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Petersburg National Battlefield Cannon in the snow at the Taylor House in the Eastern Front
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Petersburg National Battlefield
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Earthworks

Earthworks is a general term used to describe trenches and fortifications of earth, sandbags and logs. This is where many soldiers, both Union and Confederate lived during their nine-and-a-half months of fighting at Petersburg.

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