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An array of cannons at the Visitor Center at Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Description of the Powder Magazine which was near the large mortar. Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Powder Magazine. This was kept close to the mortar but behind closed doors to avoid an unintended explosion when the six foot mortar fired. Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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I was disappointed that the park wasn’t open when I was ready, so I toured downtown Petersburg and went to the Prince George County Courthouse while I waited. Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Johnson Family Cemetery at Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Gravestone at a Jordan Family Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Flowering trees near the position of Confederate Battery 6, which fell to the Union on June 10, 1864.
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Confederate Battery. Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Historic Marker. Fort Steadman. Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Fort Morton at Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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The Union position near the Crater. The dirt from the tunnel was deposited little by little in this area to not arouse suspicion by the enemy. Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Along the tunnel dug by the Pennsylvania miners at The Crater. Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Historic Marker The Crater. Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia. It might have worked had the brass given the miners the amount of TNT they had requested.
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Mahone Monument at The Crater. Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Erected in 1927 by United Daughters of the Confederacy. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Confederate Plaque at the Mahone Monument by the Crater at Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Mahone Monument at The Crater. Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Centennial Marker Battle of the Crater. Petersburg National Battlefield. Petersburg, Virginia. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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The Crater at Petersburg Battlefield in Petersburg, Virginia. The Mational Guardsmen were constructing a walkway and fence.
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Old advertisement in downtown Petersburg, Virginia. Many of the buildings in this area can be seen in Ken Burns’ Civil War series, as they were standing at the time of the Siege of Petersburg. Paul Chandler April 2018.
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Petersburg Savings and Insurance Company Building. Built 1860. Petersburg, Virginia. This was a new building at the time of the Siege of Petersburg during the Civil War. Paul Chandler 2018.
