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Richmond National Battlefield Park
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Richmond National Battlefield Park
Civil War Day 2008 Schedule 01-April-2008
Contact Us 22-February-2006
Frequently Asked Questions 22-February-2006
Richmond National Battlefield Park 22-February-2006
Torpedoes at Drewry's Bluff 05-May-2009
For Kids
Celebrate National Park Week 24-March-2009
For Kids 28-June-2006
For Teachers
Curriculum-based Programs 10-July-2006
E.A.R.T.H. 11-June-2008
Education Programs 11-July-2006
For Teachers 02-March-2006
Online Galleries 12-July-2006
Plan A Field Trip 11-July-2006
Professional Development 11-July-2006
Suggested Reading 11-July-2006
Traveling Trunks 11-July-2006
Tredegar Iron Works Education Programs 19-March-2009
History & Culture
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29 06-February-2007
29th Regiment Connecticut Infantry (Colored) 27-December-2006
3 20-January-2007
30 06-February-2007
31 06-February-2007
32 06-February-2007
33 07-February-2007
34 07-February-2007
36 07-February-2007
4 22-January-2007
5 22-January-2007
6 22-January-2007
7 22-January-2007
7th Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops 27-December-2006
8 22-January-2007
8th Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops 27-December-2006
9 22-January-2007
9th Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops 03-January-2007
Background of the USCT's 24-October-2006
Barnes, William H. 03-January-2007
Battlefield Tour-- Fort Gilmer to Fort Brady 07-November-2006
Beaty, Powhatan 03-January-2007
Bibliography 20-January-2007
Bronson, James H. 08-January-2007
Butler's Orders 28-November-2006
Chimborazo Hospital 01-November-2006
Cold Harbor 01-November-2006
Drewry's Bluff 07-November-2006
Fleetwood Account 09-January-2007
Fleetwood Biography 09-January-2007
Fleetwood Diary 16-January-2007
Fleetwood Letter 09-January-2007
Fleetwood Terrain Description 16-January-2007
Fleetwood, Christian A. 08-January-2007
Fort Harrison 07-November-2006
Gardiner, James 09-January-2007
Harris, James H. 09-January-2007
Hawkins, Thomas R. 16-January-2007
Hilton, Alfred B. 16-January-2007
History & Culture 21-June-2006
Holland Letter 1 16-January-2007
Holland Letter 2 16-January-2007
Holland, Milton M. 16-January-2007
James, Miles 16-January-2007
Kelly, Alexander 16-January-2007
Map of Butler's Plan of Attack 21-November-2006
Maps & Photos 16-January-2007
Medal of Honor 03-January-2007
Medal of Honor Recipients 03-January-2007
Military Operations at Chaffin's Farm 07-November-2006
Overview 24-October-2006
People 24-October-2006
Pictures of Christian Fleetwood 08-January-2007
Pinn, Robert 16-January-2007
Places 30-October-2006
Ratcliff, Edward 16-January-2007
Richmond, Embattled Capital, 1861-1865 01-November-2006
The Confederate Units at Totopotomoy Creek and Cold Harbor May 27- June 12, 1864 07-November-2006
The Negro As A Soldier 08-January-2007
The Union Perspective: Page 2 28-November-2006
Touring Cold Harbor Battlefield 01-November-2006
Union Order of Battle 27-December-2006
Union Perspective 24-October-2006
Union Units at Totopotomoy Creek and Cold Harbor, May 27 - June 12, 1864 07-November-2006
United States Colored Troops 1st Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 22nd Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 2nd Regiment Cavalry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 36th Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 37th Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 38th Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 4th Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 5th Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
United States Colored Troops 6th Regiment Infantry 03-January-2007
USCT Casualties of USCT Units at the Battle of New Market Heights 03-January-2007
USCT Medal of Honor Recipients 30-October-2006
USCT Medal of Honor Recipients 24-October-2006
Veal Charles 16-January-2007
Nature & Science
Amphibians 24-July-2006
Animals 24-July-2006
Birds 24-July-2006
Disturbed Lands 25-July-2006
Environmental Factors 25-July-2006
Ferns 24-July-2006
Fish 24-July-2006
Forests 25-July-2006
Freshwater Plants 24-July-2006
Grasses 24-July-2006
Insect and Spiders 26-May-2009
Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes 24-July-2006
Lichens 24-July-2006
Mammals 24-July-2006
Mosses and Liverworts 24-July-2006
Mushrooms and Other Fungi 24-July-2006
Natural Features & Ecosystems 25-July-2006
Nature & Science 21-June-2006
Nonnative Species 25-July-2006
Plants 24-July-2006
Plants and Fungi 26-May-2009
Prairies and Grasslands 25-July-2006
Reptiles 24-July-2006
Reptiles and Amphibians 26-May-2009
Resource Management Documents 26-May-2009
Rivers and Streams 25-July-2006
Scenic Vistas 25-July-2006
Springs and Seeps 25-July-2006
Trees and Shrubs 24-July-2006
Water Quality 25-July-2006
Watersheds 25-July-2006
Wetlands, Marshes and Swamps 25-July-2006
Wildflowers 24-July-2006
Park Management
Centennial Initiative 2016 23-August-2007
Centennial Strategy 23-August-2007
Park Statistics 19-July-2006
Park News
Anniversary of the Battle of Drewry's Bluff 09-May-2007
Annual Memorial Day Program 21-May-2007
Archeological Investigation Underway at Historic Rural Plains Plantation in Hanover County 20-October-2008
Celebrate National Park Week and National Junior Ranger Day at Richmond's National Parks 19-April-2008
Ceremony Marking Transfer of Historic Rural Plains to the National Park Service 24-July-2006
Civil War Day 2008 31-March-2008
Civil War Day Events Planned for April 25, 2009 21-April-2009
Cynthia MacLeod Named Superintendent of Independence NHP, Edgar Allen Poe NHS and Thaddeus Kosciuszko NM 19-December-2007
Federal Troops Take Fort Harrison. Richmond Threatened. NPS Commemorates 1864 Battles 17-September-2007
Fury At Malvern Hill -- National Park Service Programs Commemorate last of the Seven Days Battles for Richmond 02-July-2007
History at Sunset Continues with Chimborazo Hospital Program 14-July-2009
History at Sunset Continues with Totopotomoy Creek Tour 07-July-2009
History at Sunset: the First Battle of Deep Bottom 22-July-2009
History at Sunset: The Industrial Heart of the Confederacy 16-July-2009
Issue 1: Fall 1999 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999 page 3 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999 page 5 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999 page 6 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999 page 7 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999 page 8 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999, page 4 19-September-2007
Issue 1: Fall 1999--Page 2 19-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 2 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 5 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 7 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 Page 1 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 3 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 4 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 6 24-September-2007
Issue 2: Winter 2000 page 8 24-September-2007
Issue 3: Spring 2000 page 1 24-September-2007
Issue 3: Spring 2000 page 2 24-September-2007
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Issue 3: Spring 2000 page 7 24-September-2007
Issue 4: Summer 2000 page 1 25-September-2007
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Issue 5: Fall 2000 page 1 25-September-2007
Issue 5: Fall 2000 page 2 25-September-2007
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Issue 6: Winter 2001 page 1 25-September-2007
Issue 6: Winter 2001 page 2 25-September-2007
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Issue 6: Winter 2001 page 7 25-September-2007
Issue 6: Winter 2001 page 8 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 1 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 2 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 3 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 4 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 5 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 6 25-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 7 26-September-2007
Issue 7: Spring 2001 page 8 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 1 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 2 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 3 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 4 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 5 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 6 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 7 26-September-2007
Issue 8: Summer 2001 page 8 26-September-2007
Issue3: Spring 2000 page 8 24-September-2007
Malvern Hill Battlefield Podcast 24-July-2006
Memorial Day 2008 Program 13-May-2008
National Park Service and RMCVB to Offer Civil War Battlefield Bus Tours 17-March-2009
National Park Service Announces Visitor Center Holiday Closures 19-December-2007
National Park Service Capital History Series Features Calder Loth and the Rebirth of the Tredegar Gun Foundry 22-July-2008
National Park Service Commemorates 144th Anniversary of the Battle of Chaffin's Bluff at Fort Harrison 22-September-2008
National Park Service Commemorates the 145th Anniversary of the 1864 Battles at Fort Harrison 21-September-2009
National Park Service Commemorates the 1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff 06-May-2009
National Park Service Commemorates the Battle of Gaines' Mill 23-June-2009
National Park Service Living History Programs Highlight Sharpshooters at Cold Harbor 05-August-2009
National Park Service Offers Capital History at Sunset Summer Programs 29-June-2009
National Park Service Offers Special Programs at the Historic Shelton House in Hanover County 15-October-2007
National Park Service Presents Artillery and Infantry Firing Programs at Malvern Hill Battlefield 14-April-2008
National Park Service Presents Living History Event at Drewry's Bluff 01-October-2008
National Park Service Programs to Commemorate the Battle of Malvern Hill 07-July-2009
National Park Service Special Events Commemorate 145th Anniversary of the Battle of Cold Harbor 28-May-2009
National Park Service Special Events Commemorate Anniversary of the 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor 23-May-2007
National Park Service to Celebrate National Junior Ranger Day 17-April-2007
National Park Service's "Capital History" Series Features Guided Tour of Belle Isle 10-August-2008
National Park Service's Capital History Series Features Guided Tour of Capitol Square and the Confederate Capitol 29-July-2008
National Park Service's Capital History Series Features Guided Tour of the Industrial Heart of the Confederacy 04-August-2008
News 20-June-2006
News Releases 18-July-2006
Newsletter Archive: Issues 1 through 14 19-September-2007
NPS Listening Session 21-March-2007
NPS Listening Session at Tredegar Iron Works 21-March-2007
Park Newspaper 20-June-2006
Park Newspaper Archive 29-May-2007
Prescribed Burn at Cold Harbor Scheduled 19-March-2009
Prescribed Burn at Malvern Hill 18-March-2007
Prescribed Burn at Malvern Hill 2008 12-March-2008
Prescribed Burn at Malvern Hill 2009 19-March-2009
Richmond Civil War Day at Historic Tredegar 16-April-2007
Richmond National Battlefield Park Commemorates The Seven Days that Saved Richmond 22-June-2008
Seasonal Employment Opportunities at Richmond National Battlefield Park 19-July-2006
Special Programs at the Historic Shelton House in Hanover County 09-September-2009
Temporary Closures at Drewry's Bluff and Chickahominy Bluff 19-April-2008
The Quarterly Issue 11 30-October-2007
The Quarterly Newsletter:  Issue 23, May 2007 29-May-2007
The Quarterly: Issue 20 02-March-2006
The Quarterly:  Issue 10 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 11 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 12 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 13 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 14 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 15 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 16 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 17 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 18 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 19 30-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 20 02-March-2006
The Quarterly:  Issue 21 20-June-2006
The Quarterly:  Issue 22 08-January-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 24 29-October-2007
The Quarterly:  Issue 25, June 2008 23-June-2008
The Quarterly:  Issue 26 25-November-2008
The Quarterly:  Issue 27 14-July-2009
The Quarterly:  Issue 9 30-October-2007
Photos & Multimedia
Al Neal:  Music of the Civil War 17-February-2009
Cannoneers2 26-March-2009
Capitol Tour, part 1--Mike Gorman 24-February-2009
Capitol tour, part 2--Mark Greenough 24-February-2009
Copy of Podcasts 23-November-2008
Malvern Hill Podcast 20-June-2006
Mike Gorman:  Belle Isle 17-February-2009
Multimedia Presentations 06-March-2006
Photo Gallery 07-June-2008
Photos & Multimedia 01-March-2006
Ready Aim Fire 14-February-2009
Series01Episode01 02-February-2009
test 04-February-2009
The Industrial Heart of the Confederacy:  Susie Sernaker 24-February-2009
Torpedoes at Drewry's Bluff 30-April-2009
Torpedoes at Drewrys bluff 07-May-2009
Plan Your Visit
Accessibility 21-June-2006
Address List (for GPS and Online Mapping) 17-December-2007
Detail Map 18-July-2006
Directions 01-March-2006
EarthCache Program 06-April-2009
Fees & Reservations 01-March-2006
For Kids 06-March-2006
Getting Around 02-March-2006
Maps 01-March-2006
Operating Hours & Seasons 01-March-2006
Park Map 18-July-2006
Park Map pdf 08-January-2008
Park Rules and Regulations 23-October-2006
Pets 21-June-2006
Places To Go 06-March-2006
Plan Your Visit 26-February-2006
Podcast of Malvern Hill 01-March-2006
Schedule Of Events 26-February-2006
Things To Do 26-February-2006
Things To Know Before You Come 02-March-2006
Visitor Centers 06-March-2006
Weather 21-June-2006
Your Safety 02-March-2006
Support Your Park
Bookstore 13-January-2007
Donate 08-September-2009
Support Your Park 27-June-2006
Volunteer 10-August-2009
Fort Harrison, renamed Fort Burnham  

Did You Know?
Nine generals were killed or died from wounds received in the battles for Richmond. Only one was a Union officer—Hiram Burnham. Confederates that fell were Robert Hatton, Richard Griffith, JEB Stuart, James Gordon, Victor Girardey, John Chambliss, John Gregg and George Doles.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST