Greenwood Cemetery - St. Petersburg

Often called the Veteran's Cemetery due to the number of Civil War soldiers and sailors buried here, this cemetery contains the remains of at least 100 Confederate and Union veterans.

In 1900, two monuments were constructed at the center of the ...

Petersburg Volunteers 1812

This tree is dedicated in honor of the

Petersburg Volunteers who left this

site on Oct. 21, 1812 to fight the British

at Fort Meigs, in the Ohio Territory.

Marker is on Centre Hill Court north of Franklin Street, on the left when traveling ...

Lincoln In Petersburg

Tears at Fort Mahone

On the morning of April 3, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln awoke at City Point to the news that Petersburg had fallen just hours before. He immediately arranged to visit the city and meet with Gen. Ulysses S. ...

Lincoln In Petersburg

Presidential Visit to Centre Hill

At noon on April 7, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his party left City Point for Petersburg in a special train on the newly repaired City Point Railroad, arriving in the city half an hour later. ...

Petersburg’s Role In Trade

Immediately to your right is a mural adapted from a drawing by William Waud which appeared in Harper’s Magazine during the Civil War. The mural is an artist’s impression of the Petersburg waterfront on the Appomattox River - probably at ...

Lincoln In Petersburg

Presidential Visit to Centre Hill

At noon on April 7, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his party left City Point for Petersburg in a special train on the newly repaired City Point Railroad, arriving in the city half an hour later. ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

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 ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

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 ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

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 ...

Old Men and Boys of Petersburg

This stone marks the spot where the Old Men and Boys of Petersburg under Gen. R.E. Colston and Col. F.H. Archer 125 strong on June 9th, 1864 distinguished themselves in a fight with 1300 Federal cavalry under Gen. Kautz gaining ...