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Petersburg National Battlefield (Virginia)
This park site commemorates the nine and a half
month siege of Petersburg, Virginia, by Union troops
during the Civil War. It ended on Apr. 2, 1865, when
Robert E. Lee evacuated the city. The Confederate
collapse led to the fall of Richmond, the Confederate
capital. There are several sub-units of this park site
and the one I found most interesting was at Five
Forks. There is a ranger station there where Civil
War rifles and guns are displayed. You can pick
them up and even shove the rammers down the
rifles. The guns are heavy and you appreciate the
difficulty of a Civil War soldier having to carry and
shoot it.
Contact Information
Petersburg National Battlefield
1539 Hickory Hill Road
Petersburg, VA 23803-4721
(804) 732-3531
Link to the National Park Service Website page for
this site.
This park site commemorates the nine and a half
month siege of Petersburg, Virginia, by Union troops
during the Civil War. It ended on Apr. 2, 1865, when
Robert E. Lee evacuated the city. The Confederate
collapse led to the fall of Richmond, the Confederate
capital. There are several sub-units of this park site
and the one I found most interesting was at Five
Forks. There is a ranger station there where Civil
War rifles and guns are displayed. You can pick
them up and even shove the rammers down the
rifles. The guns are heavy and you appreciate the
difficulty of a Civil War soldier having to carry and
shoot it.
Contact Information
Petersburg National Battlefield
1539 Hickory Hill Road
Petersburg, VA 23803-4721
(804) 732-3531
Link to the National Park Service Website page for
this site.
| Junior Ranger badge |
| Junior Ranger patch |
You can earn this site's
Junior Ranger badge by
mail. You don't have to
visit it in person but you
do have to look up
information on the
Website for Petersburg
National Battlefield.
Click on the picture
below of the park's
Junior Ranger page to
get to it on the Internet.
Then print it out and
follow the instructions.
Mail it back to
Petersburg National
Battlefield and they will
send you the badge.
Junior Ranger badge by
mail. You don't have to
visit it in person but you
do have to look up
information on the
Website for Petersburg
National Battlefield.
Click on the picture
below of the park's
Junior Ranger page to
get to it on the Internet.
Then print it out and
follow the instructions.
Mail it back to
Petersburg National
Battlefield and they will
send you the badge.
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