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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9HQ_confederate-battery-6_Prince-George-VA.html
This battery fell to the Union forces on June 15, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9HP_jordon-family-cemetery_Prince-George-VA.html
Buried with his parents are Josiah Jordan, his wife, Mary and four of their children - Watson, 10 months, Laura, 3 years, Charles, 4 months, and Lemuel, 24 years.
This land was Josiah's farm at the time of the siege.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9HE_artillery-at-petersburg_Prince-George-VA.html
"The campaign became quite scientific, so that after the first few weeks, we learned to tell by the sound the nature of every missile that passed over us, and knew which ones to dodge. The mortar shells had the most terror for us. The ordinary fie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9HD_battery-5-trail_Prince-George-VA.html
On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine months of siege.
This 0.6-mile trail will take you through Battery 5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured by the F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9HC_the-siege-of-petersburg_Prince-George-VA.html
"I would not believe before I came here that man was capable of enduring so much."-Lawrence Bradley, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery
If Petersburg fell, the Confederate capital at Richmond would fall too. Grant knew it; Lee knew it. And for nine mont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9G7_city-point-and-hopewell_Fort-Lee-VA.html
City Point is five miles northeast. There Governor Sir Thomas Dale made a settlement in 1613. In April, 1781, the British General Phillips landed there. Grant had his base of operations there in the siege of Petersburg, 1864-1865. Lincoln was ther…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IJ_hoods_Spring-Grove-VA.html
Four miles north on James River. There, on January 3, 1781, Benedict Arnold, ascending the river, was fired on by cannon. On January 10, Arnold, returning, sent ashore there a force that was ambushed by George Rogers Clark. Fort Powhatan stood the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C1_prince-george-court-house-road_Fort-Lee-VA.html
This trail follows the old road which ran between Petersburg and Prince George Court House. It was used by both armies to move men and supplies.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C0_uprooted-by-war_Prince-George-VA.html
"Every tree, stump, and fence has disappeared? What was once verdant is now a wasteland of dust and dirt." - John Haley, 17th Maine Infantry January 26, 1865
The gentle depression in front of you is the only vestige of the Josiah Jordon House. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BV_infantry-earthworks_Fort-Lee-VA.html
"Attacking entrenchments has been tried so often and with such fearful losses that even the stupidest private now knows that it cannot succeed, and the natural consequence follows; the men will not try it. The very sight of a bank of earth brings …