An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Siege of Petersburg

The Battlefields

the landscape

  •     the terrain
  •     creeks and rivers
                The appomattox river
                harrison's creek
                poor creek (taylor branch)
                blackwater swamp [?]
  •     roads
                city point road
                prince george courthouse road
                jordan point road
                baxter road
                jerusalem plank road
  •     railroads
                city point railroad
                norfolk & petersburg railroad
                u.s. military railroad
                special study:  the railroad cut

landmarks

  •     the city of petersburg
  •     churches
                blandford church
                special study:  the spires of petersburg                avery
                dunn
                friend
                gregory
                hare
                jordan
                shand
                taylor (spring garden)
  •     miscellaneous structures
            the ice house
            the race course