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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4A9_battery-8-of-the-dimmock-line_Prince-George-VA.html
On June 15, 1864, after seizing Battery 5, Union troops swept southward along the Dimmock Line. Men of the 1st and 22nd Colored Troops captured Battery 8, overcoming heavy resistance from part of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise's Virginia brigade. By the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM46X_opportunity-lost_Prince-George-VA.html
"At that hour, Petersburg was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it." - Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, CSA Confederate Commander, June 15, 1864 "Deeming that I held important points of the enemy's line of works, I …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM46V_battery-5-of-the-dimmock-line_Prince-George-VA.html
In 1862 - two years before the first Federals appeared at the city's gates - Confederate Captain Charles Dimmock oversaw the construction of a ten-mile line of defensive works ringing Petersburg. In front of you is Battery 5 one of the largest of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM46S_dictator_Fort-Lee-VA.html
Sept. 1864: "?the enemy frequently shoot very large shells into Petersburg & do some damage to buildings, but the people are getting used to it, so they don't mind them?."- A.I.P. Varin 2nd Mississippi Famous but militarily ineffective, the "Di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20H_prince-george-court-house_Prince-George-VA.html
After crossing the James River, Gen. Gouverneur Warren's Fifth Corps and Gen. Ambrose Burnside's Ninth Corps were ordered to move toward Petersburg. One of two primary routes of advance, Prince George Court House Road (Road 106) was used by more t…
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