First Deep Bottom

• First Deep Bottom - 2013 Target Property

  

  The Civil War Trust is currently working to preserve 30.5 acres of the First Deep Bottom battlefield

  David Duncan

• Marked for Development

  

  The land the Trust is currently working to preserve at First Deep Bottom has already been marked for future development. This particular plot is slated to be a housing development.

  David Duncan

• Cul-de-Sac

  

  Typically, paved roads such as this one on the Trust's target property at First Deep Bottom are modern intrusions that mar the historic landscape. However, in this particular instance, this road will allow future visitors to access this part of the battlefield.

  David Duncan

• The First Deep Bottom Battlefield

  

  The Civil War Trust worked to preserve this 104-acre portion of the First Deep Bottom Battlefield in 2010.

  Rob Shenk

• Saved Property at First Deep Bottom

  

  The Civil War Trust and its members helped to save this tract in 2010.

  Rob Shenk

• First Deep Bottom: What Would Have Been

  

  This subdivision plat for the Mansfield Woods development project shows what this Civil War battlefield was going to be turned into. The Civil War Trust worked to preserve the section in yellow.

  Civil War Preservation Trust

• Enroughty House

  

  This 1842 structure, known alternately as the Enroughty or Darby house occupies a central position on the First Deep Bottom Battlefield.

  National Archives

• Enroughty House Today

  

  View of the preserved Enroughty House as it appears today.

  Rob Shenk

• Saved Land at First Deep Bottom

  

  This 125 parcel of land containing the Enroughty House was saved by the Civil War Preservation Trust in 2008.

  Rob Shenk

• Victory at First Deep Bottom

  

  This 125-acre parcel (which includes the Enroughty House) was saved by the Civil War Preservation Trust in 2008.

  Rob Shenk

• Pontoon Bridge at Deep Bottom

  

  These pontoon bridges over the James River allowed U.S. Grant to ferry troops back and forth from Petersburg to Richmond, while trying to break the stalemate in the summer of 1864.

  National Archives

• Deep Bottom Bridgehead

  

  Historic photo of the Union bridgehead at Deep Bottom

  National Archives

• Deep Bottom on the James

  

  Historic photo of Union boats on the James River near Deep Bottom.

  National Archives

• Federal Entrenchments at First Deep Bottom

  

  In their efforts to draw Confederate forces away from Petersburg, Union troops fortified the bridgehead at Deep Bottom. Some of these trenches are still visible today.

  Rob Shenk

• Satellite View of First Deep Bottom

  

  This aerial view of the First Deep Bottom Battlefield shows the development that continues to threaten this important part of Civil War history as well as CWPT's efforts to save this hallowed ground.

• Inroads of Development

  

  The road seen here was originally intended to serve a housing subdivision that was to be built on the First Deep Bottom Battlefield.

  Rob Shenk

• Color Bearers at First Deep Bottom

  

  CWPT Color Bearers tour the First Deep Bottom Battlefield with historian Bobby Krick at the 2010 Advanced Guard event.

  Rob Shenk

• Development Threats at First Deep Bottom

  

  The Civil War Trust's ongoing efforts at the First Deep Bottom have helped to prevent this important battleground from becoming another subdivision, like this one near the Glendale Battlefield

  Tom Gilmore