Petersburg

To Preserve The Battlefield As The Veterans Consecrated It

Resources

Websites

Petersburg National Battlefield
http://www.nps.gov/pete

Copies of the PNB General Management Plan proposals
http://www.nps.gov/pete/mahan/GMP.html

Text of PNB GMP Workshops
http://www.nps.gov/pete/pphtml/newseventsdetail4256.html

Section 423. Petersburg National Battlefield; establishment
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/16/chapters/1/subchapters/lx/sections/section_423.html

City of Petersburg, Virginia (Civil War)
http://www.petersburg-va.org/civilwar

Virginia's Civil War Trails | Central | Petersburg
http://www.civilwar-va.com/virginia/va-central/petersburg.html

Pamplin Historical Park, Dinwiddie, VA
[A privately owned site; also home to the Museum of the Civil War Soldier]
http://www.pamplinpark.org

Crater Road
http://hometown.aol.com/craterroad/index.html

VIRGINIA COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY -1871-1899
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/vir_bo.htm

First Maine Heavy Artillery page
http://www.cwoodcock.com/firstmaine
[Another site with information on Petersburg today]
http://www.cwoodcock.com/firstmaine/petersburg

Not Enough Yankees in Richmond
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/yankeerose.htm

Maps

The PNB map - modern map which shows Petersburg and area with many battles marked
http://www.nps.gov/pete/pphtml/maps.html

Petersburg Public Library Digital Maps - historical maps
http://image.vtls.com/VDLP/Petersburg/#1

Books

S I G N I F I C A N T STRATEGIC DECEPTION -- 9 June 1864!
"Philip Slaughter, a black musician, had formed his small band on the heights and throughout the latter stages of the action had vigorously played"Dixie" and other melodies to simulate several regimental bands." "June 9, 1864 was indeed a community victory."
Ref: "The Petersburg Campaign", The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys, June 9, 1864, William G. Robertson; Glenn, "Cockade City," p.7; Scott and Wyatt, Petersburg Story,p.178; Archer, "Defense of Peterburg," pp. 114, 116.