Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

Former Pamplin Historical Park Executive Director Wilson Green talked about Civil War Petersburg, Virginia. He focused on Union General Ulysses Grant's first offensive against the earthworks ...

Some of the real people from Petersburg featured in the exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society, "An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia," include: Henry Bird, a 21-year-old store ...

Commander of the Federal Army in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, is seen, date unknown. A Confederate cannon overlooks the Five Forks intersection outside Petersburg, Virginia, February 10, 2007.

PETERSBURG, Va. (WSET) -- Bomb disposal experts have been dispatched to Virginia's Siege Museum after X-rays showed several Civil War-era cannon balls stored there are capable of exploding.The ...

Looters looking for historic relics dug up a Civil War battlefield in Virginia just before Memorial Day on a site where 1,000 soldiers died, officials said Friday. Part of Petersburg National Battl… ...

PETERSBURG, VA. (WRIC) — While Americans this weekend honor citizens who gave their lives in defense of home and country, the National Park Service is investigating looting that took place at a ...

Despite this the turnaround for Federal forces, the war would rage on for another year, ending with Gen. Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865, following the 292-day siege of Petersburg, Virginia.

PETERSBURG, VA. (WRIC) — While Americans during the weekend honored citizens who gave their lives in defense of home and country, the National Park Service is still investigating looting that ...