Virginia · locality file

Petersburg

7 dossiers on record ·

The record for Petersburg opens with Blandford Cemetery and The Crater — 5 more files sit in the drawer below.

Thirty thousand Confederates—the Memorial Day that started here.

July 30, 1864—the mine that exploded into a massacre.

The 1823 mansion where Lincoln visited—and the ghost steps sound.

The 1817 house built without right angles—to keep the spirits out.

Nine and a half months of siege—the war’s longest.

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.