Petersburg Campaign
Click to browse images of the Richmond and Petersburg Battlefields and a reenactment commemorating the fighting in Virginia in 1864.
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- Union reenactors assault a replica of Fort Harrison in Henroico, Va 2014
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- Sharpened stakes protect an earthen fort on the Battlefield at Petersburg, Va 2014
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- Union reenactors line the parapet of a reconstructed Fort Harrison in Henrico, Virginia 2014
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- Historic downtown Petersburg, Virginia 2014
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- Henrico, Va 2014
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- Row houses on New Market Street, Petersburg, Va 2014
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- Henrico, Virginia 2014
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- Reenactors stir with the rising sun in Henrico, Virginia 2014
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- Deep Bottom on the James River
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- US Grant’s modest Head Quarters at City Point. It was from here in 1864 and 1865 that Grant would issue the orders the would end the Civil War.
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- The confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers at City Point, Virginia site of Union supply base and Grant’s HQ during the Siege of Petersburg
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- Out buildings at City Point National Battlefield
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- Reenactors in Henrico Virginia commemorate the role of the United States Colored Troops in the battles for Petersburg
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- “The Dictator” a giant Union mortar used during the Siege of Petersburg
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- Reenactor at dawn in Henrico, Va 2014
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- Morning fog at Fort Stedman on the Petersburg Battlefield, Va 2014
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- Gun smoke shrouds reenactors on an old Civil War battlefield near Richmond Virginia in 2014
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- Remains of the Taylor House between the lines at the Crater battlefield and was destroyed during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864
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- Confederate reenactors defend earthworks in Henrico, Va 2014
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- Reconstructed Civil War earthworks at Pamplin Historical Park on the western front battlefield at Petersburg, Va 2014
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- USCT troops engage Confederates in Henrico, Va 2014
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- The tunnel built by Union coal miners that led to the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg in 1864
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- The remains of the Crater explosion at Elliott’s Salient at Petersburg National Battlefield.
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- Union reenactors scale the parapet of Fort Harrsion in commemoration of a battle fought during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864-1865
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- Remains of a Confederate trench has a clear view to the Union siege line of 1864
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- Confederate reenactors fight from behind earthworks in Henrico, Va 2014
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- Confederate trenches at Elliott’s Salient at Petersburg 2014
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- Confederate reenactors in their earthworks in Henrico, Va
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- Union troops attacked across this ground in the Battle of the Crater.
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- Camp tents in Henrico, Va
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- Harrison Creek served as a natural defensive line during the first battles for Petersburg
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- Reenactors dig rifle pits in Henrico< va 2014
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- The Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad that bisects the Crater battlefield at Petersburg 2014
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- Sun breaks through the tress at Colquitt’s Salient the Confederate position opposite Fort Stedman on Eastern Front of the Petersburg Battlefield
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- Confederates fight from behind earthworks in Henrico, Va 2104
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- Reconstructed trenches at Petersburg National Battlefield
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- Union reenactors assualt a reconstructed Fort Harrison in Henrico, Va 2014
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- Old Petersburg, Virginia 2014
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- Reenactors bivouac in their earthworks in Henrico, Va 2014
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- A pier reaches into the Appomattox River at the Weston Plantation near Bermuda Hundred and the site of Butler’s pontoon bridge in 1864
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- Horse farm along the western front battlefield at Petersburg 2014
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- Deep Bottom on the James River
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- Unknown Civil War soldiers’ grave at Poplar Grove National Cemetery near Petersburg, Va 2014
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- The ruins of Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va
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- Trestles over the James River at Richmond, Virginia. The Breakthrough at Petersburg would necessitate the evacuation of the the Confederate Capitol
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- Union reinforcements crossed here at Deep Bottom on the James River destine for Five Forks
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- Fort Gregg in the distance was the last Confederate strong hold at Petersburg
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- Trees now cover the ground at Colquitt’s Salient the Confederate position opposite Fort Stedman
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- Union reenactors storm an earthen fort in Henrico Co, Va 2014
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