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★ Gordonsville – Longstreet’s camp. Home to Exchange
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★ 1864 CAMPAIGN SITES★
Chatham (National Park Headquarters)
Union supply wagons crossed the Rapidan River as Federal troops fought in The Wilderness.
Hotel Civil War Museum.
★ Montpelier – Site of Confederate winter camps, 1863–1864. ★ Orange – Confederates moved from this area to meet Grant in The Wilderness.
★ Town of Culpeper – Union camps dotted area prior to 1864 Overland Campaign.
★ Germanna Ford – Union soldiers crossed here May 4, 1864,
BURNSIDE
starting the Overland Campaign.
(Remington, 11 miles)
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Federal high command planning campaign.
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Montpelier (Winter Camps)
to protect by defending the North Anna line.
★ Mangohick Church – Elements of the Union army
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Todd’s Tavern
Verdiersville
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marched past here after the North Anna battle.
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One of a series of photographs by Timothy O’Sullivan of a Union High command meeting at Massaponax Church. U.S. Grant is leaning over a church pew conferring with his commanders.
Slaughter Pen Farm
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★ Nelson’s Crossing – Union army II and VI Corps crossed
SPOTSYLVANIA
the Pamunkey River here.
★ Haw’s Shop/Enon Church – Fierce cavalry battle fought
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here May 28, 1864.
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Zion Methodist Church Plantations on Guinea Station Road
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Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, May 11, 1864.
★ Meadow Bridge – Union cavalry were nearly trapped after
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★ Wilcox’s Landing – Site of main Union army James River
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Bethel Church
Trevilian Station (Multiple Sites)
here after disengaging at Cold Harbor.
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★ North Bend – Union cavalry headquarters, June 1864.
• Flowerdew Hundred – Parts of Union army crossed to
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(Waynesboro, 38 miles)
Court House Complex and Old Star Hotel
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crossing, this one via boat. Now a Charles City County park.
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disrupt Confederate supply lines, May 9, 1864.
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Hanover Junction
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• Kelly’s Ford – Confederate Maj. John Pelham killed during
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cavalry battle here March 17, 1863.
• Brandy Station Battlefield – Largest cavalry battle
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• Graffiti House – Union and Confederate soldiers covered
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plaster walls with still-visible graffiti, 1863–1864.
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• Cedar Mountain Battlefield – Stonewall Jackson led
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Confederates in battle here August 9, 1862.
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• James City Battlefield – Day-long cavalry battle here Oct. 10, 1863.
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• Aquia Landing – Important Union supply base for
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cornered but escaped during this Sept. 22, 1863 battle.
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• Rochelle (Jack’s Shop) – J.E.B. Stuart was almost campaigns in 1862-1864. here daily on a “cornstalk and beanpole” bridge.
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• Potomac Creek Bridge – Union supply trains crossed Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. Chandler rallying the 57th Massachusetts Infantry at Ox Ford, May 24, 1864.
• White Oak Church/Museum – Site of Union camp in winter of 1862. Museum with related artifacts.
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• Slaughter Pen Farm – Civil War Trust walking trail, site E S J A M
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• Confederate Memorial Chapel – One of two surviving
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• Blandford Church – Situated just behind the Confederate lines and used as a temporary field hospital after the Battle of the Crater. Confederate cemetery adjacent. • Fort Davis – Built as result of Union capture of Jerusalem
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Plank Road and is one of the largest forts surrounding Petersburg.
• South Side Station – Oldest remaining railroad station in Virginia. Union artillery bombarded the building during siege. Lee’s Retreat tour begins here.
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• Petersburg Batteries – Three Confederate batteries
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protecting Petersburg-Richmond front.
supplies and evacuation, 1864–1865.
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Depot Field Hospital
Petersburg National Battlefield
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“curl” and avoid Confederate river defenses.
• Point of Rocks – Union field hospital site, 1864–1865. • Parker’s Battery – Part of Confederate Howlett Line
• Dunlop Station – Vital rail junction for Confederate
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to attack Richmond defenses in 1864.
• Dutch Gap – Union canal dug to cut off a James River
during siege.
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• Deep Bottom – James River crossing used by Union forces
• Violet Bank – Lee’s headquarters June–October 1864
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Charles City Court House
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Bermuda Hundred Landing
Fort Wead
Ellerslie
Dunlop Station
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back Federal gunboats, May 15, 1862.
• Fort Stevens – Scene of fighting May 14–16, 1864, during Bermuda Hundred campaign.
during siege lasting 91⁄2 months.
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Seven Days’ Battles, July 1, 1862.
• Drewry’s Bluff – Confederate guns above the James turned
• Petersburg National Battlefield – Site of opposing lines
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South Side Station
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• Malvern Hill – Union defense here held in last of the
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the war.
• Beef Steak Raid – Confederate cavalry captured 2,486 steers meant to feed Union troops, September 1864.
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Weston Plantation – Weston Manor
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defense line, October 9, 1864.
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• Seven Pines – Scene of heavy fighting, May 31, 1862. • Darbytown Road – Confederate offensive to reclaim
• Union Fort – Union fortification in Hopewell city park
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• Savage’s Station – Union rear guard fought here while Gen. George McClellan withdrew his army to the James River, June 29, 1862.
for interpretation of Civil War civilian life.
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• Libby Prison (site) – Waterfront warehouse became a prison for Union officers.
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• Weston Manor – Antebellum structure provides setting
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• Confederate Navy Yard and Rocketts Landing –
patients treated in largest City Point hospital.
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Union enlisted men. Now a city park.
• Depot Field Hospital (site) – Up to 10,000 Union
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Dutch Gap at Citie of Henricus Park
Chester Station
Battle of Swift Creek
headquarters during 1864-1865 siege of Petersburg.
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• Belle Isle – Site of notorious Civil War prison camp holding
• City Point Unit – Union supply depot and U.S. Grant’s
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Explore Richmond’s battlefields with exhibits, film, and ranger assistance.
Gen. Benjamin Butler landed here May 5, 1864.
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• Richmond National Battlefield Park Visitor Center –
• Bermuda Hundred Landing – Union troops under
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buildings of R.E. Lee Camp No. 1, Confederate Soldiers’ Home, a refuge for indigent veterans.
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Malvern Hill
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Halfway House
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of the Confederacy” murals and world’s largest collection of Confederate-made weapons.
Chesterfield Courthouse
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Confederate Navy Yard and Rocketts Landing
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• Virginia Historical Society – Houses the “Four Seasons
Capitol
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(Fort Monroe, 60 miles)
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• Gaines’ Mill – National Park commemorating fighting
federate artifacts housed in a modern museum. Confederate White House is restored and open for tours.
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• Museum of the Confederacy – Largest collection of Con-
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Richmond Visitor Center
start of Seven Days’ Battles, June 26, 1862.
as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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• Beaver Dam Creek – National Park commemorating
• Dabbs House Museum – Lee’s first headquarters (June 1862)
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• Hanover Tavern – J.E.B. Stuart passed through here on
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• Rio Hill – Union cavalry under Gen. George Custer attacked
agrarian life during the Civil War.
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• Mine Run – Civil War Trust walking trail with markers to
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• Hartwood Presbyterian Church – Union troops burned
famous ride around McClellan in 1862.
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• Salem Church – Scene of May 3-4, 1863, fighting during
• Meadow Farm Museum – Antebellum farm interpreting
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• First Day at Chancellorsville – Civil War Trust walking
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Polegreen Church
Park visitor center on site of Stonewall Jackson’s wounding during May 1863 battle.
tell the story of only battle in this aborted Union campaign, Nov. 1863.
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• Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center – National
Haw’s Shop
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Yellow Tavern Totopotomoy (J.E.B. Stuart Creek Monument)
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Enon Church
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Information here about the battles at Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Chancellorsville.
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• Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center –
The first Union attacks on thinly held Confederate lines at Petersburg were successful; but resistance stiffened resulting in a siege.
Confederate Cemetery and Canal Basin Square
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Nelson’s Crossing
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bridge before assaulting Lee’s army, Dec. 1862.
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• Fredericksburg Visitor Center – Information here about
of failed Union attack on Jackson’s position, Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
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North Anna Battlefield Park
Confederate Statues
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Swift Creek fighting.
★ Petersburg National Battlefield – Initial Union assaults
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★ Swift Creek – Union Gen. Butler repulsed an effort to
Confederate cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart (inset) was mortally wounded during the Battle of Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864.
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★ Prince George Court House – Large Federal cavalry
• City Dock – Union infantry crossed here on a pontoon
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Battle of Yellow Tavern, May 1864.
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June 1, 1864, prior to Cold Harbor.
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★ Polegreen Church – Church destroyed by artillery
Spotsylvania Visitor Center
Massaponax Church
Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
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Visitor Center
Pelham Monument
Fredericksburg Battlefield
Harris Farm
Spotsylvania Battlefield
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★ Ashland – Lee marched his troops through here on the way
the city’s Civil War history.
Handicap Accessible
White Oak Church/Museum
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• Hanover Junction – Critical railroad junction Lee hoped
on the North American continent, June 9, 1863.
1864 Overland Campaign Site
Aquia Landing
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Union Troop Movements from Camps
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Widow Tapp Farm
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turned back Union attacks May 24-25, 1864. Hanover County park. Tour information for North Anna Battlefield available.
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Hartwood Church
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Wilderness Battlefield Exhibit Shelter
★ Carmel Church – Union army reunited here in preparation
in fighting here June 15, 1864.
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★ Milford Station – Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
★ Baylor’s Farm – African American Union troops involved
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headquarters here, May 22-23, 1864.
★ Bowling Green – Union soldiers broke into stores, freed
this site on pontoon bridge over James River.64 Historical park.
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prisoners, and looted the town May 21, 1864, during march to the North Anna River.
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★ Plantations on Guinea Station Road – Antebellum
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Cedar Mountain Battlefield
Union army turned to Massaponax here in May 1864.
★ Massaponax Church – Site of photographs showing
for attacks at the North Anna River.
City Dock – Pontoon Bridge Crossing
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★ Zion Methodist Church – Spotsylvania landmark.
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Battle shattered the village in 1864. Walking tours available.
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★ Spotsylvania Court House Historic District –
Graffiti House
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the fighting of May 8-21, 1864.
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★ Spotsylvania Battlefield – National Park tour reviews
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Brandy Station Battlefield
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here May 6-7, 1864.
To Washington D.C., 34 miles
Fredericksburg Visitor Center
(Union)
site at the scene of heavy fighting May 5-6, 1864.
★ Todd’s Tavern – Union and Confederate cavalry clashed
Railroad station. Site of skirmish prior to North Anna, May 20, 1864.
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★ Wilderness Battlefield Exhibit Shelter – National Park
★ Bethel Church – Gens. Grant, Meade, and Burnside had
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