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By Bernard Fisher, March 29, 2009

Corner of E Bank St & East St. facing west towards Petersburg.

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1 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-23 — Battle of Petersburg — 25 April 1781 — First Line Of Defense —

On 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg formed his first line of 500 Virginia militia here to meet the British. The line extended along East Street from the Appomattox River to present-day Washington Street and consisted of two . . . — — Map (db m17634) HM

2 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-25 — Battle of Petersburg — 25 April 1781 — Second Line Of Defense —

On 25 Apr. 1781, American Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg’s Virginia militia fell back west from Blandford, under heavy British fire, to a prepared line of defense here along the crest of this hill. This second line of Virginia militia, consisting of . . . — — Map (db m17635) HM

3 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-20 — Battle of Petersburg — 25 April 1781 — Artillery Position —

On 25 Apr. 1781, Maj. Gen. Friedrich von Steuben’s 1,000 Virginia militiamen, driven from the eastern edge of Blandford, established a strong defensive line along the western summit (now Madison Street) above Lieutenant Run valley. Maj. Gen. William . . . — — Map (db m14546) HM

4 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-21 — Battle of Petersburg, 25 April 1781 — British Line of Attack —

On 24 Apr. 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips’s force of 2,500 British regulars landed at City Point, 12 miles to the east on the James River, as part of a major campaign to disrupt the American force’s main line of communication through Virginia. The . . . — — Map (db m14552) HM

5 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-24 — Battle of Petersburg, 25 April 1781 — Flanking Movement —

About midday on 25 April 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips discovered that the right flank of the American militia, on the edge of Blandford was vulnerable to attack from the south and rear. He ordered Lt. Col. John Simcoe’s Queen’s Rangers and a . . . — — Map (db m14558) HM

6 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-13 — East Hill —

On the hilltop to the south is the site of East Hill, also known as Bollingbrook. There the British General Phillips, Benedict Arnold and Lord Cornwallis stayed in April and May, 1781. The house was bombarded by Lafayette, May 10, 1781. There . . . — — Map (db m14565) HM

7 ► Virginia, Petersburg — QA-22 — Battle of Petersburg — 25 April 1781 — East Hill —

To the west stood East Hill (Bollingbrook), home of the widow Mary Marshall Tabb Bolling. After the 25 Apr. 1781 Battle of Petersburg, British Maj. Gen. William Phillips and Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold located their headquarters at the house. The . . . — — Map (db m17633) HM

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