Appomattox, Va.
Visited: October 11, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 257 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Rural Virginia town where, on April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, ending the American Civil War.
BEAUTY (6/10)
The quaint village of Appomattox Court House remains locked in 1865, its buildings, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Eastern Theater’
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Posted in National Historical Park, tagged Civil War, Eastern Theater, Robert E Lee, Surrender, Ulysses S Grant, Virginia on October 11, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Petersburg National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Eastern Theater, Siege, Virginia on October 11, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Petersburg, Va.
Visited: October 11, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 256 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of the prolonged 9½-month long, 1864-65 U.S. Grant-led campaign and siege against Robert E. Lee and the War’s last Confederate stronghold, Petersburg, Va. The April ’65 fall of Petersburg resulted in Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House and the Civil [...]
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Posted in National Battlefield Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Eastern Theater, Virginia on October 7, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Richmond, Va.
Visited: October 7, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 253 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Richmond served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Battlefield sites scattered throughout the city’s outskirts commemorate the Union’s attempts to take the city in both 1862 and 1864. The Park also includes the Rebels’ [...]
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, Civil War, Eastern Theater, Virginia on October 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Fredericksburg, Va.
Visited: October 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 251 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Perhaps the bloodiest locale on the North American continent. The four Civil War battles commemorated by the Park took over 100,000 casualties including the War’s most famous soldier, Stonewall Jackson.
The battles memorialized are the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, the April-May [...]
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Posted in National Battlefield Park, tagged Bull Run, Civil War, Crowded Parks, Eastern Theater, Richard Dreyfuss, Stonewall Jackson, Traffic, Virginia, Washington D.C. on October 5, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Manassas, Va.
Visited: October 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 249 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of two early Civil War battles, in July 1861 and August 1862. The Battles are also known by their Union moniker, the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.
BEAUTY (4/10)
Northern Virginia’s rolling landscape of expansive farm estates, stately foliage and [...]
