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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,

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starting the Overland Campaign.

(Remington, 11 miles)

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★ Harris Farm – Site of last engagement of Spotsylvania

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Federal high command planning campaign.

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Restrooms

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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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Salem Church

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

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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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Guinea Station/ Stonewall Jackson Shrine

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★ Trevilian Station – Cavalry fought here June 11-12, 1864, as Grant began infantry move.(Multiple Trails sites.) ★ Long Bridge – Union troops crossed Chickahominy River

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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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(No modern bridge.)

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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

crossing, this one via boat. Now a Charles City County park.

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camp located here.

To Charlottesville (see inset below)

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★ Port Walthall Junction – Two actions here in May 1864 Confederate soldiers beg Lee to return to the rear as fighting grows intense in The Wilderness.

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disrupt Confederate supply lines, May 9, 1864.

★ Ellerslie – Plantation was a key Confederate site during

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on Petersburg defenses, June 15, 1864.

★ Cavalry Assault – Site of Union cavalry assault against

Petersburg, June 9, 1864.

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Ox Ford Battlefield

★ RELATED CIVIL WAR SITES★

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.

Mangohick Church

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• Cedar Mountain Battlefield – Stonewall Jackson led

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.

• Slaughter Pen Farm – Civil War Trust walking trail, site E S J A M

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trail with markers to tell the story of the first day’s actions.

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the Chancellorsville Campaign.

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• Confederate Memorial Chapel – One of two surviving

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Wallace House

• 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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Petersburg National Battlefield 634

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No modern crossing. Site of 1864 pontoon bridge, and ferry crossing. Modern roads connecting historic route.

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Prince George Court House

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North Bend

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Sherwood Forest

Wilcox’s Landing

Evelynton Harrison’s Landing J A M E S R I V E R

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Baylor’s Farm Hopewell Visitor Center

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Petersburg Defenses

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• Fort Hays – Constructed Aug.– Sept. 1864 after Globe

• Lincoln in Petersburg – Three markers tell the story of

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Violet Bank

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City Point Unit/PNB

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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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Campbell’s Bridge

Depot Field Hospital

Petersburg National Battlefield

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Centre Hill

“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

(Weldon RR)

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

• Piney Grove – Farmstead depicting domestic life during

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protected perimeter of City Point supply base.

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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.

Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park Howlett Line Park

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Battery Dantzler Parker’s Battery

• Weston Manor – Antebellum structure provides setting

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Site of busy deepwater port and ironclad ship-building facility on the James River.

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• Confederate Navy Yard and Rocketts Landing –

patients treated in largest City Point hospital.

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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Port Walthall Junction

Belle Isle

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

Halfway House

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of the Confederacy” murals and world’s largest collection of Confederate-made weapons.

Chesterfield Courthouse

Deep Bottom (Landing)

Drewry’s Bluff Fort Stevens

Hollywood Cemetery

Confederate Navy Yard and Rocketts Landing

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Libby Prison (site)

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Seven Pines (Sandston Library)

Confederate Memorial Chapel

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Virginia Historical Society

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• Virginia Historical Society – Houses the “Four Seasons

Capitol

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(Fort Monroe, 60 miles)

• 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 and the Confederate Executive Mansion

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• Museum of the Confederacy – Largest collection of Con-

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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Richmond International Airport

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through here in early March 1865.

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• Scottsville – Union soldiers burned buildings as they moved

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Confederate winter camp here February 29, 1864.

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• Rio Hill – Union cavalry under Gen. George Custer attacked

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Dabbs House Museum

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Cold Harbor

• Mine Run – Civil War Trust walking trail with markers to

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interior woodwork for firewood.

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Bethesda Church

• Hartwood Presbyterian Church – Union troops burned

famous ride around McClellan in 1862.

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Meadow Bridge

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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)

Meadow Farm Museum

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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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Carmel Church

Swift Creek fighting.

★ Petersburg National Battlefield – Initial Union assaults

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to control railroad.

★ 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.

Milford Station

★ Prince George Court House – Large Federal cavalry

• City Dock – Union infantry crossed here on a pontoon

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★ Battlefield at Cold Harbor – A National Park visitor center and Hanover County park commemorates and interprets the battles fought May 31-June 12, 1864.

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Exchange Hotel

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

★ Totopotomoy Creek – Site of fighting May 28-June 1, 1864. ★ Yellow Tavern – Site of the mortal wounding of Confederate

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to Cold Harbor.

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Visitor Center

Pelham Monument

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Harris Farm

Spotsylvania Battlefield

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(Confederate)

★ 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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First Day at Chancellorville

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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Locust Grove

Rochelle (Jack’s Shop)

Chancellorsville Battlefield

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Potomac Creek Bridge

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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Mine Run

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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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James City Battlefield

in 1863 is on Union march route a year later.

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★ Guinea Station – Site of Stonewall Jackson’s death

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homes line route of Union march in May 1864.

1864 Overland Campaign Historic Route Confederate Troop Movements from Camps

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★ Plantations on Guinea Station Road – Antebellum

(No modern bridge.)

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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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Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center

Kelly’s Ford

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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

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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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