view gallery NW0.2 km | Soldiers Monument - Petersburg, Va. in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials The Soldiers Monument stands on Memorial Hill in historic Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Virginia date approved: 02/21/2011 last visited: 10/11/2023 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Mahone Mausoleum - Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va. in Mausoleums The Mahone Mausoleum stands on Memorial Hill in historic Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Virginia date approved: 04/24/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery NE0.2 km | Joseph Cotten - Petersburg, Virginia in Grave of a Famous Person Broadway and Film Star Joseph Cotten is resting in historic Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Virginia date approved: 02/22/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery W0.3 km | Memorial to Our Confederate Heroes, Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials A large stone arch and gate leading to the Confederate section of the Blandford Cemetery. Some 30,000 Confederate soldiers are buried here. This monument was installed in 1914. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/13/2006 last visited: 02/08/2011 |
view gallery W0.3 km | Confederate Memorial Arch - Petersburg, Virginia in Freestanding Arches The Confederate Memorial Arch stands at the entrance to Memorial Hill in Historic Blandford Cemetery. posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Virginia date approved: 04/25/2011 last visited: 10/11/2023 |
view gallery W0.3 km | George Washington Bright-Petersburg, VA in Medal Of Honor Resting Places Spanish-American War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Nashville at Cienfuegos, Cuba on May 11, 1898. He is buried in Blanford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA in Section 13, Square 6. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 04/02/2018 last visited: 12/14/2021 |
view gallery W0.5 km | 1735-BLANDFORD CHURCH - PETERSBURG, VA in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones Originally known as the Bristol Parish Church, the Blandford Church was built in 1735. posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Virginia date approved: 04/21/2011 last visited: 09/04/2023 |
view gallery W0.5 km | Blandford Church, Petersburg in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Blandford Church, known more commonly as Old Blandford Church, dates to 1735, when it was an Anglican Church called St. Paul's Church. This area was the scene of fighting during the Revolutionary War. The church is now a Confederate Memorial Chapel. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/13/2006 last visited: 02/08/2011 |
view gallery W0.5 km | Confederate Memorial Chapel, Old Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials Old Blandford Church was restored by the Ladies Memorial Association of Petersburg and dedicated as a Confederate Memorial Chapel in 1901. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/13/2006 last visited: 02/08/2011 |
view gallery W0.5 km | St. Paul's Church - Bristol Parish, now Old Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia in This Old Church Old Blandford Church is now a Confederate Memorial Chapel in Petersburg, Virginia. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/13/2006 last visited: 02/08/2011 |
view gallery W0.5 km | Blandford Church and Cemetery in Virginia Historical Markers Blandford Church was in use from 1735 to 1806 and then abandoned. It was restored in 1901 as a Confederate Memorial chapel. The cemetery is quite large and includes a separate Confederate section with some 30,000 dead buried there. This marker was placed in 1931 posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/08/2006 last visited: 11/05/2009 |
view gallery W0.6 km | Battle of Petersburg in Virginia Historical Markers The Battle of Petersburg took place during the Revolutionary War at Blandford (now part of Petersburg). Roughly 2,300 British defeated about 1,000 militia under Steuben and Mulenberg in a late afternoon battle where British artillery contributed significantly to the outcome. The pursuit continued to Chesterfield County Courthouse. The British then occupied Petersburg. This marker was placed in 1931. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/08/2006 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1 km | Major General William Mahone CSA - Battle of the Crater, Petersburg NBP, Petersburg, VA. in Specific Veteran Memorials Maj. Gen. William Mahone led a Confederate counter attack against the Union forces during the Battle of the Crater during the siege of Petersburg. posted by: Lat34North location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2007 last visited: 07/03/2022 |
view gallery SE1 km | South Carolina Monument at the Crater-Petersburg, VA in Signs of History At Tour Stop 8 on the Petersburg National Battlefield auto tour, this monument is for the South Carolinians who gave their lives at the Crater. posted by: Markerman62 location: Virginia date approved: 04/06/2015 last visited: 07/03/2022 |
view gallery S1.3 km | Graham Road in Virginia Historical Markers This marker notes the nearby location where a Union cavalry assault against Petersburg was stopped by Confederate cavalry, artillery and a collection of city residents led by James Dearing. Had the Confederates failed to repulse the attack, there may never have been a siege of Petersburg. This was the first Union attempt to take Petersburg. This marker was placed in 1947. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/08/2006 last visited: 08/06/2006 |
view gallery SE1.3 km | Prelude to the Crater - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites The predawn darkness of July 30, 1864, shrouded intense Union preparations on this ridge. Thousands of troops filed quietly into the ravine and trenches in front. More than 160 cannon crowded the earthworks to your right and left. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
view gallery SE1.3 km | A Fatal Error - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites For weeks the black troops had rehearsed their role as spearhead of the assault. But late on July 29, fearing public outcry should the African-American troops suffer heavy casualties, Meade ordered Burnside to pick another, all-white division. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/09/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
view gallery SW1.3 km | Battle of Petersburg - 2 April 1781 - Flanking Movement in Virginia Historical Markers This is one of a series of Virginia Histroic Markers installed in Petersburg to detail events of the Revolutionary War Battle of Petersburg. This marker was installed in 2005. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/09/2006 last visited: 05/02/2009 |
view gallery W1.8 km | Washington Street Methodist Church - Petersburg, Virginia in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Historic Methodist church in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/30/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.8 km | Washington Street Methodist Church - Petersburg, Virginia in This Old Church Historic Methodist church in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/29/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.8 km | Formation of the Southern Methodist Church - QA15 in Virginia Historical Markers Marker with information on the formation of the Southern Methodist Church in Petersburg. posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/29/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.8 km | Washington Street Methodist Church - Petersburg, Virginia in Wikipedia Entries Historic Methodist church in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/30/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.8 km | Washington Street Methodist Church - Petersburg, Virginia in Methodist Churches Historic Methodist church in Petersburg, Virginia. posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/29/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.8 km | Washington Street Methodist Church - 1842 - Petersburg, Virginia in Dated Architectural Structures Multifarious Historic Methodist church in Petersburg, Virginia posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/30/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery W1.9 km | Courthouse - Petersburg, Virginia in American Guide Series Historic courthouse in Petersburg, Virginia. posted by: BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 09/26/2016 last visited: never |
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