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Confederate Battery 8 (Stop 2)

Historic drawing of prisoners taken past Friend House and Battery 8.
"Rebel prisoners being brought to Hd.Qurs. 1st Div. 9th A. Corps at the Friend House. 04-25-1865

East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Francis W. Knowles papers 164

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Captured by Black Federal troops on June 15, 1864, Confederate Battery #8 would be renamed Ft. Friend for the house of the Friend family nearby. It would see action on March 25, 1865. Battery #8 became part of the second line of siege works for the U.S. forces. The following year U.S. guns in this fort would help repel the Confederate breakthrough at Ft. Stedman.

Petersburg National Battlefield

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Last updated: November 20, 2021