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Battery 5, Petersburg National Battlefield

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Battery 5, Petersburg National Battlefield

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Battery 5, Petersburg National Battlefield

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    1. Battlefield Loop — Petersburg National Battlefield Park

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    3. Hiking loop from Fort Gregg-Adams

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    August 4, 2022

    At the Visitor Center of the Petersburg National Battlefield you can visit the Battery 5 of the former defense ring. Other stations like trenches, forts or "the Crater" are usually visited by car.
    The last one is particularly impressive. Union soldiers dug a mine over 500 feet to below the Confederate lines and successfully exploded it. They did not use the gap to break through, but marveled at the huge crater.

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