Civil War Battlefields - Petersburg

Richmond-Petersburg Campaign [June 15, 1864 - April 2, 1865]

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Archive pictures from the Library of Congress
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Another view of Battery Five.  Union troops would have come up the far side of the battery, driving off the outnumbered Confederate defenders.
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A picture of Battery Five after the Union troops took it over.
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A map showing the structure of Battery Five and how it fit into the defense system.  The red lines on the map at left show what was built by the South, using largely slave labor, and the blue section was built by Northern troops.
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A cannon set up to enfilade along the front of the Confederate line at this location.  Notice the reinforced breech.
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Battery 5 and The Dictator Battery 8 Camp Fort Stedman The Crater
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