Richmond National Battlefield Park • Virginia

Earthworks at Fort Harrison

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A two story gray brick building and a wooden sign reading "Chimborazo Visitor Center"

A large, black Civil War cannon overlooking a river from a high bluff.

The center of Confederate manufacturing fueled a modern war, one of the South’s largest hospitals gave care to the sick and wounded, and armies battled on open fields and in miles of defensive earthworks. From 1861 to 1865, Richmond’s fate would determine America’s future.

Earthworks like these at Fort Harrison can be found throughout the park
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Cold Harbor Battlefield Visitor Center
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Chimborazo Visitor Center
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Drewry's Bluff unit of Richmond National Battlefield Park overlooking the James River
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3215 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23223

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804-226-1981

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