Contact Info
Petersburg, VA 23803
- Phone:
- 804-732-3531
Basics
- Type:
- Historical Site
Description
"Dear Mother, we remained in the broiling sun in little pits the size of a common grave though not half so well furnished. There we lay and everytime a man Show his head Zip would come a minnie." This pressure was central to a soldier’‘s experience in a siege 292 days and 37 miles long. Here, Union forces slowly cut off Petersburg from the world and brought the fall of the Confederacy.
Hours + Fees
Hours:
Petersburg National Battlefield is open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’‘s Day.
Grant’‘s Headquarter’‘s at City Point
(804) 458-9504
Eastern Front
(804) 732-3531 ext.200
Five Forks Battlefield
(804) 265-8244
Poplar Grove National Cemetery
The cemetery itself is open year-round
Contact Station Open Mid-June through Mid-August
Map + Directions
Basic Directions
Plantation House
From I-95 & 295
Take Rt. 10 east towards Hopewell. Cross over the Appomattox River and at the second traffic light past the bridge take a left onto Main Street/Appomattox Street. Follow until it meets Cedar Lane and take a left. As you come up to the plantation house the parking lot is on the left.
From Williamsburg
Take Rt. 5 north and turn left to cross the Benjamin Harrison Bridge (Rt. 156). After crossing over the James River turn right onto Rt. 10 and follow into Hopewell. Turn right onto Main Street / Appomattox Street and follow above directions to Cedar Lane.
From I-95 & I-85
Take the Wythe Street (Rt. 36 east) exit. Turn onto this one-way road and follow it 2.5 miles to the park entrance on the right.
From 295
Take exit 9B onto Rt. 36 west to park entrance on the right just past Fort Lee.
From Norfolk area
Take 460 west to Petersburg and take the Crater Road (Rt. 301) north exit. Follow Crater Road to Wythe Street, turn right and follow it for 2.5 miles to park entrance.
From I-95
Take exit #51 onto I-85 south. Then take exit #61 onto 460 West. Travel seven miles and take left onto Rt. 627 - Court House Road. Travel three miles to contact station on left.
From I-85 north
Take exit #53 and left onto Rt. 703. Then make a left onto Rt. 1 and then a right onto Rt. 627 - Court House Rd. Travel 5.1 miles to contact station on right.
Poplar Grove National Cemetery
From Crater Road (Route 301)
Turn onto Flank Road and follow it until it intersects with Halifax Road. Turn right onto Halifax and then take your first left onto Flank Road again. Follow to the next cross street Vaughn Road and turn left. Less than a mile on the left side is the entrance to the cemetery.
From I-85
Take the Squirrel Level Road exit and turn onto to it heading south away from Petersburg. After going straight through the first traffic light at Defense Road keep to your left onto Wells Road as Squirrel Level Road turns sharply to the right. Follow Wells to Halifax Road and turn right. Drive down Halifax to Vaughn Road on the right. Follow Vaughn Road through the Flank Road intersection and to the cemetery as mentioned above.
