BatterseaBattersea was the home of Colonel John Banister, a member of the House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary conventions, and the Continental Congress, as w... [click for more]
Battle Of Petersburg, 25 April 1781--Artillery PositionOn 25 Apr. 1781, Maj. Gen. Friedrich von Steuben's 1,000 Virginia militiamen, driven from the eastern edge of Blandford, established a strong defensiv... [click for more]
Battle Of Petersburg, 25 April 1781--British Line Of AttackOn 24 Apr. 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips's force of 2,500 British regulars landed at City Point, 12 miles to the east on the James River, as part o... [click for more]
Battle Of Petersburg, 25 April 1781--East HillTo the west stood East Hill (Bollingbrook), home of the widow Mary Marshall Tabb Bolling. After the 25 Apr. 1781 Battle of Petersburg, British Maj. Ge... [click for more]
Battle Of Petersburg, 25 April 1781--First Line Of DefenseOn 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg formed his first line of 500 Virginia militia here to meet the British. The line extended along ... [click for more]
Battle Of Petersburg, 25 April 1781--Flanking MovementAbout midday on 25 April 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips discovered that the right flank of the American militia, on the edge of Blandford was vulner... [click for more]
Battle Of Petersburg, 25 April 1781--Second Line Of DefenseOn 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg's Virginia militia fell back west from Blandford, under heavy British fire, to a prepared line o... [click for more]
Battle of PetersburgHere was fought the Battle of Petersburg, April 25, 1781. The southside militia, 1000 strong and commanded by Baron Steuben and General Muhlenberg, ma... [click for more]
Bollingbrook HotelAfter a fire destroyed John Niblo's tavern in 1827, Niblo assembled a group of investors who constructed on this site in 1828 the three-story Bollingb... [click for more]
Corling’s CornerBy the 1820s, Petersburg was developing into a major industrial city. The backbone of the city's workforce was enslaved labor. At this highly visible... [click for more]
Cottage FarmA little north stood the McIlwaine home, Lee's field headquarters whence on the afternoon of April 2, 1865, the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg ... [click for more]
Early English ExplorationIn 1650 Fort Henry, now Petersburg, marked the western and southern extent of English settlement in, and knowledge of, Virginia. On 27 Aug. 1650, Edwa... [click for more]
East HillOn the hilltop to the south is the site of East Hill, also known as Bollingbrook. There the British General Phillips, Benedict Arnold and Lord Cornwal... [click for more]
EttrickThe site of an Appomattox Indian village burned in 1676 in Bacon's Rebellion, the present town of Ettrick stands on land that belonged to Ettrick Bank... [click for more]
Folly CastleThis house was the town home of Peter Jones, who built it in 1763. It was called Folly Castle because it was a large house for a childless man, but Jo... [click for more]
Fort HenryFour blocks north is the traditional site of Fort Henry, established under the Act of 1645. In 1646 the fort was leased by Abraham Wood. From it, in 1... [click for more]
General Lee’s HeadquartersThree blocks north and a half a block west is the Beasley House where General Robert E. Lee had his second headquarters in 1864 during the siege of Pe... [click for more]
Golden Ball TavernHere stood a dwelling house, constructed about 1764 by prosperous tobacco merchant, Richard Hanson, who, as a fervent Loyalist, fled Virginia in 1776.... [click for more]
Graham RoadOn June 9, 1864, Kautz's Union cavalry, 1300 men, after overwhelming Archer's militia, one mile south, moved westward on this road to attack the city.... [click for more]
Graham RoadUpon this site, on June 9, 1864, Captain Edward Graham, commanding two guns of the Petersburg Artillery, repulsed the attack of Kautz's cavalry, 1300 ... [click for more]
Joshua L. Chamberlain--Promoted On The SpotIn this vicinity on 18 June 1864 Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain received a near-fatal wound while leading a Union brigade in a charge against Confederate ... [click for more]
Matoaca Mill SiteOriginally named the Providence Manufacturing Company, Matoaca Manufacturing (Mill) had its beginning here late in the 1700s on land then known as Oli... [click for more]
MattoaxMattoax was located to the south on the Appomattox River. John Randolph, Sr., built a house there in the 1770s that burned after 1810; it was the boyh... [click for more]
Poplar LawnPoplar Lawn is now known as Central Park. Here the Petersburg Volunteers camped in October 1812, before leaving for the Canadian border. Here Lafayett... [click for more]
