Petersburg - Breakthrough

• Fort Fisher

  

  Remains of Fort Fisher - the largest fort opposite the Confederate lines where the breakthrough occurred on April 2, 1865.

  Rob Shenk

• Crossing the Jones Farm

  

  Civil War Trust members marching over the Jones Farm tract as part of a 2012 tour of The Breakthrough.

  Rob Shenk

• The Union Attack

  

  View of the Confederate trenches from the Union vantage point.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• Medal of Honor

  

  "Medal of Honor" by artist Don Troiani shows Capt. Charles Gould of the 5th Vermont leading his men into the earthworks defended by the 37th North Carolina at Petersburg

  Don Troiani (www.historicalartprints.com)

• Gould's Medal of Honor

  

  Medal of Honor awarded Captain Charles Gould who was twice bayoneted and slashed with a sabre as he jumped into the Confederate trenches.

  Pamplin Historical Park

• Confederate Trenches

  

  One can still see the remarkable trenches that made up this part of the line.

  Rob Shenk

• Confederate Defender

  

  The view from the Confederate lines in April 1865 was far more open than it is today.

  Rob Shenk

• Breakthrough Vista

  

  View from the Confederate lines out towards the direction of the Federal attack on April 2, 1865.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• The Breakthrough Trail

  

  Pamplin Park maintains the excellent "Breakthrough Trail" that follows the path of the April 2, 1865 attack.

  Rob Shenk

• Tudor Hall Plantation

  

  Tudor Hall was built circa 1812 and was located just behind the Confederate lines in the Breakthrough zone. The home has been carefully restored to its wartime look by Pamplin Park.

  Rob Shenk

• Will Greene - Breakthrough Tour

  

  Historian Will Greene leads a tour of Civil War Trust Color Bearers on a tour of the Breakthrough attack.

  Rob Shenk

• A.P. Hill - Killed at Petersburg

  

  After surviving many harrowing Civil War battles, Confederate General A.P. Hill would be killed during the fighting on April 2, 1865.

  National Archives

• A.P. Hill Marker

  

  The stone marker denoting the location where Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill was killed on April 2, 1865. The Trust saved this very ground.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.