Petersburg National Battlefield

Two hundred ninety-two days, eight offensives, over 70,000 casualties, U. S. Colored Troops, and the decline of Gen. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia all describe the Siege of Petersburg. U.S. forces cut off supplies to both Petersburg and the Confederate capital, Richmond. Today, the park preserves the sites of this pivotal campaign.

What you’ll hear

42 places to explore in this park.

• Appomattox Manor Carriage Front
• Appomattox Manor Riverside
• Appomattox Plantation Dependencies
• Appomattox Plantation Driveway
• Artillery at Petersburg
• Battle of The Crater (Stop 8)
• Charging Westward (Stop 8)
• City Point Historical Highway Markers
• Confederate Battery 5 Petersburg
• Confederate Battery 8 (Stop 2)
• Confederate Battery 9 (Stop 3)
• Crawford’s Sweep - Five Forks
• Entrance Gates and Perimeter Wall - Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Fort Haskell (Stop 6)
• Fort Morton (Stop 7)
• Fort Stedman (Stop 5)
• General Grant's Cabin At City Point
• Grave Markers - Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Hallowed Ground: Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Harrison Creek (Stop 4)
• Jordan Family Home
• Monuments at Poplar Grove
• Petersburg Confederate Battery 5 Interpretive Trail
• Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Prelude to Petersburg
• Reconstructed Fortifications (Stop 3)
• Riverside Viewpoint
• Rostrum - Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Search and Recovery Efforts - Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Starting Point Eastern Front Audio Tour
• Starting Point for City Point Audio Tour
• Stephen Mather Plaque at Petersburg National Battlefield
• Superintendent's Lodge - Poplar Grove
• The Angle - Five Forks
• The Crater (Stop 8)
• "The Dictator" Trail
• The Final Stand - Five Forks
• The Intersection - Five Forks
• Training for War on Hallowed Ground
• Tunnel Entrance (Stop 8)
• Union Cavalry Attacks - Five Forks
• U.S.C.T. Monument (Stop 3)