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This commemorates the Feb. 20, 1864 Civil War battle at this site.
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.
This is the visitors center at Petersburg National Battlefield. It has exhibits and a small museum inside (as well as a gift shop).
This was called 'the Dictator'. It is a 13 inch seacoast mortar and is the largest style of mortar used during the Civil War.
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
One of the civil war cannon's positioned at the visitors center and around the battlefield sites.
This has some of the history about the 6th United States Colored Troops.
As we walked down the path to the museum, the rail was a running timeline
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.
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.
Behind the museum at the Yorktown Victory Center is a re-enactment of a Revolutionary War army encampment.
Re-enactor's portraying continental soldiers demonstrated how to fire a revolutionary war era cannon
This re-enactor is playing a doctor for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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.
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'.
We were standing on the top of the British defenses, looking about 800 yards across the field where the American lines were.
The British selected this location to wait for reinforcements since it was very defensible and had a commanding view of Chesapeake Bay.
The visitor center at Yorktown National Battlefield is by the British earthworks. There are several Revolutionary War era cannon positioned around the center.
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.
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.
Cannon with this green coloration are all original from the Revolutionary War.
A look at the American lines across the field from the British earthworks.
This is one of the cannons the American & French army's used during the seige of Yorktown and an example of some of the tools required to fire it.