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| A close up of the mortar from the
front. |
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| The lush growth surrounding the
walkway now would not have been there during the siege of Petersburg.
You would have seen just mud or baked dirt. |
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| Looking up the hill to Battery Five |
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| Standing with your back to Battery
Five, this uncut grass shows where the line of Confederate defensive
fortifications originally ran, although there is no trace of it now. |
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