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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA0K_the-confederate-fortifications_Petersburg-VA.html
The earthen wall in front of you is a part of the main Confederate defense line begun in 1864 and defended until April 2, 1865. You are standing behind the line facing southeast towards the Union positions about one mile away.
When Lieutenant G…
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Brigadier General Samuel McGowan, a 43-year-old lawyer and politician from Abbeville, South Carolina, commanded the troops responsible for maintaining these fortifications from October 1864 through March 1865. McGowan's Brigade consisted of five S…
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The two mounds on the lawn in front of you mark the locations of winter huts built by soldiers of Brigadier General Samuel McGowan's South Carolina brigade during the winter of 1864-65. McGowan's troops established several camps in this area immed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA0C_a-mysterious-historic-feature_Petersburg-VA.html
The shallow depression in front of you marks the location of what was once a substantial dwelling. Archaeologists excavated this site in 1997 and discovered a well-preserved brick foundation and flooring. The artifacts recovered from the site sugg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA09_the-hart-house_Petersburg-VA.html
Charles H. Carr, a native of New York, purchased twenty acres from the Boisseaus of Tudor Hall in March 1859. He began construction of the house in front of you shortly afterwards. Carr died in July 1862 while enlisted in the Confederate army. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA04_the-hart-farm_Petersburg-VA.html
This extension of The Breakthrough Trail leads to the historic Hart House, a ten minute walk from here. The trail parallels the Confederate earthworks that extended across the Boisseau farm (Tudor Hall) to the neighboring Hart farm to the southwes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA02_the-battle-of-harmon-road_Petersburg-VA.html
On the final day of the Battle of Peebles' Farm, October 2, 1864, Union troops of Brigadier General Gershom Mott's Third Division, Second Army Corps, moved against the Confederate breastworks at the Hart Farm. Mott had orders to determine if the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ZY_the-breakthrough-trail_Petersburg-VA.html
A walk along the Breakthrough Trail is a journey into history! On April 2, 1865, thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers clashed here to determine the fate of Petersburg and Richmond. The Breakthrough Trail leads past many original features of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ZV_the-breakthrough-at-hart-farm_Petersburg-VA.html
"? after going through a leaden and war hail storm, thanks to the God of Battles, I am alive and happy. Our Corps charged the enemy's lines last night, broke their line and drove them out of sight ? I never felt more like fighting than I have toda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ZM_the-strongest-line-of-works-ever-constructed_Petersburg-VA.html
The main line of entrenchments behind you was only one part of the entire defensive network established here by the Confederates. Southern soldiers removed all the trees in front of their works to create a clear field of fire. They used the wood t…