This place, five miles northeast, has been owned by the Harrison family for two centuries. John Martin patented the land in 1617; Nathaniel Harrison bought it in 1720. The present house was built about 1770. The British General Phillips landed at . . . — — Map (db m74771) HM
Four miles north on James River. There, on January 3, 1781, Benedict Arnold, ascending the river, was fired on by cannon. On January 10, Arnold, returning, sent ashore there a force that was ambushed by George Rogers Clark. Fort Powhatan stood there . . . — — Map (db m11654) HM
Prince George County. Area 294 Square Miles. Formed in 1702 from Charles City, and named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne. The battles of the crater, 1864, and Fort Steadman, 1865, took place in this county. . . . — — Map (db m18920) HM
Three miles north. There the Union cavalryman Kautz, in Wilson's raid, destroyed the station, June 22, 1864. Returning from Burkeville, Kautz reached there again June 29, and was joined by Wilson. Attacked by Hampton, Wilson and Kautz hastily . . . — — Map (db m164222) HM
Prince George County. Area 294 Square Miles. Formed in 1702 from Charles City, and named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne. The battles of the crater, 1864, and Fort Steadman, 1865, took place in this county. . . . — — Map (db m18111) HM
Hundreds of thousands of women during the Civil War were caught up in the nation's struggle between North and South, many assumed new responsibilities and roles during this conflict. By staying home to care for farms and families, nursing the . . . — — Map (db m292825) HM
Women during the American Revolution played an important role in the defense of the newly founded nation. Many took care of the homefront while men went off to war. Others found ways to follow their husbands, fathers, or brothers and provided . . . — — Map (db m292824) HM
The Gordon R. Davis House is the oldest building on Fort Gregg-Adams. Construction of the structure began in 1915 by Joseph Sarna. The land was purchased for a training camp in 1917 and the house was completed in 1918. Dubbed the "White House," it . . . — — Map (db m234816) HM
The impossible we do at once, the miraculous takes a little longer.Panel 2
Early Years
Brerhon Burke Somervell was born on May 9, 1892, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was the only child of William Taylor Somervell, a . . . — — Map (db m234873) HM
With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, women were called back to active duty for the first time, some involuntarily. Army nurses were in greatest need with hundreds volunteering to serve in the combat theater. Many more women served in . . . — — Map (db m292830) HM
Based on the M4 Sherman tank chassis, this recovery vehicle concept was developed in World War II. This model was used through the 1950's.
Weight: 61,700 pounds
Crew: 4
Speed: 26 MPH max — — Map (db m234812) HM
When the U.S. president ordered forces into Panama in 1989 over six hundred women were involved. Many were already stationed in the country, so their full participation in the conflict was unavoidable. Women served in military police and . . . — — Map (db m292834) HM
The WAC Veterans Association Chapter 62 gathered these trees and plants, native to Alabama. They were brought to Fort Lee in 2008 as a reminder of the Museum's origin at Fort McClellan. — — Map (db m292769) HM
Thousands of women in all branches of the Armed Forces served in the Vietnam War. They worked in a multitude of fields - from physical therapy to military intelligence. U.S. Army women helped train their counterparts in the Vietnamese Women's . . . — — Map (db m292846) HM
While the Army was slow to officially accept women into its ranks, the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 accelerated already ongoing and heated discussions in Congress concerning the ability of women to serve in the Armed Forces. The . . . — — Map (db m292829) HM
In recognition of the 14th Army Band (WAC) August 16, 1948 - July 1, 1976.
Continuing the legacy of the all-female Army bands of WWII, the band was an integral part of the Women's Army Corps.
14th Army WAC Band
June 1955
Fort McClellan, . . . — — Map (db m292774) HM
The Army Museum Enterprise comprises more than forty museums, historical collections, heritage displays, soldier training support facilities, and storage facilities in twenty-two states, the Republic of Korea, and the Federal Republic of . . . — — Map (db m292771) HM
City Point is five miles northeast. There Governor Sir Thomas Dale made a settlement in 1613. In April, 1781, the British General Phillips landed there. Grant had his base of operations there in the siege of Petersburg, 1864-1865. Lincoln was there . . . — — Map (db m14554) HM
Home of the first Regular Army, Women's Army Corps Training Center
Between 15 June 1948 and 26 May 1954, over 19,700 women enlistees, reenlistees, and reservists completed Basic Training at this site. Many remained to receive leadership or . . . — — Map (db m292770) HM
The attacks of September 11, 2001 forever changed the policy on women in combat. With over 240,000 Army women serving in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom their presence on the battlefield was not unexpected. They served in multiple . . . — — Map (db m292844) HM
In World War II, over 450 members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) were assigned to a secret experiment. It called for the creation of coastal gun battery, comprised of both men and women, with the mission to protect the Military . . . — — Map (db m101960) HM
“Attacking entrenchments has been tried so often and with such fearful losses that even the stupidest private now knows that it cannot succeed, and the natural consequence follows; the men will not try it. The very sight of a bank of earth . . . — — Map (db m185747) HM
In October 1983 the United States sent troops in response to the internal strife taking place on the island of Grenada. It was the first joint mission since the Vietnam War and the first deployment to include women after the end of the Women's . . . — — Map (db m292833) HM
Approximately 24,000 Army women served in the Persian Gulf, along with 4,000 women in other service branches. Never before had women served on such a large scale nor played such an integral part. Army women participated in the initial invasion . . . — — Map (db m292842) HM
This trail follows the old road which ran between Petersburg and Prince George Court House. It was used by both armies to move men and supplies. — — Map (db m185748) HM
This warrior figure is a tribute
to all Army women who have served
in defense of our nation.
She represents their sacrifices,
dedication and loyalty.
Dedicated on Veteran's Day 2013.
Funded with contributions made to the
Friends . . . — — Map (db m101963) WM
The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Training Center was established at nearby Camp Lee in 1948, when the corps gained Regular Army status. The first staff members transformed overgrown fields and dilapidated buildings into usable facilities. Run entirely . . . — — Map (db m98806) HM
When American entered World War I in April 1917, few would have predicted that this "war to end all wars" would see 4.7 million American men serve with over 300,000 casualties. Fewer still could have anticipated that over 35,000 American women, . . . — — Map (db m292827) HM
Four miles north of here, Governor Sir George Yeardley established Flowerdew Hundred settlement by 1619. In 1621 a windmill was built there, the first one recorded in English North America. In response to English expansion in Powhatan lands, such an . . . — — Map (db m11659) HM
The creek nearby was named for Nathaniel Powell, acting Governor in 1619. Weyanoke Indian town was here. Nearby is the site of an old mill, known in the Revolution as Bland's, and later, Cocke's Mill. The British General Phillips passed here, May . . . — — Map (db m11657) HM
Atlantic Ocean tides push salt water into the Chesapeake Bay, where it mingles with fresh water from the bay's tributary rivers, including the James.
Many of the plants and animals that thrive in the Chesapeake are highly adapted to its . . . — — Map (db m292265) HM
Samuel Maycock, a member of the governor's Council who served in Virginia's first legislative assembly in 1619, patented land originally inhabited by Virginia Indians about four miles north on the James River. The area became a tobacco plantation . . . — — Map (db m292264) HM
Jordan's Parish
Charles City Co. 1657
Westover Parish 1688-1720
Now in Martin's Brandon Parish
Prince George County
Virginia
Episcopal-exterior original — — Map (db m301740) HM
This well-known colonial church's architectural form and detail is typical of early and mid-18th-century Virginia churches. Located half a mile south, the building has Flemish-bond brickwork, modillion cornice, and a gracefully splayed gable roof. . . . — — Map (db m30241) HM
Richard Bland (1710-1776), statesman and son of Richard and Elizabeth Randolph Bland of Jordan's Point, represented Prince George County in the House of Burgesses from 1742 to 1776. Between the 1750s and 1774, Bland played a leading role through . . . — — Map (db m18748) HM
Prior to 1619, Native Americans occupied this prominent peninsula along the upper James River, now called Jordan's Point. Arriving in Jamestown by 1610, Samuel Jordan served in July 1619 in Jamestown as a burgess for Charles City in the New . . . — — Map (db m18749) HM
Native Americans occupied this peninsula, now called Jordan's Point, until early in the 17th century. Samuel Joran arrived in Virginia in 1610 and represented Charles City ant the 1691 General Assembly, British North America's first legislative . . . — — Map (db m301742) HM
Beginning in the late 1880's, this region of Prince George County along the Norfolk & Western Railway became the center of the first largest settlement of Czech and Slovak immigrants in Virginia. Originally known as Wells Station, then . . . — — Map (db m91748) HM
"The campaign became quite scientific, so that after the first few weeks, we learned to tell by the sound the nature of every missile that passed over us, and knew which ones to dodge. The mortar shells had the most terror for us. The ordinary . . . — — Map (db m290632) HM
Artillery was a constant threat along the lines of Petersburg. The daily shelling shaped the landscape and was central to the siege experience.
For soldiers, surviving the shelling meant vigilance, living in bomb proofs, and dealing with the . . . — — Map (db m290633) HM
In 1862 – two years before the first Federals appeared at the city’s gates – Confederate Captain Charles Dimmock oversaw the construction of a ten-mile line of defensive works ringing Petersburg. In front of you is Battery 5 one of the largest of . . . — — Map (db m180822) HM
Beginning in August 1862, Confederate Captain Charles Dimmock oversaw the construction of a ten-mile line of defensive fortifications around Petersburg. Free and enslaved Black laborers performed most of the work. In late spring 1864, work stopped . . . — — Map (db m259089) HM
On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine and one-half months of siege warfare.
This trail takes you into Battery 5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured . . . — — Map (db m290693) HM
On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine months of siege. This 0.6-mile trail will take you through Battery 5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured by . . . — — Map (db m290694) HM
On June 15, 1864, after seizing Battery 5, Union troops swept southward along the Dimmock Line. Men of the 1st and 22nd Colored Troops captured Battery 8, overcoming heavy resistance from part of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise’s Virginia brigade. By the . . . — — Map (db m7029) HM
Sept. 1864: “…the enemy frequently shoot very large shells into Petersburg & do some damage to buildings, but the people are getting used to it, so they don’t mind them….” - A.I.P. Varin 2nd Mississippi Famous but militarily ineffective, the . . . — — Map (db m6896) HM
Twice during the Siege of Petersburg, Harrison’s Creek became a dividing point between contending armies. June 15, 1864 After being driven out of the Dimmock Line, the outnumbered Confederate defenders of Petersburg formed a new line on . . . — — Map (db m7030) HM
Re-created here are samples of some of the infantry earthworks that ringed Petersburg – works that one man said made the landscape resemble “an immense prairie dog village.”
As the siege wore on, assaults against entrenched positions became . . . — — Map (db m292766) HM
Buried with his parents are Josiah Jordan, his wife, Mary and four of their children - Watson, 10 months, Laura, 3 years, Charles, 4 months, and Lemuel, 24 years. This land was Josiah's farm at the time of the siege. — — Map (db m185654) HM
“The romance of a soldier’s life disappears in a siege. The change of scenery and the lively marches are gone, and the same monotonous unvaried rounds of toil take their place. Sunday and weekday are all alike.” T.M. Blythe 50th . . . — — Map (db m292767) HM
At 7 p.m. on June 15, 1864, the boom of Union cannons to the east foreshadowed a Union attack on the Dimmock Line. Minutes later, soldiers of the Union Eighteenth Corps broke through the undermanned Confederate line and swarmed over the works . . . — — Map (db m185664) HM
On May 4, 1864, the Federal Army crossed the Rapidan River twenty miles west of Fredericksburg. The next day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's forces struck the Union army in the Wilderness, opening a month-long campaign of nearly nonstop . . . — — Map (db m155055) HM
Union General Ulysses S. Grant wanted to capture Richmond—capital of the Confederacy. Grant knew that the key to Richmond was Petersburg which was lightly defended by Confederate forces. Failing to take Richmond by approaching from the north, . . . — — Map (db m155051) HM
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m75529) HM
The "Dictator," a 13-inch seacoast mortar, fired 218 times from this spot. Their most frequent target was the Chesterfield Battery across the Appomattox River (in present-day Colonial Heights). Due to its size, it required a custom-designed rail car . . . — — Map (db m245746) HM
In 1864, the Union Army’s plan was to press relentlessly and destroy Lee’s Army. On May 4, Grant crossed the Rapidan and started south. Unable to accomplish his objective at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, he nevertheless succeeded in . . . — — Map (db m100716) HM
Converging rail lines made Petersburg the southern gateway to Richmond. If Petersburg
fell, the Confederate capital at Richmond would fall, as well. Both US Army General
Grant and Confederate General Lee knew it.
For nine and a half months . . . — — Map (db m259084) HM
The thin rails of the United States Military Railroad brought men, sustenance, supplies, and ammunition from City Point to Union armies sprawled across 30 miles of war-torn Virginia. You are near the site of Meade Station, one of the road's major . . . — — Map (db m234624) HM
In memory of the valorous service of Regiments and Companies of the U.S. Colored Troops Army of the James and Army of the Potomac Siege of Petersburg 1864 – 65 — — Map (db m292768) WM
Before you is the foundation of "Clermont," the center of a 525-acre plantation where Josiah Jordan III's family lived before the siege. Behind you and to your left were the quarters of twenty-two enslaved Black men, women, and children who lived . . . — — Map (db m185652) HM
“Every tree, stump, and fence has disappeared… What was once verdant is now a wasteland of dust and dirt.” - John Haley, 17th Maine Infantry January 26, 1865 The gentle depression in front of you is the only vestige of the Josiah Jordan . . . — — Map (db m185653) HM
Bailey's Creek is named for Temperance Bailey (ca. 1617-ca. 1652), the daughter of Cicely Bailey and her first husband, whose name is unknown. When he died before Sept. 1620, Temperance inherited 200 acres of land near here at the age of three. Her . . . — — Map (db m17731) HM
Lord Cornwallis, going toward the James in pursuit of Lafayette, passed here, May 24, 1781. A part of Grant's army passed here on the way to Petersburg, June, 1864. The place was occupied by Union troops in 1864-65. — — Map (db m17732) HM
To those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the services of their country in World Wars I and II from Prince George County, Virginia
World War I
White
Timothy B. Gogle • Roy Ellis • Harvey F. D. Tatum
Colored
James Wooden . . . — — Map (db m149577) WM
Weyanoke Indians, part of the Powhatan Chiefdom, occupied Jordan's Point, around two miles north on the James River, when English colonists arrived in 1607. There, about 1620, Samuel Jordan settled; the place was called Jordan's Journey. By 1625, . . . — — Map (db m17733) HM
“At that hour, Petersburg was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it.” - Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, CSA Confederate Commander, June 15, 1864 “Deeming that I held important points of the enemy’s line of . . . — — Map (db m185663) HM
In memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in military service to their country from Prince George County
Korea
Andrew G. Book • Larry Kennedy • Thomas W. King • John D. Meikle • Willie L. Moore • William E. O'Berry • Robert . . . — — Map (db m149579) WM
After crossing the James River, Gen. Gouverneur Warren’s Fifth Corps and Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Ninth Corps were ordered to move toward Petersburg. One of two primary routes of advance, Prince George Court House Road (Road 106) was used by more . . . — — Map (db m3897) HM
In June 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant began to confine Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia within the Richmond and Petersburg defenses. The South Side R.R., connecting Petersburg and Lynchburg, and the Richmond and Danville R.R. supplied Lee’s . . . — — Map (db m14771) HM
As the summer of 1864 ended with Union Gen. U.S. Grant’s army still laying siege to Petersburg, Southern sources learned of a large herd of cattle being held at nearby Coggin’s Point on the James River. The cattle were grazing at “Beechwood,” the . . . — — Map (db m14773) HM
Just to the north of the road here, at old Sycamore Church, Wade Hampton, coming from the south, attacked the Union cavalry guarding Grant's beef cattle, September 16, 1864. The Unionists were overpowered; Hampton, rounding up 2,500 beeves, . . . — — Map (db m17734) HM
A grateful
Prince George
remembers it's
World War II Veterans
This tree planted
Nov. 11, 1995
by WW II Commemorative Committee
A remembrance by
Parkers Grocery — — Map (db m149570) WM
