Petersburg National Battlefield

Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg National Battlefield
	mine destroyed in the Battle of the Crater
Location	Southeast Virginia, United States
Nearest city	Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates	37°13′10″N 77°21′41″W / 37.21944°N 77.36139°W
Area	9,368 acres (37.91 km2)
Established	July 3, 1926
Visitors	213,261 (in 2011)
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Petersburg National Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	October 15, 1966
Reference no.	66000831

Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg (1864–65). The battlefield is near the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and includes outlying components in Hopewell, Prince George County, and Dinwiddie County. Over 140,000 people visit the park annually.

Park Units

Petersburg National Battlefield is composed of three major units and an additional managed component.

Eastern Front Visitor Center and Park Tour Road

Located off

Virginia Route 36 east of Petersburg, the Eastern Front Visitor Center is the main visitor contact station for the Battlefield. Here, visitors can view exhibits and movies about the Siege of Petersburg

as well as view Battery #5, an important early site in the Siege. From the Visitor Center, the park tour begins. The route runs from Virginia Route 36 to

US Route 301. Sites on the tour include Fort Stedman and The Crater

.

Five Forks Battlefield

Located in Dinwiddie County about 14 miles (23 km) southwest of downtown Petersburg, this unit contains the site of the Battle of Five Forks, which destroyed a sizable portion of the remaining Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Sometimes called the "Waterloo of the Confederacy", Five Forks helped set in motion a series of events that led to Robert E. Lee's subsequent surrender at Appomattox Court House.^{[citation needed]}

City Point Unit

Sited next to the

James River in Hopewell, City Point served as a major command and logistics hub for the Union Army during the Siege of Petersburg. It is located in the City Point Historic District

.

Poplar Grove National Cemetery

The 8.72-acre (3.53 ha) Poplar Grove National Cemetery is administered by Petersburg National Battlefield.

History

Reenactors at Petersburg National Battlefield.

Established as Petersburg National Military Park on 1926-07-03.
Transferred from the
War Department
on 1933-08-10.
Redesignated as Petersburg National Battlefield on 1962-08-24.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places on 1966-10-15.

References

^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2020" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-08-15. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
^ "Park Anniversaries". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

External links

Official NPS website: Petersburg National Battlefield

[area-1] "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2020" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-08-15. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)

[2] "Park Anniversaries". Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[visits-3] "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

[nris-4] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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