Photos tagged as battlefields

Day 136 - Olustee BF, Monument

This commemorates the Feb. 20, 1864 Civil War battle at this site.

Date: 15 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Saint Augustine, USA
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Day 136 - Olustee BF, Map

This is a diagram showing the battle layout. The Confederates were dug in (a bit) on the left. The Union was attacking from the top right.

Date: 15 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Saint Augustine, USA
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Day 136 - Olustee BF, Cannon

Date: 15 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Saint Augustine, USA
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Visitors Center

This is the visitors center at Petersburg National Battlefield. It has exhibits and a small museum inside (as well as a gift shop).

Date: 6 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Petersburg, USA
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Mortor Photo

This was called 'the Dictator'. It is a 13 inch seacoast mortar and is the largest style of mortar used during the Civil War.

Date: 6 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Petersburg, USA
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Earthworks

During the nine months of trench warfare, the two armies constructed overy 100 miles of earthworks of various sorts. This one is immediately outside the visitors center

Date: 6 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Petersburg, USA
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Cannon

One of the civil war cannon's positioned at the visitors center and around the battlefield sites.

Date: 6 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Petersburg, USA
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, 6th USCT_Info

This has some of the history about the 6th United States Colored Troops.

Date: 6 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Petersburg, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Timeline Example

As we walked down the path to the museum, the rail was a running timeline

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Rev War Tent & JL

This is me pretending to write a letter with a quill pen. This is an officer's tent from the Revolutionary War re-enactment village.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, HQ_Tent

The largest tent in a Revolutionary War army was for the commander. Most staff meetings and conferences would be held here, as well as meals.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Revolutionary War Encampment

Behind the museum at the Yorktown Victory Center is a re-enactment of a Revolutionary War army encampment.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Revolutionary War Encampment Cannon

Re-enactor's portraying continental soldiers demonstrated how to fire a revolutionary war era cannon

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Revolutionary War Doctor

This re-enactor is playing a doctor for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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This is the entrance to the State of Virginia's living history museum called "Yorktown Victory Center". This is a separate facility than the National Park Service Yorktown Battlefield, which is close by.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Hogs_Head

There is a typical 1790's era family farm set up at Yorktown Victory Center. This lady is demonstrating the type of barrel used to ship tobacco to England, called a 'Hogs Head'.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, American Line Redoubt

We were standing on the top of the British defenses, looking about 800 yards across the field where the American lines were.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - YVC, Cannon on Bluff

The British selected this location to wait for reinforcements since it was very defensible and had a commanding view of Chesapeake Bay.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Mom & Cannon

The visitor center at Yorktown National Battlefield is by the British earthworks. There are several Revolutionary War era cannon positioned around the center.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Map

The British position was entrenched and well positioned against direct attack - but vulnerable against siege. The continental army set up two lines against them, moving closer on the second line to make their artillery more effective.

Date: 30 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Yorktown, USA
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Day 90 - Yorktown NBF, Chesapeake_Bay

This is a view of the bay from the main British position. You can see the headlands on the other side from here. The French fleet arrived and defeated the British resupply fleet, which essentially sealed the fate for Cornwallis.