Confederate Fort Whitworth

Named for the Whitworth family of Mayfield, the farm on which it was built, this outpost (a quarter-mile east) and Fort Gregg, 400 yards to the south, were constructed to protect the western approaches to Petersburg during the 1864-1865 siege. ...

Confederate Fortifications

The diary of Edward R. Crockett, 4th Texas Infantry, illustrates the daily pressure of life in these trenches:

June 4th

“We work hard last night & dawn on the 4th have a heavy work completed. We have quit sleeping almost ...