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City Point Audio Walking Tour

Petersburg National Battlefield

  • 20 - 60 minutes
  • 8 tour stops

Walk around City Point to explore why this area was, and still is, a popular place for living along the rivers. The Eppes family established the Appomattox plantation and their home here as early as 1635, until 1976. In 1864, General Grant and the U.S. Army used City Point as its headquarters to supply the army during the Petersburg Campaign.

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