Joe and Sandi's RV Adventures Around the USA travel blog

Tilly watching us leave for a day at the battlefields

here we go..........

brief look at what is here

inside the museum

this will be important info for later

this will be important also

line up of artillery

a look inside of the earthworks of a battery

brief info

the dictator

the story

the size !

interesting

around the dictator

defense around the batteries

interesting info

earthworks left from Fort Stedman

enlarge this one to read about the Crater that the Union created...

off we go to see the tunnel dug to set the dynamite...

we were pretty much alone touring these battlefields!

story behind the tunnel

Joe heading to look into the tunnel

interesting reading

read closely! ugh - unreal !!!

the view across battlefields

one of many monuments in these battlefields

downtown Petersburg is very depressed - no restoration has been attempted here

more downtown

more downtown, this is the first city that we have seen that...

it's a shame - looks like this old building was torn down

on our way to City Point (these placards are everywhere, quite interesting...

we accidently found this historical city!

we will be seeing this

you'll see this cabin in another picture

Appomattox Mansion

interesting reading

view to where the hospital was a long time ago and there's...

excavation site they are digging where a basement used to be

rear view of the Appomattox Mansion

inside of Grant's cabin

info on Grant's cabin

most of this cabin is original !!

below the Appomattox Mansion - this used to be a wharf during...

story of a hurricane

this was a busy seaport during the war


We toured the battlefields here in Petersburg, then went to City Point where Grant's cabin was located for this part of the Civil War. Several great battles happened here. One long battle took nine months before the Confederates were defeated in this area. One battle called The Crater has a unique story behind it. The National Park Service did justice to the Petersburg battlefields, it is one of our favorites!

City Point was a very important place during the civil war and we had stumbled onto it, just by driving out to Appomattox Mansion! It is very, very pretty there. Glad we found it!


Advertisement
OperationEyesight.com
Entry Rating:     Why ratings?
Please Rate:  
Thank you for voting!
Share |