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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...
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    Poplar Grove National Cemetery is near Petersburg, Virginia, and is managed as part of Petersburg National Battlefield. In July 1862, Congress passed...
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    The Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield is a historic district in Dinwiddie County, near Petersburg, Virginia. It was the location of the Third Battle...
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    partly preserved as Petersburg National Battlefield by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Petersburg rebuilt its railroads...
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    Grant’s phrase. Petersburg National Battlefield, covering southern portions of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign. Richmond National Cemetery, located...
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    Appomattox Manor (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia)
    managed by the National Park Service. The museum there, Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum, is a unit of the Petersburg National Battlefield Park. The...
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  • about 30 feet tall. Petersburg: Petersburg National Battlefield Hagood's Brigade, a monument in the Petersburg National Battlefield. Text on front: "Here...
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    follow. The Petersburg National Battlefield covers only part of the battlegrounds around Petersburg. The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have...
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    of Petersburg are spread out across a vast area in the Petersburg vicinity. These sites and battlefields are primarily preserved by the National Park...
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    Underground Railroad at the Eppes Plantations, Petersburg National Battlefield (PDF) (Report). Northeast Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior...
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    Appomattox Courthouse eight days later. Part of the battlefield site is a unit of Petersburg National Battlefield, with public access that includes access trails...
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    until April 1865. The Petersburg National Battlefield covers only part of the battlegrounds around Petersburg. The American Battlefield Trust and its partners...
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    Pamplin Historical Park (category Museums in Petersburg, Virginia)
    fragment of the Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield, a National Historic Landmark, and key components of the Third Battle of Petersburg. The park also...
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    Ettrick in southern Chesterfield County and Fort Gregg-Adams and Petersburg National Battlefield in Prince George County. SR 36 begins west of Matoaca at an...
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    National Battlefields Antietam National Battlefield Fort Donelson National Battlefield Monocacy National Battlefield Petersburg National Battlefield Stones...
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    United States Army medical units "Depot Field Hospital - Petersburg National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-15. "The...
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    Manassas National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Prince William County, Virginia, north of Manassas that preserves...
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    National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved...
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    Battle of Hatcher's Run (category Petersburg Campaign)
    Land". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved May 25, 2018. National Park Service battle detail page Petersburg National Battlefield battle description...
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    Archaeological looting of places like Slack Farm in 1987 and Petersburg National Battlefield serve as evidence against allowing unsupervised metal detecting...
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  • operated by the National Park Service at Appomattox Manor in Hopewell, Virginia. It is a unit of the Petersburg National Battlefield Park. City Point...
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  • land were incorporated into the Petersburg National Battlefield and the Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg. In 1921, the camp was formally closed...
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    Battle of the Crater (category Petersburg Campaign)
    the old Cold Harbor battlefield near Richmond to areas south of Petersburg. After Lee stopped Grant's attempt to seize Petersburg on June 15, the battle...
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    southwest Nottoway County – west Amelia County – northwest Petersburg National Battlefield (part) I-85 US 1 US 460 US 460 Bus. SR 40 SR 142 SR 226 As...
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    Battle of Fort Stedman (category Petersburg Campaign)
    ISBN 0-8071-1861-3. Petersburg National Battlefield from the National Park Service National Park Service battle description CWSAC Report Update from the National Park...
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  • National Park Service Battle Summary "Petersburg National Battlefield". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-05-30. "Petersburg National Battlefield...
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    The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. The collection...
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    its trial, but in 2004 the original gun could be seen at the Petersburg National Battlefield visitor center. On 28 May 1857, the Ordnance Department ordered...
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    Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. As...
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    the United States National Park System and most of the National Park Service's affiliated areas. The program is run by Eastern National, a non-profit organization...
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