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    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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Program Locations

Petersburg National Battlefield preserves extensive fortifications and battlefields. Educational field trips are held at all three of the units, including City Point in Hopewell, Virginia, the Eastern front, in Petersburg, Virginia and Five Forks in Dinwiddie County.

City Point is located off of VA 10 onto Appomattox Street. A left on Cedar Lane takes you to the site.

The Eastern Front is located east of the city of Petersburg just off Va 36.

Five Forks is located Off of Route 460 in Dinwiddie County.

Directions

The specific locations of the educational field trips are as follows:

A Slave, A Plantation, A War

City Point, Hopewell, VA

City Under Siege

Tour Stop #1 / Visitor Center and Battery Five and/or
Five Forks Educational Pavillion

Portrait of a Soldier

Tour Stop #3 / Union Encampment and/or
Five Forks Educational Pavilion

Beans, Bullets, and Blankets

Tour Stop #3 / Union Encampment and/or
Five Forks Educational Pavilion

Woe to the Wounded

Tour Stop #1 / Visitors Center and Battery Five and/or
Five Forks Educational Pavilion

Cannoneers to Your Post

Tour Stop #1/Visitors Center and Battery Five/Stop #3 Union Encampment and/or
Five Forks Educational Pavilion

Did You Know?

Depot Field Hospital

The Depot Field Hospital, which was located in City Point, Virginia, (present day Hopewell) was  the largest field hospital for Union or Southern troops during the Civil War. (Petersburg National Battlefield)