Ten Months of Terror The Campaign That Ended The Civil War

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www.petersburgarea.org For 292 days in 1864 and 1865 some 125,000 visitors descended on the Petersburg Region.

These guests arrived on foot and horse- 1861 and the spring of 1864, suffering back, in wagons, and onboard steamers, with runaway inflation and a crippling dressed in military uniforms of blue, gray, shortage of the necessities of life. But and butternut. They came in May of that year, a from Texas and Maine; from landed at City Point (now a part of Illinois and Florida; and Hopewell) and Bermuda Hundred they made a mess. (in Chesterfield County), triggering a series of battles known as the One hundred and fifty Bermuda Hundred campaign. A years later, the impact of month later their visit still resonates the largest throughout the Petersburg armies in Virginia, Region both physically and commanded by psychologically. The Civil War Robert E. Lee and is inescapable in our corner Ulysses S. Grant, of Virginia and today’s began a contest Petersburg Region’s travelers are invited to for control of battlefields, museums, share with us a heritage Petersburg that and historic homes. that helps define us all as would extend Contemporary visitors Americans today. from mid-June can explore the scenes 1864 through of Petersburg’s most In 1861, Petersburg was April 2, 1865. important battles, such the second largest city in When Petersburg surrendered to as the Crater, Fort Stedman, and Five Virginia and the seventh largest Union forces the following day, war’s end Forks, at Petersburg National Battlefield. in the entire Confederacy (Hopewell and at Appomattox Court House was but six This sprawling unit of the National Colonial Heights are products of the 20th days away. Park system century and were a part of Prince George includes Grant’s and Chesterfield counties, respectively). The legacy of that Headquarters at The “Cockade City’s” industrial prowess, tragic chapter City Point where its location at the head of navigation of American travelers can learn on the , and, most history—events the fascinating importantly, its five railroads that radiated that cost more back story of in all directions of the compass made it a than 70,000 the remarkable point of enormous military significance casualties and logistical effort during the Civil War. untold misery required to for soldiers and Petersburg’s citizens lived on the uneasy sustain military civilians alike— margins of the shooting war between operations. lives today in the Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier preserves the site of the campaign’s climactic engagement, known as The Breakthrough, that forced General Lee to evacuate Richmond and Petersburg on April 2. Much of the rest of the military story at Petersburg can be found by exploring the landscape in Dinwiddie County, where a self-guided driving tour leads motorists to pristine scenes of heroism, courage, and carnage. The Civil War is “felt history.”

In addition to the museums and visitor strategic Cemetery Hill, Blandford Church centers at Petersburg National Battlefield is perhaps the most beautiful memorial to and Pamplin Historical Park, today’s the Confederacy anywhere in the world guests to the Petersburg Region with its Tiffany stained glass windows can learn about the hardships overlooking a landscaped endured by Petersburg’s graveyard filled with the citizens, black and white, Confederate dead. In a quieter at the Siege Museum in corner of the region, Poplar Old Towne Petersburg. Grove National Cemetery in Walking tours of this Dinwiddie County provides historic city lead past a the final resting place for remarkable collection thousands of Northern of commercial and soldiers who gave their lives residential buildings for the cause of freedom that played crucial and liberty. roles in the Civil War. Visitors are fond of joking visited City Point twice that we in the South are still during the Petersburg fighting the Civil War! Of Campaign and course, such observations walked the streets of are more apparent than real Petersburg in early April, but we DO deeply remember passing buildings that that conflict of 150 years ago still stand witness to the that so defined our corner of President’s presence. Virginia and the nation. We Across the Appomattox treasure our Civil War past River, General Lee’s and have lovingly preserved headquarters at Violet large portions of it to share Bank in Colonial Heights with guests from around the offers insights into the Confederate world. When you visit our historic sites commander’s life on the front lines. you, too, will understand why in the Petersburg Region, the Civil War is There is no better place to experience “felt history.” how Petersburg citizens of the post Civil A. Wilson Greene War generation remembered the conflict Executive Director than at Blandford Church. Sitting atop Pamplin Historical Park

A. Wilson Greene is the founding executive director of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. He holds degrees in American history from Florida State University and Louisiana State University. Greene’s public history career spans 41 years and includes work with the , Civil War battlefield preservation, and historic site administration. He is the author of six books and more than thirty essays and articles dealing with Southern and Civil War history.

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 1 To Charlottesville 

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288 195 156  195 To Williamsburg and Virginia Beach 76 Chester eld 28 Sycamore Richmond Towne Center Richmond 64 Square International 60 MIDLOTHIAN 1 Airport John Tyler Community Mid-Lothian In Hopewell, Visit College Mines 76 Appomattox PlantationHenrico 95 5 895 at City Point 25 County Beacon Theatre 60 360 City Point National Cemetery

288 150 67 City Point Open Air Museum Rockwood 22 Grant’s Headquarters Golf Park Falling Creek Ft. Darling Rd. Ironworks Park at City Point Chester eld Drewry’s Blu County Airport St. Dennis Chapel Charles City Fort Stevens Bellwood Rd. Weston5 Plantation 106 64 Historical County Park Old Stage Rd. Chester eld 288 CHESTERFIELD 62 Dutch Gap 603 Chester eld Conservation Area

Metro County County Museum Magnolia  Richmond 655 Castlewood Bermuda Battery Dantzler To Williamsburg Zoo Grange 61 Triangle Rd. 655 10 CHESTER 15 WINTERPOCK Fort Ironbridge John Tyler Wead Sports Park 5 621 Community 10 Grant's Headquarters/ 626 College Bermuda Appomattox Plantation 654 Parker’s Orchard Ln. 602 Battery at City Point 144 106 58 Point Weston In Colonial Heights, Visit 156 WALTHALL of Rocks Plantation 621 Fort Clifton Hopewell 156 Upper Brandon Old Brick House 10 Fort 36 Theatre Colonial Heights Merchant’s Hope Church Violet Bank Museum Lee Hopewell–Prince George 620 Southpark Visitor Center 641 Keystone 9 106 54 Mall 156 641 Tractor Works Swaders 600 Petersburg U.S. Army Women’s Museum Visitor Center 53 Lee U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Amelia Playhouse To Jamestown MATOACA 36 Scotland Ferry County Petersburg 106 609

623 36 52 National Battle eld 51 Prince George County  10 BURROWSVILLE Appomattox 600 River 50 Regional Heritage Center 708 85 295 Fork Inn 63 65 Prince George Banks Petersburg 48 3 SUTHERLAND Dinwiddie 61 House NEW BOHEMIA County Airport County 47 Pamplin Flank Rd. 156

Virginia Johnson Motorsports Historical Park and The National Richard 46 To Appomattox 460 627 Park Bland and Roanoke Five Forks Museum of the Poplar Rd. In Peterburg, Visit  Battle eld 613 Civil War Soldier Grove College Surry National 45 Appomattox RiverTo & Norfolk and College Virginia Beach County 675 Cemetery Heritage Trail

Rd. BatterseaDISPUTANTA 613 156  1 301 Blandford Church & Cemetery Centre Hill Museum Farmers Market 613 627 670 First Baptist Church 41 Old Towne DINWIDDIE 53 460 Dinwiddie Peter Jones Trading Station Dinwiddie County Courthouse 95 Petersburg Courthouse County 703 Pocahontas Island Museum

85 35 Siege Museum 40 CARSON SouthSussex Side Depot 37 1 619 Petersburg Visitor County Washington, DC Center at Carson 66 670 81 Visitor Center Lucky Lake Gem 623 & Mineral Mine Fredericksburg Airport Charlottesville 40 95 Exit Number MCKENNEY 64 64 Richmond 295 Williamsburg Visitor Center Roanoke Petersburg Region 64  Airport 77 40 85 95 Virginia Beach 301 Exit Number

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History 4 Sports & Recreation 26 Petersburg National Battlefield 4 Virginia Motorsports Park 26 Bermuda Hundred Campaign 6 Metro Richmond Zoo 26 Pamplin Historical Park 8 27 Blandford Church & Cemetery 10 Appomattox River & Heritage Trail 27 Centre Hill Museum 11 Keystone Tractor Museum 28 Siege Museum 11 Lucky Lake Gem & Mineral Mine 28 Petersburg Courthouse 12 Swader’s Sports Park 28 Farmers Bank 12 Ironbridge Sports Park 28 South Side Depot 12 Rockwood Golf Park 28 Farmers Market 12 Golf Courses 29 Violet Bank 13 Petersburg Generals 30 Fort Clifton 13 Equestrian 30 Henricus Historical Park 14 Marinas & Boat Launches 30 Prince George County Regional 16 Heritage Center Arts & Entertainment 31 Merchant’s Hope Church 16 Beacon Theatre 31 Weston Plantation 17 Swift Creek Mill Theatre 31 St. Dennis Chapel 17 Lee Playhouse 32 City Point National Cemetery 18 Petersburg Area Art League 32 Fork Inn 18 Shopping 32 Dinwiddie Courthouse 18 Southpark Mall 32 Mid-Lothian Mines 19 Chesterfield Towne Center 32 19 Old Towne Petersburg 32 Chesterfield County Museum 19 Sycamore Square 32 & Old Jail Antiques & More 33 20 Eppington 20 Accommodations 35 Battersea 20 Hotels 35 Peter Jones Trading Station 21 Bed & Breakfasts 36 Old Brick House 21 Campgrounds 36 Upper Brandon 21 City Point Open Air Museum 21 Dining 37 U. S. Army Women’s Museum 22 U. S. Army Quartermaster Center 23 African-American History 24

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History Petersburg NationalBattlefield Bringing The To Life Almost one quarter of the entire Civil War was fought around Petersburg as Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant wrestled for control of the railroads and supply lines that the Confederacy desperately at City Point, a small port town The Appomattox Plantation house is needed for survival. Petersburg at the confluence of the James and staffed year-round and provides an National Battlefield tells the story of Appomattox rivers. Overnight, the town audio-visual program, tours of the house the nearly ten month siege that caused and adjacent Appomattox Plantation and Grant’s cabin, and self-guided walks the collapse of Richmond and General became one of the busiest ports in the around the point. Lee’s army. world as hundreds of ships delivered food, clothing and ammunition. Huge Eastern Front Visitor Center The 2,700-acre park contains a 16-stop warehouses built along the waterway and Driving Tour driving tour which takes visitors through stored food for 100,000 men and forage The Eastern Front Visitor Center features all four units of the Battlefield: Grant’s for 65,000 horses and mules. Seven exhibits and audio-visual programs that Headquarters at City Point (present day hospitals covering introduce the story of the siege Hopewell); the Eastern Front, where the an area of 200 acres and its impact on the course of initial assaults and the battles of the could treat up to the Civil War. A driving tour of the Crater and Fort Stedman occurred; the 10,000 patients. battlefields includes 13 separate Western Front, where intense fighting sites with three contact stations continued as Grant’s Army encircled While running along a 37-mile route (www.nps. the city while struggling to destroy the the war from City gov/pete/planyourvisit/upload/ last of Lee’s supply lines; and the Five Point, General PETEmap1.pdf). Park staff will Forks Battlefield, a battle in which the Grant received answer questions and provide outcome would eventually lead to the many notable information to help you make the Confederates’ retreat to Appomattox political and military visitors, including best use of your time. and Lee’s surrender. President Abraham Lincoln (visit www. walkinlincolnsfinalfootsteps.com) and Battle of the Crater General Grant’s Headquarters General William T. Sherman. The most A highlight of the Eastern Front driving at City Point welcome visitors were Grant’s wife and tour is the scene of one of the war’s While laying siege to Petersburg, son, who stayed with him in his cabin for most spectacular events, the Battle of Grant established his headquarters the last three months of the siege. the Crater. Appomattox Plantation at City Point

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History DidYouKnow? Five Forks Battlefield The Union army was able to produce By the spring of 1865, the last remaining 100,000 rations of bread a day in bakeries it supply line into Petersburg was the had built at City Point. South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, In an effort to punch a hole in the knowing that it would cause Lee to Confederate’s defensive fortifications abandon Petersburg and Richmond. and capture Petersburg, a Union Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 regiment from a coal mining region of troops under Major General George E. Pennsylvania dug a tunnel 510 feet long Pickett to an important road junction under a part of Lee’s line called Elliott’s called Five Forks, which protected the Salient. On July 30, 1864, they lit railroad. On April 1, 22,000 Union troops the fuse and four tons of gunpowder under Major General Philip H. Sheridan roared to life, instantly killing and attacked and defeated Pickett’s force wounding 278 Confederate soldiers at Five Forks. The fall of Richmond and creating a crater 25 feet deep and was assured. 180 feet long. A Union infantry attack soon followed, but it immediately ran The next day Grant assaulted into trouble. Instead of skirting the hole, Petersburg, which along with many of the unprepared and ill-led Richmond was evacuated that night. troops pulled up short and ran right into Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court the still smoldering crater. A Confederate House just seven days later. A visitor counterattack forced more Federals into contact station is staffed daily at Five the “horrid pit” where they were shot, Forks Battlefield. A short driving tour bayoneted and blown to bits by mortars. is available to explore the battlefield in more detail. The Confederate lines held and the Union’s opportunity to shorten the siege was lost. General Grant said of the catastrophe at the Crater, “It was the Petersburg National Battlefield is saddest affair I have ever witnessed in open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily except on Thanksgiving, December 25 the war.” and January 1. www.nps.gov/pete A loop walking trail leads from the parking lot to the tunnel entrance, then General Grant’s Headquarters at follows the Union mine shaft to Elliott’s City Point Appomattox Plantation Salient where the explosion and battle Cedar Lane & Pecan Avenue occurred. Hopewell, VA 23860 804-458-9504 Western Front Driving Tour Eastern Front Visitor Center and This driving tour explores where the Driving Tour Battle of the Crater fighting took place for the Petersburg 5001 Siege Road and Weldon Railroad and the Union Petersburg, VA 23803 Army’s attempts to sever the South Side 804-732-3531 ext. 200 rail line. Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Five Forks Battlefield the final resting 9840 Courthouse Road place of over 6,000 Dinwiddie, VA 23841 804-469-4093 Federal soldiers who fell in battles Western Front from Petersburg Driving Tour to Lynchburg, is Poplar Grove Cemetery Top to bottom: 8005 Vaughan Road Grant at City Point a highlight of Petersburg, VA 23803 Five Forks the tour. Appomattox Plantation Eastern Front Poplar Grove National Cemetery

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 5 History BermudaHundred Campaign The Battle Line Between Petersburg and Richmond

Many people recognize the major battles of the Civil War – Gettysburg, Manassas, Antietam, Shiloh or Cold Harbor. Yet, the smaller battles and campaigns were just as significant to the soldiers who fought and the civilians along their path. All of these engagements, big and small, tell the whole story of the Civil War, a war that was fought on the feet of men marching 15 to 40 miles a day, advancing and retreating, in victory and defeat.

In May of 1864, General Benjamin F. Butler landed 40,000 troops on the Bermuda Hundred peninsula in Chesterfield County. His goal was to set up a base of operations and then advance toward Richmond and Petersburg. Battles fought in Chesterfield during May and early June of 1864 prevented Butler from reaching his goal, and ultimately pushed his troops back into their defensive positions in Bermuda Hundred, where they would remain for the rest of the war.

Casualties on both sides for the entire Bermuda Hundred Campaign were approximately 6,000 killed, wounded or missing. Union and Confederate troops stationed in Chesterfield County also played important roles in battles during the Siege of Petersburg. When that city fell on April 2, 1865, the majority of the army under the command of Robert E. Lee passed through Chesterfield on the retreat to Appomattox.

Point of Rocks Park Fort Stevens Park In May 1864, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler Fort Stevens was the main bastion of the began to construct his main defensive Confederate inner defense line built in line here shortly after landing at Bermuda 1862 to defend the southern approach Hundred. Butler’s headquarters, an to Richmond. On May 16, it became army hospital and a cemetery were also the pivot point for a major Confederate established nearby. President Abraham counterattack that halted Butler’s Lincoln, his wife Mary, Gen. Ulysses Grant advance, known as the Second Battle of and other officers visited here just weeks Drewry’s Bluff. before Lincoln’s assassination on April 8900 Pams Rd. 14, 1865. Lincoln and Grant also visited Chesterfield, VA 23832 defensive positions on the Bermuda 804-751-4946 Hundred line. The field hospital was built on property just east of the park where Ft. Wead and Sgt. Engle Park Red Cross founder Clara Barton served Fort Wead was built at the rear of the Drewry’s Bluff during the Siege of Petersburg. main Union defensive line to prevent On May 15, 1862, a Federal flotilla led 201 Enon Church Rd. Confederate forces from advancing in by the ironclads USS Monitor and USS Chester, VA 23836 the event the main lines were captured. Galena attempted to force its way past 804-751-4946 The nearby Sgt. Engle Park is named the Confederate fort at Drewry’s Bluff. after Union Sgt. James E. Engle of the The Federals were turned back after a 97th Pennsylvania Volunteers. During three-hour battle. Richmond was never a skirmish on May 18, 1864, Engle again seriously threatened by a water- volunteered to carry ammunition based attack. from this area to soldiers at the front. Drewy’s Bluff is a Richmond National He remained at the front of the lines, Battlefield Park site. distributing ammunition under constant 7600 Fort Darling Rd. fire, for the rest of the day. For his actions, North Chesterfield, VA 23297 he was awarded the Medal of Honor. 804-226-1981 1107 Greyledge Blvd. Chesterfield, VA 23836 804-751-4946

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DidYouKnow? Chesterfield County’s strategic location near the capital of the Confederacy meant it was the center of several major campaigns, both on land and in the water. If the Bermuda Hundred Campaign had been successful, the war might have ended a year sooner.

Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park Parker’s Battery The Ware Bottom Battlefield Park marks the Parker’s Battery is a well-preserved at Henricus Historical Park center of the fighting that took place example of the Confederate defenses Gen. Butler devised a plan to build a during the Battle of Ware Bottom Church known as the Howlett Line. The site was canal across the neck of land known as on May 20, 1864. The site contains manned by Parker’s “Boy Company” Dutch Gap. The purpose of the canal was more than 1,500 feet of well-preserved which was comprised of men from to bypass Battery Dantzler and other trenches and artillery positions that the City of Richmond. Parker’s Battery Confederate guns along the James River. were constructed in the months after occupied this site until the fall of Construction of the canal took place from the battle. The park contains one of the Petersburg on April 2, 1865, when they August to December of 1864, with the largest unbroken sections of the Howlett joined Lee on his retreat to Appomattox. majority of the work done by African- Line still in existence. 1801 Ware Bottom Spring Rd. American troops who were frequently 1600 Old Bermuda Hundred Rd. Chesterfield, VA 23831 shelled by Confederate gun positions. Chester, VA 23831 804-751-4946 The canal was not completed until after 804-751-4946 the war, and was widened to its current Battery Dantzler Park extent in the 1930’s. Howlett Line Park The fort here was named Battery Dantzler 301 Henricus Park Rd. The park’s earthworks were part of the in honor of Col. Olin Miller Dantzler, 22d Chester, VA 23836 Howlett Line that stretched across the South Carolina Infantry, who was killed 804-748-1613 Bermuda Hundred peninsula. This site was in action just south of the park. Battery www.henricus.org one of the largest artillery positions along Dantzler anchored the northern end of that line. On June 2, 1864, Col. Olin M. the Howlett Line. The Battle of Trent’s Mid-Lothian Mines Park Dantzler led an attack from the site toward Reach, one of the last naval actions of Coal from the mines here was used to a nearby Federal position. Dantzler and 16 the war, took place at the foot of Battery fire the furnaces at Tredegar Iron Works of his men were killed in the failed assault. Dantzler in January of 1865. in Richmond. Tredegar was the main 14100 Howlett Line Dr. 1820 Battery Dantzler Rd. supplier of artillery and iron for the Chester, VA 23831 Chesterfield, VA 23831 Confederacy. A Union cavalry raid passed 804-751-4946 804-751-4946 through this area in May of 1864. 13301 N. Woolridge Rd. All sites are open for visitors dawn to dusk, Monday through Sunday. Tours are scheduled throughout Midlothian, VA 23114 the year. www.chesterfieldhistory.com • www.VisitChesterfieldVA.com 804-751-4946 www.midlomines.org

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History PamplinHistoricalPark & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier Experience Life in Civil War America Spend the day at Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier and journey back to the 19th century. The Park’s 424- acre campus features four award-winning museums, four historic homes, costumed living history demonstrations, guided tours, and the Breakthrough Battlefield of April 2, 1865. “Pamplin Historical Park uses an impressive array of high- The Park’s facilities and programs appeal tech and interactive displays, artifacts and period costumed to casual visitors, serious students of interpreters to provide an evenhanded view of the rank and Civil War era history, and families alike. file soldier.” Pamplin Historical Park has received accolades from a wide range of national discover why, for millions of Americans, hopes and dreams of Southern families. and regional media and has been rated the Southern way of life in the 1860s was When the war came, they served as by AAA Automotive Club as a Gem “A Land Worth Fighting For”; learn why headquarters for the military leaders on attraction. The Park is recognized as a slavery became such a divisive issue in which their future depended. National Historic Landmark and is listed 1850s America; understand why one of Battlefields on the National Register of Historic Places. the Civil War’s most important battles took place on a seemingly remote The campaign for Petersburg lasted Museums Virginia farm. 292 days in 1864 and 1865. The battle Visit the Park’s four that determined the outcome of the award-winning Historic Homes campaign occurred on April 2, 1865, museums and: Explore the lives of free and enslaved and involved an attack of more than explore the Antebellum Southerners in the context 14,000 Union troops on a section of everyday world of of original historic homes and recreated Confederate fortifications on the Banks, Civil War soldiers; 19th century environments. For Hart, and Boisseau farms. Known as “The generations, these buildings housed the Breakthrough” and declared a National DidYouKnow? An extremely rare Civil War artifact is this “daisy head,” formed when Union and Confederate minie balls collided head on and fused together. It was found shortly after the war at the site of the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg. “…the past comes alive…” -The New York Times

8 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County History “...a stirring new perspective to the conflict... a searching look into the hearts and minds of the fathers, brothers and sons who served.”

Historic Landmark, this Union victory forced General Robert E. Lee to evacuate both Richmond and Petersburg. One week later, Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, signaling the virtual end of the Civil War. and More! In addition to daily tours and costumed living history demonstrations, the Park hosts changing exhibits, special events, multi-day tours, historical symposia and Civil War Adventure Camp educational camps The Civil War Adventure Camp is the throughout the ultimate overnight history experience. year. The Civil War Now you can “Live the Life of a Civil War music, and fire a reproduction Civil War rifle- Store stocks a large Soldier.” Participants sleep in re-created musket. Perfect for individuals, families and selection of Civil soldier huts and barracks, eat a soldier’s group outings! Throughout the year camps War-themed books, supper and breakfast, participate in are opened for groups on request and for games, clothing drill, learn tactics, camp skills, and and souvenirs. individuals and families on select weekends. Take a little history Advance reservations required. home! Contact the Park for more details or visit www.civilwaradventurecamp.org.

“Walk along these fortifications, take the time to learn something about the story of what happened here, use the museum to understand who these men were, and the past comes alive with a piercing immediacy that shakes you, and shakes you hard.”

Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily except Thanksgiving, December 25 and January 1. Expanded hours in the summer. Allow a minimum of four hours to visit. 6125 Boydton Plank Road Special Events Petersburg, VA 23803 804-861-2408 / toll free 1-877-PAMPLIN Pamplin Historical Park offers six rental facilities and catered meals for groups including www.pamplinpark.org meetings, conferences, banquets, weddings, showers, and birthday parties.

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 9 History Blandford Cemetery, one of the oldest BlandfordChurch and largest in America, is the resting place of some 30,000 Confederate andCemetery soldiers who lost their lives during the Rare Treasures That Honor Siege of Petersburg. A tour includes the Confederacy’s Fallen Soldiers monuments and tombs of the Confederate dead, outstanding examples Blandford Church is indeed a rare of eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth- American treasure. It is one of the few century gravestones, sculptures, and churches whose decorative stained- decorative iron fences. glass windows were created under the

direction of the famous designer Louis Comfort Tiffany of New York.

The Church’s fifteen exquisite windows were commissioned by the Ladies’ Memorial Association of Petersburg in memory of the Confederate soldiers buried at the adjacent Blandford Cemetery. From 1901 to 1912, Tiffany and his team of artists designed, created and installed the windows, which were financed by contributions from each of the Confederate states in honor of their war dead.

A guided tour of the Church reveals its history as an 18th century Anglican house Three Centuries of Funerary Art of worship, its eventual abandonment and fall into disrepair, its use as a field hospital during the Siege of Petersburg, Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and its restoration by Call for special winter hours. Stained-Glass Windows by the Ladies Memorial Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 24, 25 Louis Comfort Tiffany Association as a and January 1. shrine to the South’s 111 Rochelle Lane Petersburg, VA 23803 “Lost Cause.” 804-733-2396 www.petersburgva.gov DidYouKnow? America’s Memorial Day was inspired by events at Blandford Church and Cemetery. Soon after the Civil War ended, Mary Logan, wife of Union General John A. Logan, witnessed a group of schoolgirls placing flowers on the graves of soldiers. Deeply moved when she saw the ritual repeated the next year, she related the story to her husband, who took steps that ultimately led to the observance of Memorial Day as a national holiday.

10 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County History CentreHill Museum A Showcase of Gracious Southern Living and Style

President Abraham Lincoln visited Union General George Hartsuff at Centre Hill Mansion on April 7, 1865, just days after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond. In 1909, President William Howard Taft lunched at the mansion.

Built in 1823 by Robert Bolling IV, Centre Hill remained a lavish Petersburg residence until 1936. Often described as The basement galleries feature a symbol of the grandeur of nineteenth- exhibitions on the history of Petersburg, DidYouKnow? century Virginia aristocracy, the home’s including memorabilia and photographs For several years interior features outstanding examples from Centre Hill’s archives, a turn-of- on the evening of of Greek Revival, Federal and Colonial the-century aviary of stuffed birds from January 24, residents Revival architecture. Australia, and furnishings from First of Centre Hill heard Baptist Church in Petersburg, the oldest what they believed African-American congregation in the to be ghosts of Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. . Civil War soldiers Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call for special winter hours. Closed Thanksgiving Day, marching up and December 24, 25 and January 1. Centre Hill has been used as a set down the home’s staircase. A popular One Center Hill Avenue • Petersburg, VA 23803 for many feature films and TV series, ghost watch is held annually on that date. 804-733-2401 • www.petersburgva.gov including Killing Lincoln and Turn.

SiegeMuseum How Civilians Survived the Longest Siege on American Soil

The Siege of Petersburg dramatically never returned. Food was in affected the lives of its residents. Lavish short supply. Corn became lifestyles in the years prior to the Civil War “coffee” and blackberry gave way to a bitter struggle for survival. leaves “tea.” A chicken The men left to fight the war and many cost $50.

The story of how the people of Petersburg lived before, during and after the Civil War is told through rare artifacts and writings. The museum is housed in the Exchange Building, erected in 1839 as a commodities market and one of the few such surviving buildings in America. Siege Museum Houses Hundreds of Artifacts & Displays

Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call for special winter hours. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 24, 25 and January 1. 15 West Bank Street • Petersburg, VA 23803 • 804-733-2402 • www.petersburgva.gov

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History Petersburg FarmersBank One of the oldest bank buildings in the United States, Courthouse the Farmers Bank of Petersburg was built in 1817. During The Petersburg Courthouse, the Siege of Petersburg, the bank was hit by three shell also known as Hustings fragments and went bankrupt in 1865 after investing in Courthouse, was built Confederate bonds. between 1837 and 1839. It served as Confederate Today the Petersburg Visitor Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call for special winter hours. headquarters during the Center is housed in the Siege of Petersburg. On April Closed Thanksgiving Day, restored building owned by December 24, 25 and January 1. 20, 1861, local volunteers Preservation Virginia. A tour 19 Bollingbrook Street gathered in its square to includes the original vault room Petersburg, VA 23803 enlist. On June 9, 1864, its 804-733-2400 and safe, printing press, teller www.preservationpetersburg.org bell sounded the warning windows, and other artifacts. for the local militia to meet the advancing Union cavalry.

During the Siege, soldiers from both sides could see the courthouse clock from the trenches and they set their timepieces by it. The clock tower was a favorite target of Union artillerists, who poured an estimated 20,000 shells into 150 North Sycamore Street the city. When Petersburg Petersburg, VA 23803 Tour by appointment. fell on April 3, 1865, a Union 804-733-2400 flag waved above it. www.preservationpetersburg.org

SouthSideDepot This depot served the South Side Railroad line, the last railroad left operating during the Siege of Petersburg. When Union troops finally severed the rail line, it ensured the surrender of Petersburg and Richmond. After the war, South Side Depot became a nexus of political development for Virginia. William Mahone, a former Confederate Farmers Market hero turned Readjuster, Built in the late 1870s, this unique octagonal building was had his office on the second floor of the depot. The Readjuster constructed on a site that had been given to the city in 1806 Party was formed as a biracial coalition party, with many great by the Bolling family. The land had long been used as a market accomplishments such as the establishment of the Virginia and in fact the current building is only the most recent of four Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), that were built on the site, the earliest dating back to 1787. Virginia’s first public college for African-Americans. The building has been used as a market, a restaurant and most recently used as a South Side Depot will serve as a visitor contact station for setting for Steven Spielberg’s 9 East Old Street Petersburg, VA 23803 Petersburg National Lincoln and the AMC 37 River Street • Petersburg, VA 23803 Battlefield beginning in the (804) 733-2400 804-733-2400 television series Turn. www.preservationpetersburg.org www.preservationpetersburg.org summer of 2014.

12 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County History VioletBankMuseum General Lee’s Headquarters During the Siege of Petersburg On July 30, 1864, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was at his headquarters at Violet Bank Farm on the north shore of the Appomattox River overlooking Petersburg. There, he received word that Union troops had detonated over 8,000 pounds of gunpowder beneath Confederate defensive lines in what became known as the Battle of the Crater.

Today the home is a superb example of Federal design and American interior decorative arts. The museum interprets the period from 1815 to 1873 and displays a wide array of Civil War era artifacts: guns, furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, accoutrements, books, swords Admission is free, donations accepted. and others. It boasts some of the Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. most sophisticated and beautiful to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed Monday. Adam-style ceiling moldings in the 303 Virginia Avenue • Colonial Heights, VA 23834 country. It is on the National Register 804-520-9395 of Historic Places and is a Virginia www.colonialheightsva.gov Historic Landmark. FortClifton Fort Clifton was a Confederate stronghold on the Appomattox River, serving as an important link in the line that defended Richmond and Petersburg in 1864 and 1865.

Located on a high bluff at the junction of the Appomattox River and Swift Creek, the fort controlled navigation on the river north of Petersburg and was a formidable includes arts, crafts, music, defensive bastion that wasn’t taken by educational exhibits, re-enactors and Union forces until the fall of Petersburg children’s rides. on April 3, 1865. 5501 Conduit Road Each year the Fort Clifton Festival is held Colonial Heights, VA 23834 804-520-9390 on Mother’s Day weekend. The festival www.colonialheightsva.gov

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 13 History HenricusHistoricalPark Second Oldest English Settlement in the New World Located on a bluff overlooking one of the most scenic areas of the James River, the 32-acre living history museum transports visitors back to the days of Pocahontas, and the early English settlers. A re-created Arrohateck Indian village demonstrates how native people lived before contact with the English settlers. Enter several longhouses to learn how families cooked food, made tools and survived the Virginia weather. See demonstrations of techniques for building canoes and making clothing, leather goods and other necessities of daily life.

The center of the site is a re- creation of the original English fort, complete with examples of early wattle and daub homes, and demonstrations of cooking and gardening. Meet period-dressed historical interpreters and learn about the daily lives of English soldiers, their military weapons and the role that the fort played in the settlers’ lives.

14 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County History The area outside the fort demonstrates needed to complete the canal was to how tobacco, corn and other crops destruct a dam at the eastern end and sustained the settlement. Visit a planter’s the bulkhead at the western end. On home and tobacco barn to learn about its January 1, 1865, six tons of black powder DidYouKnow? The Dutch Gap Canal project was cultivation. Visit a re-creation of Mount were placed beneath the bulkhead and abandoned until after the war. In the 1870’s, Malady, the first English speaking hospital detonated. The bulkhead, however, was Butler, then a U.S. senator, was able to see built in the New World to learn about not dislodged and the canal remained the canal completed. The Army Corps of early medical care. blocked. Shortly Engineers widened the Dutch Gap Canal to A re-creation of thereafter, the its current extent in the 1930’s. the Rev. Alexander men working on Whitaker’s Rocke the project were Hall home is here pulled away and Pocahontas’ to the Siege story at Henricus is of Petersburg. interpreted. Later in January, Gen. Butler Civil War - Dutch was relieved Gap Canal of command As part of the following Bermuda Hundred his failure to Campaign, Union Gen. capture Fort Fisher in North Carolina. devised a plan to build a canal across The Henricus bluff marks the southern the neck of land known as Dutch Gap. side of Butler’s canal. Second Lt. Walter The purpose of the canal was to bypass Thorn, 116th United States Colored Battery Dantzler and other Confederate Troops, received the Medal of Honor for guns along the James River. Construction his heroic efforts in the Battle of Trent’s of the canal took place from August to Reach in January of 1865. Thorn ran atop Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. Open December of 1864, with the majority the bulkhead of the canal at Dutch Gap Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. of the work done by African-American Last ticket sold at 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays and just before it exploded to rescue a sentry major holidays. troops who were frequently shelled upon who was not pulled off duty. 251 Henricus Park Road • Chester, VA 23836 by nearby Confederate gun positions. 804-748-1611 • www.henricus.org By the end of the year, all that was

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 15 History PrinceGeorgeCounty RegionalHeritageCenter One of Virginia’s Most Historic Counties The artifacts and exhibits in the Prince George County Regional Heritage Center tell the story of the county from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Founded in 1702, the county’s borders originally stretched to North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Mountains. In addition to being noteworthy for its large land area, Prince George has produced many Dinwiddie County was within the borders fascinating people and possesses a rich of Prince George. Much of the fighting in and immersive history. the Petersburg Campaign occurred on Prince George County soil. The “Beefsteak Native son Edmund Ruffin was a noted Raid”, a daring cavalry attack orchestrated scientist and agriculturalist who is by Confederate General Wade Hampton credited with new farming methods that to capture 2,500 head of cattle from the heritage, religions, education, many saved farmland throughout the region. Union Army, took place along the shores generations, are all represented and Ruffin was also an ardent secessionist of the James River in Prince George. presented in the Heritage Center state-of- who was present at Fort Sumter when This epic story and others like it are the art exhibits and programs. Located in the first shot of the Civil War was fired. represented and related in the Heritage the 1883 courthouse, the old courtroom During that war, much of what now Center by illustrative and explanatory is also open to visitors. comprises the City of Petersburg and artifacts and exhibits. Free admission. Museum shop on-site. The Center’s exhibits tell the fascinating Group tours by reservation. Open Monday DidYouKnow? story of the County’s history from through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Prince George County is named after Prince prehistoric, through first inhabitants to Saturday & Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. George of Denmark, the consort of Queen 20th century immigration, and all of the 6406 Courthouse Road • Prince George, VA 23875 Anne. Together they ruled Great Britain until www.princegeorgevahistoricalsociety.org wars that have touched its soils. African- his death in 1708. 804-863-0212 American history, Czech and Slovak

Considering the long history of this Merchant’sHopeChurch parish, its survival and preservation are truly One of America’s Oldest Churches remarkable. The Church was reportedly used as a Union picket station in the Civil Older than the County itself, Merchant’s War, suffering considerable damage. In Hope dates back to early colonial days 1974 a Tetragrammaton, originally erected when the parish was established (circa as a decorative motif in St. Mary Abbots 1657). The architecture of the current Church (Anglican) in Kensington, England in structure, circa 1740, is described as a 1696, was given to Merchant’s Hope under low-Anglican house of worship with the condition that it be restored. This early Flemish bond brickwork. The Merchant’s Judeo-Christian symbol for Jehovah now Hope silver communion set was made hangs above the altar, the only one of its in Charleston, South Carolina, and kind in North America. In 2006 the Church dedicated on the 200th anniversary of building underwent a full restoration. Free admission. Open by appointment only. the parish. Along with the silver, a 1611 11500 Merchant’s Hope Road translation of the King James Bible, Merchant’s Hope Church is a national and Hopewell, VA 23860 printed in 1639-40 is on display for state landmark. It remains in continuous use 804-458-1356 special occasions. as an active parish.

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WestonPlantation The Last Plantation on the Appomattox River Weston Plantation is the very essence of the eighteenth- century Tidewater plantation mansion. Built in 1789 by William and Christian Eppes Gilliam, it is notable for retaining much of its original interior. The distinctive moldings, wainscoting and chair rail are mostly original and the spiral stairway features concave paneling. The tour includes all three floors, grounds and gardens.

Visitors learn about the generations of the yard of the house was caught in a families who resided at Weston and the crossfire between Union gunboats and Civil War adventures of young Emma Confederate cavalrymen. When Emma’s and George Wood based on her own sister was stricken with a debilitating journal. She recounts the time when illness she recalls President Lincoln’s own Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. physician, Dr. Joseph K. Barnes, personally Open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 saw to her care. Today, the lives of the a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to children are interpreted during Weston’s DidYouKnow?Even though the Civil War is long over, soldiers 4:30 p.m. Closed on designated holidays. annual “Emma and George Days”, a two- 21st Avenue & Weston Lane still wander the halls of Weston Plantation! Hopewell, VA 23860 • 804-458-4682 day event where visitors learn about life The home is famously haunted by the specters www.historichopewell.org during the Civil War. of fallen soldiers.

The City Point Early History Museum is St. DennisChapel currently located in the building and the featured exhibit is “Seeking Freedom The building was originally constructed Where the Two Rivers Meet: The in 1887 as a chapel for Catholic sailors. In Contrabands and City Point.” 1981, it was aquired by the Historic Contraband was the term used for slaves Hopewell Foundation and opened to the who escaped to freedom either behind public in 1995. Union Army lines or to the north during the Civil War. African-American families arrived at City Point seeking freedom with the arrival of the Union army in 1864. Here many found employment in the Union war effort and Open by appointment only and during special events. some went on 603 Brown Avenue to become Hopewell, VA 23860 soldiers in the 804-458-2564 Union army. www.historichopewell.org 10 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 17 History ForkInn Fork Inn is a restored 14-room tavern built in 1803. It served as a stagecoach stop and was used as a hospital following one of the last Civil War battles. Furnishings are from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Civil War memorabilia include weapons, personal items, clothing, medical instruments and a Confederate soldier’s wooden leg.

Fork Inn is one of the sites along the 26-stop Lee’s Retreat route from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

Each year Fork Inn hosts Open by appointment only. Southside Virginia Heritage Days 19621 Namozine Road Sutherland, VA 23885 in early spring, and a Ghost Tour CityPoint NationalCemetery 804-265-8141 City Point (today’s Hopewell) served as General Ulysses S. in October. Grant’s headquarters during the Siege of Petersburg. Seven hospitals there administered most of the care for the injured and mortally wounded.

The dead were originally interred in burial grounds near the hospitals. Later they were re-interred at City Point National Cemetery. Today 5,038 Federal soldiers are buried there, including nearly 1,400 African-Americans who died fighting for the Union. Open daily sunrise to sunset. The cemetery is listed on 10th Avenue at Davis Street the National Register of Hopewell, VA 23860 • 804-795-2031 Historic Places. www.nps.gov

The Courthouse was active through 1998 and now HistoricDinwiddieCountyCourthouse serves as the home to the Dinwiddie County Historical Built in 1851, the Dinwiddie County Courthouse was the Society’s museum. headquarters of Union General Philip H. Sheridan during the Battle of Dinwiddie and the Battle of Five Forks. The Union’s victory at Five Forks lead to the capture of Lee’s last railroad supply line into Petersburg and the eventual fall of the city.

The adjacent Calvary Episcopal Church was used as a hospital by the First Maine Cavalry. Markers commemorate battles fought nearby and ten unknown Union soldiers are buried in the churchyard.

Dinwiddie County was the birthplace of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly who was a friend and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln.

Open Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 14101 Boydton Plank Road • Dinwiddie County, VA 23841 804-469-5346 • www.discoverdinwiddie.com

18 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County History Mid-LothianMines The first commercially FallingCreekIronworksPark This park is the site of the mined coal in America first ironworks in the New came from Midlothian, World. The close proximity where it was discovered of raw iron ore, wood for fuel near the French Huguenot and power provided by the settlement on the James falling water, made the Falling River about 1701. During Creek site perfect for this the 18th century, “Mid- development. Lothian” coal was used to support the Revolutionary War. , The built in his “Notes on Virginia,” stated that the quality of coal in the ironworks between 1619 and 1622 and iron production Chesterfield County was excellent. began in late 1621, but was halted on March 22, 1622, during the Indian uprising by the Chiefdom. Today this During the , demand for coal reached its archaeological site yields information about iron production. peak with Mid-Lothian Mines sending trainloads of coal to Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond for the casting of cannons Every March the Falling Creek Archaeology Day event is for the Confederacy. offered. There are archaeological tours, Native American singing and dancing, musket demonstrations, period Every October the annual Mid-Lothian Mine Day event is demonstrations, musical offered in conjunction with Midlothian Village Day on the third performances and children’s Saturday of the month. During this event the public can take activities. a guided tour, hear period Free admission. Open dawn to dusk. Group tours available. music performances at the new Free admission. Open dawn to dusk. 13301 North Woolridge Road amphitheater, experience living 6407 Jefferson Davis Highway Midlothian, VA 23114 history displays on coal mining North Chesterfield, VA 23234 804-751-4946 804-748-1623 www.midlomines.org and railroads, and children can www.fallingcreekironworks.org play period games. ChesterfieldCountyMuseum andOldJail The Chesterfield County Museum is the place to begin your journey through the county’s rich history. Built as a replica of the county’s 1750 courthouse, the museum is located directly behind the historic 1917 courthouse.

Exhibits depict Virginia Indian culture, early European settlement of the area, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and the first ironworks and coal mines in America. The Old Jail, adjacent to the museum, was built in 1892 and housed prisoners for 70 years. The second floor features original iron-barred cells that are virtually unchanged since the last prisoners occupied them in 1962. The first floor holds rotating exhibits about Chesterfield County and its historic past. Open Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Closed Sunday, One popular program offered at the Old Jail is the paranormal Monday and county holidays. investigation and tour, where guests explore the jail with an 6813 & 6819 Mimms Loop • Chesterfield, VA 23832 expert in paranormal activity. 804-768-7311 • www.chesterfieldhistory.com

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 1927 History MagnoliaGrange A Handsome Federal-Style Plantation House Built in 1822 by William Winfree, Magnolia Grange is named after the circle of magnolia trees that once graced its front lawn. It was originally part of a large land grant to John Worsham in 1691.

Noted for its distinctive architecture, Magnolia Grange contains elaborate ceiling medallions, as well as sophisticated carvings on mantels, doorways, and window enframements. Careful paint restoration has been executed through wood graining and marbelizing. Scenic wallpaper by Zuber and carpeting of the period combined Lantern Tours are held in October that with authentic furnishings, returned the offer historic ghost stories, period house to the 1820s. vignettes and children’s crafts activities. Admission fee charged. Gift shop on-site. Open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to In December the annual Christmas Open 4:00 p.m.; Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The house is a Virginia Historic Landmark House provides visitors an opportunity Closed Sunday, Monday and county holidays. and is listed on the National Register to see the house decorated as it would 10020 Ironbridge Road of Historic Places. Magnolia Grange have been in the 19th century. There are Chesterfield, VA 23832 • 804-796-1479 holds several special events annually www.chesterfieldhistory.com period Historic Teas offered throughout that are open to the public. Haunted the year with guest speakers. Eppington Battersea Built in 1768 on the banks Eppington of the Appomattox River Plantation, built for Colonel John Banister, around 1770, Petersburg’s first mayor, was the home Revolutionary War Patriot of Francis Eppes and framer of the Articles VI, who married of Confederation, Battersea the half-sister is an important colonial of Thomas urban villa. It is built in the Jefferson’s wife. neo-Palladian style that Jefferson admired was popularized in England the Chesterfield County plantation on the Appomattox River in the eighteenth century and visited often. After the death of his and embraced in Colonial wife, Martha, in 1782, Jefferson brought two of his three Virginia, and features a daughters to live with their aunt and uncle while he served spectacular Chinese Chippendale staircase. as minister to France. Lucy, the youngest of the three, died at Eppington of whooping cough in 1784 and is believed to be Each year on the third weekend in April, Battersea is the buried in the small family burial ground there. setting of a commemorative reenactment of the Battle of Petersburg fought on Eppington is open the first Group tours by reservation. Open for tours by appointment. April 25, 1781. Other special Saturday in October for its annual 14201 Eppes Falls Road 1289 Upper Appomattox Street events and tours are held Eppington Heritage Day that is Chesterfield, VA 23838 Petersburg, VA 23803 804-751-4946 804-732-9882 throughout the year. free to the public. www.visitchesterfieldva.com http://batterseafound.org

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PeterJonesTradingStation OldBrickHouse Built in 1685 by Richard Remains of what is quite Kennon, an English possibly the oldest gentleman, it is building in Petersburg, considered the oldest Peter Jones Trading brick house in the Station was built in the region, and thought by mid-1600’s. It was used some to be the oldest in by local residents and Virginia. It is located on Native Americans as a the promontory hub for trading along between Swift Creek the Appomattox River. and the Appomattox During the Civil War, River and was simply the building served as called Brick House. a prison and a hospital. Most of the building The peninsula on was destroyed by a fire which it stands is often in the 1980s. referred to as “Conjuror’s Neck,” because a Native American magician once Self-guided tours or tours by appointment. lived there. The property Tours by appointment. Short Market Street & Grove Avenue is owned and operated 131 Waterfront Drive Petersburg, VA 23803 by the Old Brick House Colonial Heights, VA 23834 (804) 733-2096 Foundation. 804-520-9476 www.preservationpetersburg.org www.oldbrickhouse.org

Upper CityPointOpenAirMuseum Brandon Featuring 25 Historic Homes and Structures Upper Brandon City Point, the oldest part of Hopewell, was founded in 1613 by Plantation, on the Sir for the Virginia Company. Its strategic location James River, was part of on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the James and an original land patent Appomattox Rivers ensured a key role in Virginia’s history. known as Brandon, A Revolutionary War skirmish granted to Captain took place on its banks. John Martin, one of the founders of Jamestown. The property General Ulysses S. Grant was purchased by Benjamin Harrison II of Wakefield in 1712. In directed the ten-month 1807, the 7,000 acre property was divided between the sons Siege of Petersburg from of Benjamin Harrison III, with William Byrd Harrison inheriting the grounds of Appomattox the 3,555 acres that became Upper Brandon. He built the Plantation. Overnight the manor house in 1825 and developed the farm into a “model of tiny village became one of modern agricultural management”. It remained in the Harrison the world’s busiest ports, supplying 100,000 Union troops. family until 1948. A pleasant walking tour highlights 25 historic homes and The farming methods have become a model for blending structures, with most focusing on City Point’s Civil War history. the best agricultural and wildlife management practices. Outdoor storyboards located throughout the historic area In addition to the farm, Upper enhance the visitor’s experience. 1802 Upper Brandon Road Brandon is available for Spring Grove, VA 23881 Beautiful views of the James 505 Cedar Lane to Water Street conferences, special events 757-866-5000 and Appomattox Rivers add to Hopewell, VA 23860 www.upperbrandon.com and water fowl hunts. (804) 541-2461 the charm.

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org for special events 219 History U.S.Army Women’sMuseum The Only Museum in the World Dedicated to Army Women The U.S. Army Women’s Museum lengths to which women went to serve, honors women’s contributions to the even disguising themselves as men, are Army from the Revolutionary War to explored. the present, telling their stories with artifacts, interactive exhibits, educational Enter a World War II barracks scene and programs, videos, dioramas, historical join the ranks for a “GI” or Government displays and photographs throughout the Issue clothing inspection. Trace the galleries, and with film presentations in history of the Women’s Army Auxiliary the theater. Corps and the Women’s Army Corps from their beginnings in 1942. Among the many Learn about the important work of fascinating the Women’s Army Corps during women you the 1950s-1970s and the expanding will learn opportunities afforded women in the about are decades after. Margaret Women continue to play a vital role in Corbin, who today’s Army, having reached the top took up arms of the Army’s officer and enlisted ranks. and fought They have commanded soldiers and in place of her fallen husband during the fought on the front line in the Global War Revolutionary War, and Cathay Williams, on Terrorism. American women have who hid her true identity and changed served on division staffs, led convoys, laid her name to William Cathay in order to miles of fuel pipeline across the desert fight as a Buffalo soldier. and patrolled the streets of foreign The museum has an exhibit that interprets countries. In the last decade the role of the many roles of women in support of Army women has greatly expanded and the Union and Confederate soldiers. Their continues to do so. Exhibits about their fascinating stories as nurses and spies are role in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan highlighted and a special section on the interpret their contributions.

Admission is free. Gift shop on-site. Open Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday, and Federal Holidays. 2100 Adams Street, Building 5219 Fort Lee, VA 23801 804-734-4327 www.awm.lee.army.mil (Visitors must use the Sisisky Gate. Picture ID, vehicle registration/ insurance required.)

22 Chesterfield County • Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County • Hopewell • Petersburg • Prince George County History TheU.S.ArmyQuartermasterMuseum The Nation’s Fourth Largest Army Museum

Shortly before the beginning of operation ammunition to troops thousands of miles Desert Storm in 1991, a television reporter from home, has been the genius of the asked a retired Army general to speculate U.S. Army throughout its history. Their on the tactics that would be used to drive fascinating story is told only at Fort Lee’s Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait. U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum. The general responded, “Amateurs focus on tactics, but professionals focus on Since its birth during the Revolutionary logistics.” War in 1775, the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps has fed, clothed and equipped Logistics, the art and science of the U.S. Army. The Museum’s eleven moving tons of food, fuel, clothing and exhibit galleries tell the stories of how the Quartermasters have provided logistical support from Valley Forge and Little Big Horn to Vietnam and the present day.

Some of the Museum’s significant artifacts include the nation’s first 50-star flag, General George Patton’s World War II jeep, General Grant’s Civil War saddle equipment, food preparation, mortuary and General Eisenhower’s affairs, water, petroleum and air delivery World War II field quarters. equipment. The Museum’s 26,000 Others include uniforms, artifacts make it the fourth largest Army flags, weapons, horse museum in the country.

Admission is free. Gift shop on-site. Open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm; Saturday & Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. 2220 Adams Avenue, Building 5218 Fort Lee, VA 23801 804-734-4203 www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil (Visitors must use the Sisisky Gate. Picture ID, vehicle registration/ insurance required.)

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 23 History African-American History The Petersburg Region has an extraordinarily rich African-American heritage that dates from the earliest English settlers in the 1600s to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

Colonial African-American History In the 1600s, English colonists sailed up the James and Appomattox Rivers, and built settlements alongside Native Americans and brought with them their indentured servants and slaves as laborers. In the 1700s, a large number of enslaved Africans entered Virginia at Bermuda Hundred, (today’s Chesterfield County). Later in the century, the area Virginia State University today was a hotbed of abolitionist sentiment and home to many of the movement’s Civil War and Reconstruction Elizabeth Keckley leaders. The area’s population of free During the Civil War, African-Americans Elizabeth Keckley was born a slave in blacks grew and gained a degree of both built the Confederate fortifications Diniwiddie County and later lived in economic independence. By 1860, that protected Petersburg and Petersburg. Keckley eventually bought Petersburg had one of the largest distinguished themselves in attacking her freedom and free African-American populations in those fortifications with the Union Army made her way Virginia and the nation. The first black as U.S. Colored Troops. African-American to Washington Baptist church in America, First African troops captured City Point from which D.C. where she Baptist Church, was founded in 1774 in Union General Ulysses S. Grant directed became a trusted Prince George County. It later moved to the Siege of Petersburg. In the 1880s, confidante of Petersburg where it became known as free blacks in the Petersburg area aligned First Lady Mary First Baptist Church and still operates at with former Confederate General William Todd Lincoln. 236 Harrison Street. “Little Billy” Mahone, who helped found During the . Virginia’s closing days of first public the Civil War, college for while President Abraham Lincoln stayed African- in the Petersburg area, Ms. Keckley visited Americans, the region with Mrs. Lincoln. the Virginia Normal and Jim Crow and Civil Rights Collegiate The conservative Democratic political Institute, machine that arose to rid Virginia of now known African-American political influence as Virginia lasted for eight decades and established State the pattern of Jim Crow segregation laws University. in Virginia. Its power was finally broken 1 Hayden Drive and Jim Crow was ended by the Civil Petersburg, VA 23806 Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (804) 524-5000 The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited www.vsu.edu the area repeatedly during this period, culminating in a major speech at Virginia State University on July 2, 1965.

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HistoricSites andTours Pocahontas Island Petersburg National Battlefield This tiny peninsula on the Appomattox Petersburg National Battlefield offers a River is thought to be Petersburg’s free brochure titled “African-Americans earliest predominantly African-American at Petersburg” that highlights the neighborhood. The first enslaved blacks actions of the 850 slaves and free blacks were brought here in 1732 to work who helped build the Confederate tobacco and it became its own town 20 fortifications around Petersburg, and the in Old Towne Petersburg tied to African- years later. The Pocahontas Island/Richard 7,800 U.S. Colored Troops who fought American history and the Underground A. Stewart Museum houses a private and died in the campaign. Railroad. collection of African-American artifacts. Petersburg Visitor Center Petersburg: The Underground Railroad Tours by appointment. 19 Bollingbrook Street and the Struggle for Freedom 224 Witten Street Petersburg, VA 23803 There is a brochure and walking tour map Petersburg, VA 23803 804-733-2400 which is a guide to discovering 28 sites 804-861-8889 www.petersburgva.gov www.pocahontasislandmuseum.com

Pamplin Historical Park Pamplin Historical Park’s acclaimed National Museum of the Civil War Soldier features the stories of 13 soldiers, including black soldier, Sgt. Alexander H. Newton of the 29th Connecticut Infantry. The Field Quarter is one of America’s finest slave life exhibits. Reproduction cabins, outbuildings and a garden replicate the meager living conditions of field slaves and their families. At the Banks House visitors may experience the rare opportunity to view an original 1840s slave structure.

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Sports & Recreation VirginiaMotorsportsPark Largest Facility of its Kind on the East Coast

Virginia Motorsports Park is a state-of- featuring dragsters, funny cars, jet cars, the-art, 500-acre facility that is the home street rods, motorcycles and monster to some of the country’s hottest racing trucks. It seats 3,000 spectators and has action including Drag Racing, Mud Bog, 60 acres of pit space. Motocross, Autocross, Truck and Tractor Pulls, the Great Bull Run, a Family ATV The Mud Bog is home to some of the Park and hosts the Dinwiddie County Fair. dirtiest action in racing. Its two tracks The quarter-mile drag strip offers a feature over 200 feet of mud-slinging variety of events including the challenges. Events sanctioned by the NHRA Nationals and other racing National Mud Bog Association include the Spring Fling Mud Sling, Dinwiddie Mud Bash and Mud Mania.

The new Family All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Park offers over 250 acres of riding space, a pavilion, picnic area, snack bar, and showers. There are three trails for all 8018 Boydton Plank Road skill levels. Petersburg, VA 23803 804-862-3174 www.vmpdrag.com

MetroRichmondZoo A Wild World Awaits You! View more than 2,000 animals representing 180 species from around the world. Experience the rare opportunity to see more than 20 endangered species including tapirs, cheetahs, rhinos, tigers and orangutans.

Metro Richmond Zoo is one of the few zoos in the world that allows you to visit a herd of giraffes up close and let degrees of thrilling obstacles such as: these gentle giants eat right out of your jungle ropes, floating logs, tight wires, hand. And don’t miss the chance to learn Indiana Jones bridges, a surf board zip, about African penguins during the two Top off your visit with a peaceful and Tarzan swing and everyone’s favorite, the daily feedings, or question and answer scenic tour high above the zoo on the zip lines. Sixteen zip lines carry you over sessions with the keepers. Safari Sky Ride. 3,000 feet through the forest and above the zoo, including a mammoth 600-foot Admission fee charged. Gift shop Treetop Zoofari Zip Line & Adventure Park! zip over the zoo’s lake. and 2 concession stands on-site. This exciting tree-to-tree outdoor Open Monday through Saturday adventure allows visitors to experience Miracle of Christmas-Live at the Zoo 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Sunday. nature like never before, high in the Each December, a live nativity pageant 8300 Beaver Ridge Road Moseley, VA 23120 forest canopy. The course offers exercise, featuring animals from the zoo re-tells the 804-739-5666 fun, adventure, challenges and builds Christmas story from 2,000 years ago. This www.metrorichmondzoo.com confidence as you travel through varying outdoor event is free to the public.

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Campers enjoy sites with electric and and electric with sites enjoy Campers

Chesterfield, VA 23832 VA Chesterfield,

10301 State Park Road Park State 10301

who helped build the state park system. park state the build helped who

dedicated to the Depression-era workers workers Depression-era the to dedicated

the Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Museum Corps Conservation Civilian the

ages in the Nature Center. There is also also is There Center. Nature the in ages

and historical education programs for all all for programs education historical and

interpreters offer environmental, nature nature environmental, offer interpreters

trails available for horseback riding. Park Park riding. horseback for available trails

biking and there are nine miles of bridle bridle of miles nine are there and biking

Twelve miles of trails are for mountain mountain for are trails of miles Twelve

Hikers and bikers enjoy 58 miles of trails. trails. of miles 58 enjoy bikers and Hikers

kayaks, rowboats and paddleboats. paddleboats. and rowboats kayaks,

Swift Creek Lake. The park rents canoes, canoes, rents park The Lake. Creek Swift

Boaters using electric motors may access access may motors electric using Boaters

on Swift Creek Lake and Beaver Lake. Lake. Beaver and Lake Creek Swift on

dream come true. Fishing is available available is Fishing true. come dream

making it an outdoor recreation lover’s lover’s recreation outdoor an it making concerts most weekends. most concerts

with over 7,900 acres and two lakes, lakes, two and acres 7,900 over with months, there are outdoor outdoor are there months,

Pocahontas State Park is Virginia’s largest, largest, Virginia’s is Park State Pocahontas recreation. During summer summer During recreation.

There is a pool and aquatic aquatic and pool a is There

An Outdoors Lover’s Dream Lover’s Outdoors An shelters are available for rent. rent. for available are shelters

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cabins, campsites and picnic picnic and campsites cabins,

grills and picnic tables. Group Group tables. picnic and grills Sports & Recreation & Sports

Sports & Recreation KeystoneTractor Works LuckyLakeGem& Mineral Mine ofVirginia From the amateur to the advanced rock collector, the search for gemstones starts using a modern flume line. Stones are examined free of charge Keystone is home to 170 restored antique tractors, including and can be made ten different rare John Deere models. In addition to the rows into jewelry. and rows of gleaming antique tractors and trucks are exhibits of Virginia tobacco products, antique tools, one of the largest model truck collections in the world, and shelves stocked with vintage soda bottles. 4125 Harpers Road McKenney, VA 23872 880 W. Roslyn Road 804-478-5468 Colonial Heights, VA 23834 www.luckylakeva.com 804-524-0020 www.keystonetractorworks.com

SwadersSportsPark IronbridgeSportsPark RockwoodGolfPark Swaders is a Ironbridge Sports Park features a driving Rockwood Golf Park offers a driving family-friendly range in a park-like setting with grass tees range with a covered tee area that is sports park and gas heaters for year-round comfort. lighted and heated for year-round use. featuring Lasertag, The 18-hole miniature golf course includes Batting cages have pitching systems Go-Karts, two six ponds and a huge waterfall. The nine- that allow speeds to be adjusted. 18-Hole Miniature station batting cage features fast and Miniature golf and a paintball field Golf Courses, slow pitch softball and baseball. The park round out the fun. Meeting rooms are Driving Range, also features go-kart tracks and a large available for group functions. nine Batting Cages, Playsmart Indoor “Battlefield Live” paintball arena. KidZone, 70+ arcade games, Route 66 The Huckleberry Café offers homemade Bowling and several rooms for birthday food every day. parties and outings of all sizes. There is also a Corporate Center with projection screens and internet for team building exercises or group functions. After enjoying all of the fun, satisfy your taste buds with refreshments in the Dug Out where a variety of appetizing items will get you to the next round of adventures at Swaders. 4725 Whitehill Boulevard Prince George, VA 23875 11400 Ironbridge Road 804-733-3700 Chester, VA 23831 www.swaders.com 804-748-7770 10239 Hull Street • Midlothian, VA 23112 www.ironbridgesportspark.com 804-276-3765 • www.rockwoodgolf.com

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Sports & Recreation Golf Chesterfield County Salisbury Country Club The Petersburg area boasts some of Virginia’s finest golf. Our Private Birkdale Golf Club wooded, rolling layouts will reward players of all abilities. Tee 13620 W. Salisbury Road Open to the public Midlothian, VA 23113 times are easy to arrange. 8511 Royal Birkdale Drive 804-794-6841 Chesterfield, VA 23832 http://salisburycc.com/golf 804-739-8800 www.acumengolf.com Stonehenge Golf & Country Club Private Brandermill Country Club 1000 Farnham Drive Private Richmond, VA 23236 3700 Brandermill Parkway 804-378-7845 Midlothian, VA 23112 www.clubcorp.com 804-744-1185 www.acumengolf.com Windy Hill Golf & Sports Complex Open to the public The Country Club at the Highlands 16500 Midlothian Turnpike Private Midlothian, VA 23113 8136 Highland Glen Drive 804-794-0010 Chesterfield, VA 23838 www.windyhillsports.com 804-796-4800 www.thehighlandsonline.com Fort Lee

The First Tee Chesterfield Cardinal Golf Club Open to the public Open to active duty and retired 6736 Hunting Creek Drive military & federal employees Richmond, VA 23237-2326 Building 11810 A Avenue 804-275-8050 Fort Lee, VA 23801 www.thefirstteerichmond 804-734-2899 chesterfield.org www.leemwr.com Independence Golf Club Petersburg Open to the public 600 Founders Bridge Dogwood Trace Golf Course Boulevard Open to the public Midlothian, VA 23113 3180 Homestead Drive 804-897-8641 Petersburg, VA 23803 www.independencegolfclub.com 804-732-5573 http://dogwoodtracegolf.com Chesdin Country Club Private 21801 Lake Chesdin Parkway Prince George County Chesterfield, VA 23838 804-590-0031 or 0032 Country Club of Petersburg www.meadowbrookchesdin.com Private 1250 Flank Road Meadowbrook Country Club Petersburg, VA 23805 Private 804-733-4458 3700 Cogbill Road www.ccofpetersburg.com Richmond, VA 23234 804-275-9189 Jordan Point Country Club www.meadowbrookchesdin.com Open to the public 1100 Jordan Point Road Providence Golf Club Hopewell, VA 23860 Open to the public 804-458-0141 1160 South Providence Road www.virginiagolf.com/jordanpoint. Richmond, VA 23236 html 804-276-1865 www.providencegolfclub.com Prince George Golf Course Open to the public River’s Bend Golf Club 8399 Golf Course Drive Open to the public Disputanta, VA 23842 11700 Hogan’s Alley 804-991-2251 Chester, VA 23836 http://princegeorgegolfclub.com 804-530-1000 www.riversbendgolfclub.com

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SportsSports & Recreation & Recreation PetersburgGenerals The Petersburg Generals are a summer wood bat baseball team that belongs to the Coastal Plain League. Team members include some of the best college players in the nation. The Generals play ball from May through August, with the home field located at the Petersburg Sports Complex.

trailer parking is available. Equestrian 804-732-3531 Petersburg National Pocahontas State Park Battlefield The park boasts nine miles Petersburg National of bridle trails. A horse trailer Battlefield offers miles parking lot is available; of multi-use public trails overnight accommodations available to horseback riders 100 Ballpark Road for horses are not. Petersburg, VA 23805 at the Eastern Front and at 1-800-933-PARK 804-733-2394 Five Forks Battlefield. Horse www.generals.petersburgsports.com

In addition to being two of America’s most historic rivers, the Appomattox and the Marinas andBoat Launches James provide some of the best boating, fishing, canoeing and kayaking in Virginia.

Appomattox River Appomattox River Regional Park Seven Springs Marina 1052 River Road 8629 River Road Anchor Point Marina North Prince George, VA 23875 South Chesterfield, VA 23803 303 Beacon Ridge Drive 804-458-6164 Hopewell, VA 23860 www.princegeorgeva.org James River 804-541-6200 www.anchorpointmarina.net Lake Chesdin – Part of the Dutch Gap Boat Ramp Appomattox River 441 Coxendale Road Appomattox Boat Harbor Chester, VA 23831 1604 Fine Street Lake Chesdin Campground 804-318-8735 Boat Ramp Prince George, VA 23875 www.chesterfield.gov 804-536-1200 713 Sutherland Road http://appomattoxboatharbor.com Church Road, VA 23833 Jordan Point Yacht Haven 804-265-9000 101 Jordan Point Road Hopewell City Marina http://lakechesdincampground.com Hopewell, VA 23860 1051 West Riverside Avenue 804-458-3398 Hopewell, VA 23860 Lake Chesdin Boat Ramp http://jordanpoint.com 804-541-2353 Chesdin Lake Road (Route 776) www.hopewellva.gov Sutherland, VA 23885 Robious Landing Park www.dgif.va.gov 3800 James River Road Appomattox River Canoe Launch Midlothian, VA 23113 21501 Chesdin Road Whippernock Marina & 804-748-1624 South Chesterfield, VA 23803 Campgrounds www.chesterfield.gov 804-748-1624 2700 Sutherland Road www.chesterfield.gov Sutherland, VA 23885 804-265-5252

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Arts & Entertainment

year-round schedule of concerts by BeaconTheatre nationally known One of Hopewell’s most visible musicians, artistic landmarks, the Beacon Theatre opened in and performing arts 1928 and captured the hearts of film events, as well as a wine festival, goers until its closing in 1981. Today the 401 North Main Street weddings, balls and corporate meetings. Hopewell, VA 23860 Beacon has been restored and reopened The Beacon features a 637-seat, art deco 804-446-3457 as a performing arts venue, hosting a theatre. http://thebeacontheatreva.com

SwiftCreekMillTheatre Take a step up in entertainment and back in history at Swift Creek Mill Theatre. Known as the People’s Playhouse, the theatre is housed in the 350-year- old Swift Creek Mill, which is a local, state and national historic landmark. Offering optional Virginia-Style Buffet Dining before every Mainstage performance and exceptional live theatre, the Mill is sure to be one of your favorite stops in the Petersburg area.

Civil War Trails marker for the Battle of Swift Creek is on-site.

Open year-round. 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway South Chesterfield, VA 23834 804-748-5203 www.swiftcreekmill.com

Visit www.PetersburgArea.org 31 Arts & Entertainment LeePlayhouse PetersburgAreaArtLeague The Theater The Petersburg Area Art League showcases the works of local Company at Fort artists through exhibitions in three galleries that change on Lee has become the second Friday of each month to coincide with “Friday for one of the most the Arts!” in Old Towne active performing Petersburg. groups in the region, offering Local artists create works a variety of in oils, watercolors, Main Stage acrylics, pastels, jewelry, productions sculpture and mixed like Broadway media. Original works musicals, and prints are available comedies and for sale. dramas. Staged at the Lee PAAL presents a summer concert Playhouse, these evening and matinee performances are series each year, and a favorite open to the public. Season tickets are available. annual event in December is the “Trees of Christmas” exhibition Fort Lee’s live children’s theater program, “KidKapers,” not that features the decorating skills only delights, but also educates and inspires young people in of local organizations. the community while creating Building 4300, Mahone Avenue memories that families will 7 East Old Street Fort Lee, VA 23801 Petersburg, VA 23803 804-734-6629 treasure for years to come. 804-861-4611 www.leemwr.com www.paalart.org

Specialty Shopping OldTowne Petersburg SouthparkMall Visiting Old Towne Petersburg is like stepping back into Located at Exits 53 & 54 on I-95, Southpark Mall is a shopping an 1800’s movie set with cobblestone streets and national destination. It is anchored by Macy’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, landmark buildings. In fact, this area has been used for many J. C. Penney and Sears, with more than 80 specialty shops. It is feature films and TV series, includingLincoln, Killing Lincoln, home to Regal Cinemas Stadium 16, a state-of-the-art movie The Abolitionist and AMC’s newest drama, Turn. The historic theater complex. Surrounding the buildings house boutiques, antiques, spas, specialty shops, 230 Southpark Circle mall are most of the major national art venues and specialty Colonial Heights, VA 23834 From 1-95 take Exit 52 and follow retailers, along with a variety of (804) 526-3900 restaurants, making for a the Petersburg Visitor Center signs. restaurants and four hotels. www.southparkmall.com truly special experience. (804) 733-2400 www.petersburgarea.org

Sycamore Square ChesterfieldTowne Center Sycamore Square’s design is taken from a colonial village with Macy’s, Barnes & Noble, J.C. Penney, Garden Ridge and Sears 30+ shops and restaurants, along with the convenience of are the anchors for this major regional shopping center, which banks and a large grocery store in the center of the Village of also offers over 100 retailers and Midlothian in western specialty shops. Other national 11500 Midlothian Turnpike Chesterfield County. Midlothian Turnpike at Crowder Road retailers and restaurants are North Chesterfield, VA 23235 Midlothian, VA 23113 (804) 794-4660 www.shopsycamoresquare.com very accessible along Midlothian Turnpike and Huguenot Road. www.chesterfieldcenter.com

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Days of history, adventure, shopping, dining and excitement leads to nights of comfortable and satisfying sleep. The Petersburg Region offers a wide range of accommodations from hotels to bed & breakfast to campgrounds . . . all to meet your budget and needs. The only listed hotels are those with AAA ratings.

Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotels Richmond-Chester South of Richmond/ 12810 Old Stage Rd. Chester Area Chester, VA 23836 804-751-0010 Comfort Inn Chester www.homewoodsuites1.hilton.com 2100 W. Hundred Rd. AAA - 3 Diamonds Chester, VA 23836 Exit 61A off I-95 804-751-0000 www.clarionhotel.com Hyatt Place Richmond Chester AAA – 3 Diamonds 13148 Kingston Ave. Exit 61A off I-95 & Exit 15B off I-295 Chester, VA 23836 Double Tree Hotel Richmond – Midlothian Hyatt Place Richmond Arboretum 804-530-4600 1021 Koger Center Blvd. 201 Arboretum Place Country Inn & Suites by Carlson www.chester.place.hyatt.com Richmond, VA 23235 Richmond, VA 23236 2406 W. Hundred Rd. AAA - 3 Diamonds 804-379-3800 804-560-1566 Chester, VA 23831 Exit 15B off I-295 & Exit 61A off I-95 804-751-0080 http://doubletree3.hilton.com www.richmondarboretum.place.hyatt.com www.countryinns.com La Quinta Inn Richmond South AAA - 3 Diamonds AAA - 3 Diamonds AAA - 3 Diamonds 9040 Pams Ave. Econo Lodge Richmond West Sheraton Park Richmond South Hotel Exit 61B off I-95 Richmond, VA 23237 6523 Midlothian Turnpike 9901 Midlothian Turnpike 804-743-0770 Richmond, VA 23235 Richmond, VA 23235 Country Inn & Suites by Carlson www.lq.com 804-276-8241 804-323-1144 2401 Willis Rd. AAA – 2 Diamonds www.econolodgemidlothian.com www.sheraton.com/ParkSouth Chester, VA 23831 Exit 64 off I-95 804-275-5900 AAA - 2 Diamonds AAA - 3 Diamonds www.countryinns.com Quality Inn Chester Extended Stay America No. Chesterfield Colonial Heights/Southpark AAA - 2 Diamonds 12711 Old Stage Rd. Mall Area Exit 64 off I-95 Chester, VA 23836 Arboretum Candlewood Suites 804-796-5200 241 Arboretum Place Courtyard by Marriott Richmond/Chester www.qualityinn.com Richmond, VA 23236 Colonial Heights/Fort Lee 2001 W. Hundred Rd. AAA – 2 Diamonds 804-272-1800 15280 Woods Edge Rd. Chester, VA 23836 Exit 61A off I-95 & Exit 15B off I-295 www.extendedstayamerica.com Colonial Heights, VA 23834 804-414-1010 AAA - 2 Diamonds 804-526-0111 www.marriott.com Sleep Inn South www.candlewoodsuites.com AAA - 3 Diamonds 2321 Willis Rd. Hampton Inn Hull Street AAA – 3 Diamonds Exit 61A off I-95 & Exit 15B off I-295 Richmond, VA 23237 9620 Price Club Blvd. Exit 58/58B off I-95 804-275-8800 Midlothian, VA 23112 Fairfield Inn by Marriott Chester www.sleepinn.com 804-675-0000 Comfort Suites Southpark 12400 Redwater Creek Rd. AAA - 2 Diamonds www.hamptoninn.com 931 South Ave. Chester, VA 23831 Exit 64 off I-95 AAA - 3 Diamonds Colonial Heights, VA 23834 804-778-7500 804-520-8900 www.marriott.com Hampton Inn Midlothian Turnpike www.comfortsuites.com AAA - 3 Diamonds Southwest of Richmond/ 800 Research Rd. AAA - 3 Diamonds Exit 61B off I-95 & Exit 15B off I-295 Midlothian Area Richmond, VA 23236 Exit 53 or Exit 54 off I-95 Best Western Plus Governor’s Inn 804-897-6099 Hampton Inn Chester 9826 Midlothian Turnpike www.hamptoninn.com Hampton Inn Petersburg-Southpark Mall 12610 Chestnut Hill Rd. Richmond, VA 23235 AAA - 3 Diamonds 403 E. Roslyn Rd. Chester, VA 23836 804-323-0007 Colonial Heights, VA 23834 Holiday Inn Express Brandermill 804-768-8888 www.bestwesternvirginia.com 804-520-7333 5030 W. Village Green Drive www.hamptoninn.com AAA - 3 Diamonds www.hamptoninn.hilton.com AAA - 3 Diamonds Midlothian, VA 23112 AAA - 3 Diamonds Exit 15B off I-295 Comfort Inn Midlothian 804-744-7303 Exit 53 or Exit 54 off I-95 8710 Midlothian Turnpike www.hiexpress.com Holiday Inn Express Chester Richmond, VA 23235 AAA - 3 Diamonds Holiday Inn Petersburg-North Fort Lee 1911 W. Hundred Rd. 804-320-8900 401 E. Roslyn Rd. Chester, VA 23836 www.comfortinn.com Colonial Heights, VA 23834 804-751-0123 AAA - 3 Diamonds 804-520-5880 www.hiexpress.com www.holidayinn.com AAA - 3 Diamonds AAA - 3 Diamonds Exit 61A off I-95 Exit 53 or Exit 54 off I-95

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Colonial Heights/Southpark Petersburg La Villa Romaine Mall Area (cont) Country Inn & Suites Petersburg 29 S. Market St. Petersburg, VA 23803 Hilton Garden Inn Southpark 130 Wagner Rd. B&Bs 804-861-2285 Petersburg, VA 23805 800 Southpark Blvd. Chesterfield County www.lavillaromaineva.com Colonial Heights, VA 23834 804-861-4355 Dellwood Plantation 804-520-0600 www.countryinns.com/petersburg- 6100 Woo dpecker Rd. The Ragland Mansion http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com hotel-va-23805 Chesterfield, VA 23838 205 S. Sycamore St. AAA - 3 Diamonds AAA - 3 Diamonds 804-590-0995 Petersburg, VA 23803 Exit 48 off I-95 Exit 53 or Exit 54 off I-95 www.dellwoodplantation.com 804-861-8898 Super 8 Motel – Petersburg Petersburg www.ragland-mansion.com Hopewell/Fort Lee Area 3138 S. Crater Rd. Destiny Inn Baymont Inn and Suites Prince George Petersburg, VA 23805 Prince George County 5380 Oaklawn Blvd. 517 High St. 804-732-6020 Scents of Cedar Prince George, VA 23875 Petersburg, VA 23803 www.super8.com 15126 Providence Rd. 804-452-0022 877-834-8422 AAA - 2 Diamonds www.thedestinyinn.com Prince George, VA 23805 www.baymontinns.com 804-732-9632 AAA - 2 Diamonds Dinwiddie County/ www.scentsofcedar.com Exit 9 off I-295 or Exit 54 off I-95 High Street Inn I-85 and Rt. 460 Area 405 High St. Best Western Hopewell Inn Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Petersburg, VA 23803 Bud’s Inn at The Chester Plantation 3950 Courthouse Rd. Petersburg/Dinwiddie 804-733-0271 8401 Golf Course Dr. Hopewell, VA 23860 5679 Boydton Plank Rd. www.thehighstreetinn.com Disputanta, VA 23842 804-991-0811 804-452-0025 Petersburg, VA 23803 www.budsinn.com http://bestwesternvirginia.com 804-518-1515 AAA - 3 Diamonds www.hiexpress.com Exit 9 off I-295 or Exit 54 off I-95 AAA - 3 Diamonds Exit 62A off I-85 Candlewood Suites Fort Lee/ Petersburg/Hopewell 5133 Plaza Drive South of Petersburg/ Hopewell, VA 23860 Prince George County 804-541-0200 Comfort Inn Petersburg www.candlewoodsuites.com 12001 S. Crater Rd. AAA - 2 Diamonds Petersburg, VA 23805 Exit 9 off I-295 or Exit 54 off I-95 804-732-2000 www.comfortinn.com Fairfield Inn & Suites Hopewell AAA - 2 Diamonds 3952 Courthouse Rd. Exit 45 off I-95 Hopewell, VA 23860 Days Inn Petersburg-Fort Lee/South 804-458-2600 12208 S. Crater Rd. www.marriott.com/hotels Petersburg, VA 23805 AAA - 3 Diamonds 804-733-4400 Exit 9 off I-295 or Exit 54 off I-95 www.daysinn.com Hampton Inn Fort Lee AAA - 2 Diamonds 5103 Plaza Drive Exit 45 off I-95 Hopewell, VA 23860 Campgrounds Hampton Inn Camptown Campground 804-452-1000 11909 S. Crater Rd. http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com 22802 Camptown Drive Petersburg, VA 23805 North Dinwiddie, VA 23803 AAA - 3 Diamonds 804-732-1400 Exit 9 off I-295 or Exit 54 off I-95 804-691-0573 http://hamptoninn.hilton.com http://camptown Quality Inn at Fort Lee AAA - 3 Diamonds campground.webs.com 4911 Oaklawn Blvd. Exit 45 off I-95 Hopewell, VA 23860 Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Lake Chesdin Campground 804-458-1500 Petersburg-Fort Lee 713 Sutherland Road www.qualityinn.com/hotel-hopewell- 11979 S. Crater Rd. Church Road, VA 23833 virginia Petersburg, VA 23805 804-265-9000 AAA - 2 Diamonds 804-518-1800 http://lakechesdin Exit 9 off I-295 or Exit 54 off I-95 www.hiexpress.com campground.com AAA - 3 Diamonds Sleep Inn & Suites at Fort Lee Exit 45 off I-95 Picture Lake Campground 2200 Waterside Rd. 7818 Boydton Plank Road Prince George, VA 23875 North Dinwiddie, VA 23803 South Forty RV Resort & Campground 804-732-3737 804-861-0174 2809 Courtland Road www.sleepinn.com www.picturelakecampgrounds.com Petersburg, VA 23805 AAA - 3 Diamond 804-732-8345 or 877-732-8345 Exit 54 off I-95 Pocahontas State Park http://southfortycampground.com 10301 State Park Road Chesterfield, VA 23838 Whippernock Marina and Campgrounds 804-796-4255 or 1-800-933-PARK 2700 Sutherland Road www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/ Sutherland, VA 23885 pocahontas.shtml 804-265-5252

Roadrunner Campground 13900 Jefferson Davis Highway Chester, VA 23831 804-796-5160 www.rdrunner.net/Campground.html

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Dining OurWebsite isYour Guide to thePerfectDiningExperience No matter what kind of delicacy suits your fancy, you’re sure to find it in the Petersburg Region. From down-home cookin’ to the savory delights of ethnic cuisine, our restaurants feature a global flavor served in a historical atmosphere where Civil War generals, future presidents and the founders of our nation once dined.

There is far too little space available here to do justice to the region’s 500+ restaurants, but a visit to our website at www.PetersburgArea.org is just the ticket. There you can search restaurants by cuisine, location and cost in order to charming local one-of-a-kind restaurants, find your perfect dining experience. providing everything from quick service to a pint on the patio, to a full English The region is home to some of Virginia’s tea to white tablecloth fine dining for finest restaurants located in buildings carnivores, locavores and vegetarians. that date back to the Colonial era, the There are popular local Revolutionary War and the Civil War. The bar & grill restaurants, pubs, breweries, coffee unique ambiance may be old and historic, shops, specialty burgers, but the cuisine is modern and delicious. delis, subs and desserts. Whatever you are looking Southern barbeque has been king for, you are sure to find it at in Virginia for generations and the www.PetersburgArea.org. Petersburg Region is home to some of the state’s oldest and most popular restaurants, two of which were featured in Southern Living as being among the top BBQ spots in the South. Mouthwatering ribs, slow-cooked, pit-smoked pork and beef have been bringing ‘em back for decades.

Ethnic restaurants abound as well. Take your pick from outstanding British, Chinese, German, Greek, Italian, Mexican, Vietnamese, Caribbean, and Indian restaurants that serve up their signature savory dishes with old-fashioned Southern hospitality. Being so close to the sea, the region is home to some of the country’s best seafood restaurants.

The Petersburg Region offers the familiarity of national chains; however, our specialty is the array of unique and

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