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Grant Moves South The Petersburg Campaign September 28 - 29 Enrollment fee is $325 (Does not
include lodging) Includes breakfast
and lunch each day. Telephone (804) 226-1888 $72/night double occupancy Reservation Code We’ll start the program Friday evening at 8PM with two lectures
highlighting various aspects of the Petersburg campaign. A. Wilson Greene will discuss, based on his
book Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion the closing scenes
in the long nine and one half month siege at Petersburg. Dr.
Richard J. Sommers will deliver a lecture on “Grant & Lee at Petersburg,” which will examine the siege and focus on
Grant’s late September offensive. On Saturday we’ll follow the dean of Civil War guides Ed Bearss as he
takes the group first to Grant’s headquarters at City Point. From there,
we’ll march toward Petersburg and open the siege by reviewing the attack of Maj.
Gen. baldy Smith and the XVIII Corps against the Dimmock
line. We’ll finish the morning by
covering in detail,
the operation which resulted in the famous battle of the Crater on 30 July
1864 – the Petersburg Mine. In the afternoon we’ll interpret the Battle of
the Weldon Railroad – Globe Tavern -- and finish the day with the Battle of
Peebles farm and the action near Poplar Church. On Sunday with Ed Bearss and Richard
Sommers we’ll visit the scene of the battles
of 1st and 2nd of Deep Bottom, Fussell’s
Mill, New Market Heights, Fort Harrison and Fort Gilmer . |
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