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Near Petersburg in Dinwiddie County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Pamplin Historical Park

The Bivouac Monument

 
 
The Bivouac Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
1. The Bivouac Monument Marker
Inscription.
Pamplin Historical Park
&
The National Museum
Of the Civil War Soldier

Base of Sculpture:
My Thoughts And Heart Are With You At Home,
But My Duty Lies Here With Cause And Comrades

Back of Sculpture:
Ron Tunison 1998 Cairo N.Y.

 
Erected 1998 by Ron Tunison.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 37° 10.968′ N, 77° 28.782′ W. Memorial is near Petersburg, Virginia, in Dinwiddie County. It can be reached from Duncan Road. The Monument is located at the entrance to Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6125 Boydton Plank Rd, Petersburg VA 23803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Southside Virginia, and specifically in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Plantation Time Management (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Plantaton Landscape (about 600 feet away); Field Quarter Outbuildings (about 600 feet away); Tudor Hall Field Quarter (about 600 feet away); The Big House (about 700 feet away); Tobacco Barn (about 700 feet
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away); Tudor Hall (about 700 feet away); Tudor Hall Barn (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Petersburg.
 
Also see . . .
1. Ron Tunison Monuments. See this and other monuments by Ron Tunison (Submitted on July 25, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.) 

2. Pamplin Historical Park & National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. (Submitted on July 25, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.)
 
The Bivouac Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
2. The Bivouac Monument
The Bivouac Monument- Base of Sculpture image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
3. The Bivouac Monument- Base of Sculpture
The Bivouac Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
4. The Bivouac Monument
The Bivouac Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
5. The Bivouac Monument
The Bivouac Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
6. The Bivouac Monument
The Bivouac Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
7. The Bivouac Monument
The Bivouac Monument- Back of Sculpture image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
8. The Bivouac Monument- Back of Sculpture
Ron Tunison of Cairo, N.Y
The Bivouac Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 23, 2010
9. The Bivouac Monument
Monument can be seen to the left of Pamplin Historical Park entrance.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 785 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on August 12, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.   2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on July 25, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 28, 2026