Highways of History V (2003)  Petersburg through Appomattox
At the end of May 2003, 54 people joined us on our 1865 trip. We traveled to Petersburg, Va and followed the campsite and battlesites of the 69th Pa in the last year of the war.
We walked the Petersburg lines and visited battlegrounds at Hatcher Run and  Armstrong Mill. We ended our trip at Appomattox Courthouse.   Stay tuned for information when we begin the bus trip series again with 1861.
We will honor our dead once again Hancock's Corp arrived June 16, 1864
The cemetery at City Point. Here, four members of the 69th who died during the siege are buried. City Point was the key union supply base and hospital area during the Petersburg siege. At this point, the pontoon bridges were placed to bring the Second Corps across the Appomattox River
The 69th lost over one hundred captured in this rebel surprise attack
The Hare House was soon replaced by Fort Stedman
Fort Davis was built on the site of the
June  22, 1864  Jerusalem Plank Road battle
Hare House Hill was the first target of the 69th attack on June 17, 1864
The Second Corps sweep expanded the Union trench lines
The Confederates broke through the Union lines  causing a rout
Along the Hatcher Run Creek the 69th fought Mahone's rebel troops in October 1864
The battle of Ream's Station was fought around this church in September 1864
The 69th Pa captured the mill and the pond area Lee now fled Petersburg with the Union troops in hot pursuit
At Armstrong Mill, the 69th battled again in February 1865 The final Union breakthrough in April, 1865 saw the 69th Pa drive up the Boydton  Plank Road