The Battlefield is in the southeastern part of the state, near Richmond. The Main Park Visitor Center is on State Route 36, two-and-one-half miles east of the center of Petersburg.
WHEN TO VISIT
Battlefield open year round. Visitor Center open in Summer and living history program operates from mid-June through late August. Peak visitor month is March. Climate: Winter, 36 to 56 degrees F; Summer, 85 to 92 degrees F.
POINTS OF INTEREST
The Union Army waged a ten-month campaign here 1864-65 to seize Petersburg, center of the railroads supplying Richmond and General Robert E. Lee's army. The Park also includes City Point in Hopewell, Virginia, where Ulysses S. Grant made his headquarters at Appomattox Manor for the final ten months of the war. Poplar Grove (Petersburg) National Cemetery--6,315 interments, 4,110 unidentified--is near the Park; grave space is not available.
The City Point Unit, in Hopewell, is at the corner of Pecan Avenue and Cedar Lane. Visitor service facilities are being developed for this site. Appomattox Manor, home of the Eppes family, is on the grounds and open to the public. General Grant's Headquarters cabin is on the grounds. During Summer, at the Main Park Visitor Center, a mortar and cannon demonstration with actual firings and soldier life may be seen. Other sites nearby are Old town, Petersburg; Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee; Weston Manor, Hopewell; and historic James River Plantations. Food, supplies, overnight accommodations are available in Petersburg and Hopewell.
