• Poplar Grove National Cemetery Luminary Event (photo courtesy of Joanne Williams)

    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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Bird Podcast

Whether you are an experienced birder or a novice, listen to the "Birds of Petersburg National Battlefield: Eastern Front Unit" Podcast before your visit to here the calls of birds you may see while in the park. To download this mp3 file for listening on a mp3 player or iPod, right click on link and select "Save Link As".

Click here to listen to the Podcast.

Did You Know?

Brig. General Frederick Winthrop

Union Brevet Brigadier General Frederick Winthrop was Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop's sixth great-grandson. Winthrop was mortally wounded at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865.
(Petersburg National Battlefield)