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Grant's Headquarters
Visiting Grant's
Headquarters at City Point, Petersburg National
Battlefield, Hopewell, VA
You can venture into the past by visiting Grant's
Headquarters at City Point, in the Petersburg
National Battlefield, located in the town now
known as Hopewell, Virginia. This National Park
Service site presently consists of 10 units
totaling just over 2,700 acres extending 35
miles. It includes the City Point Unit, the
Main Unit where much of the hardest fighting
occurred, and the Five Forks Unit where Lee's
Confederate defenses were finally over-stretched.
Seven days after the fall of Petersburg, the
Civil War in Virginia was over.
From June 9, 1864 until April 2, 1865 over an
area covering 700 square miles south of the
James River, two armies fought 6 major battles,
11 engagements, 44 skirmishes, 6 assaults, 9
actions, 3 expeditions and 1 affair, resulting
in 70,000 casualties.
To find out more about how City Point and Petersburg
contributed to our shared history as an unified
nation, click to go to the Petersburg National
Battlefield Web site, located at: www.nps.gov/pete.
Learn
more about Grant's Headuarters at City Point,
VA:
Setting
Up Camp
President Lincoln Comes to
City Point
The Meeting That Changed
the Course of History
A Vision For Peace
Lincoln Waits For the War's
End
A Deadly Premonition
The Siege of Petersburg
Lincoln's Plans For Reunification
Lincoln's Dream Comes to
Life
Preserving Grant's Cabin
Visiting Grant's Headquarters at City Point,
Petersburg National Battlefield, Hopewell, VA
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