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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1864/06/23 William E Blaisdell Died Lt Col William Blaisdell is killed by a Confederate sharpshooter in the trenches at Petersburg, Virginia. Blaisdell will be posthumously brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and distinguished conduct". Siege of Petersburg
1865/00/00 Confederate States Army Architect Built Siege of Petersburg
1865/00/00 Union Army Architect Built Siege of Petersburg
1865/04/02 Ulysses S Grant Union General Grant orders a massive bombardment to begin around midnight and continue until 4:00 am. Followed with the Infantry of IX Corps attacking the trenches near Fort Mahone while the VI Corps assault the Confederate trenches along the Boydton Plank Road line. Siege of Petersburg
1865/04/02 Captain Charles Gould of the 5th Vermont Infantry is first to mount the enemy's works. Gould is bayoneted in the mouth, kills his attacker with a saber and is bayoneted in the back. Gould continues to fight and is saved by his color sergeant. Siege of Petersburg
1865/04/02 Union army breaks through the Petersburg and Richmond defensive line Battles of Appomattox Station and Court House

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Particulars for Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield:
Military Event American Civil War
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Battle site
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 17th February 2006

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield
Registry Address: Jct. of Duncan and Boydon Plank Rds.
Registry Number: 06000239
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Confederate and Federal Armies
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Civil War Battlefield
Area in Acres: 647
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 30
Contributing Sites: 1
Non-Contributing Structures: 5
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination, Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Politics-government
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1865
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Battle site
Current Function: Landscape, Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

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