Confederate Battery 6 Marker

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Petersburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Battery 6

By Craig Swain, November 22, 2008

1. Confederate Battery 6 Marker

Inscription. This battery fell to the Union forces on June 15, 1864.

Location. 37° 14.58′ N, 77° 21.345′ W. Marker is in Petersburg, Virginia. Marker is on Petersburg Tour Road, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Located across from the visitor center parking area at Petersburg National Battlefield. Marker is in this post office area: Petersburg VA 23803, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Jordon Family Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Siege of Petersburg (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Battery 5 Trail (about 400 feet away); Uprooted by War (about 700 feet away); Artillery at Petersburg (about 700 feet away); Battery 5 of the Dimmock Line (approx. 0.2 miles away); Opportunity Lost (approx. 0.2 miles away); City Point and Hopewell (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Petersburg.

Also see . . . Battle and Siege of Petersburg. National Park Service site discussing battle. (Submitted on December 22, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Confederate Battery 6 Photo, Click for full size

By Craig Swain, November 22, 2008

2. Confederate Battery 6

The ramparts and trenches are not as well preserved here as at Battery 5.

Confederate 12-pounder Field Howitzer Photo, Click for full size

By Craig Swain, November 22, 2008

3. Confederate 12-pounder Field Howitzer

At the Battery location is a 12-pounder Field Howitzer cast by John Clark and Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. The gun maker's howitzers are unique by having a muzzle swell, as compared to the straight muzzles of most other bronze field howitzers.