view of the Dictator		(5-2001) Petersburg National Battlefield Tour Stop-3: Confederate Battery 9 View from inside a replica of a portion of the earthworks surrounding Petersburg and Richmond

Petersburg Contributors
Ed Conner, TN:		Confederate Battery 5 Dictator Confederate Battery 8 Colquitt's Salient Fort Stedman Taylor Farm Ruins
		The Crater Massachusetts Monument

William Bozic, TX:		U.S. Colored Troops Monument Confederate Battery 9 Fort Stedman

Don Hogan, GA:		City Point Confederate Battery 5 Dictator Confederate Battery 9 Fort Stedman
		Taylor Farm Ruins The Crater & Tunnel Fort Wadsworth

Jack Snyder, IN:		Confederate Battery 5 Dictator Confederate Battery 9 The Crater & Tunnel Sutler's Store City Point

Jim L. Burden, TX:		Pamplin Park

Webmaster:		Confederate Battery 5 Dictator Confederate Battery 8 Confederate Battery 9 Harrison Creek Fort Stedman
		Fort Haskell Fort Morton Taylor Farm Ruins The Crater & Tunnel Visitor Center

Richard Edling, PA		City Point Sites: Union Fort Bakery Appomattox Manor Depot Field Hospital Soldier Graffiti R/R Bed
		Restaurants Grant's Cabin w/Interior Views Docks

Links:
1. Petersburg National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)	2. Virginia Civil War Battle Richmond Petersburg Campaign
3. Petersburg, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia	4. Pamplin Park
5. Siege of Petersburg	6. U. S. A. Civil War Photographs
7. Petersburg, Virginia Photos	8. Petersburg: Virginia Is For Lovers
9. Historic Maps ť Petersburg, Va.	10. Civil War Petersburg
11. Petersburg Campaign (American Civil War) -- Britannica	12. TheHistoryNet \| American Civil War \| Siege of Petersburg: