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PETERSBURG
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OUR VISIT TO PETERSBURG

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Siege Lines around Petersburg. Note that "North" is to the left.
(After a Library of Congress map by Dr. J. B. Stinson, 1908.)

THE CRATER

19 The Crater, as it appeared in 1865.

The Crater - January, 1998.

The grass covered mounds (enclosed by a wooden fence in the photo above) are all that remain in 1998 of the results of the massive 1864 explosion.

The Crater, A different View - 2006.
A - Mahone Monument (view blocked by trees).
B - South Carolina Monument.
See Page Two

Confederate Countermine Location - 2006.

Sign describing the countermine - 2006.

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