Setting Up the Union Breakthrough at Petersburg: Petersburg Video Tour!

Walk with Doug Ullman, Garry Adelman and Will Greene in the footsteps of Union soldiers among the fortifications where the Breakthrough at Petersburg started.
This video is part of our Petersburg and North Carolina Battlefield Tour series. Be sure to check out all of the other videos here: • Petersburg and North C...

[@fieryweasel]

Being able to see the terrain instead of just looking a map is wonderful.

[@steveschlackman4503]

Another outstanding video.

[@david-yc7bc]

Great series, so much fun, and informative! Thank you for all you do.

[@akrish70]

Simply amazing can not wait to visit. I live in Manassas can't wait to visit Union Fortifications.

[@jimmyjames9752]

Thank you for all your hard work

[@thomashinkelman108]

Thank you all for the Petersburg Videos what a great learning experience! You guys do a fantastic job! Sharing a love for American History!

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

Breathtaking view and bravo to all involved restoring it to 1865 conditions.

[@rgbrin]

Thank you to all of you guys , Handicapped folks like me who cannot walk these fields appreciate all you do so that we too can see the battlefields

[@jumpmaster82nd.]

An incredibly worthwhile endeavor! What an amazing view! Nice job American Battlefield Trust and all others who accomplished it.

[@danielkohli1542]

Thanks for making this series about Petersburg. I hope to go and see these sites some time.

[@JPP-ej5wp]

Great series Gary

[@lordtazzman3140]

Love it when the trust and NPS is able to restore the terrain to its wartime appearance as much as possible.

[@samtimko3134]

I realy like history its the best and this is the best chanell ever

[@bobbymiller1414]

I like this interpreter he's a very knowledgeable man and he explains it very well thank you for this video

[@stacyvonn8036]

Such a absolutely Beautiful Gem from the Civil War.... It is such a Blessing that it's being preserved.....❤️💯❤️💯❤️

[@TheEriegpman]

Love this, my ancestors served in the VI Corp (93rd PA) and the IX Corp (51st PA) and they both fought on April 2, 1865

[@ionrileysbirdwatching7126]

I have to say a huge thanks to Gary, Doug and Will for such an illuminating overview of the Petersburg Campaign in this series of videos. Petersburg has always been an interest of mine and being in the UK I won't get a chance to get feet on the ground over there, so seeing the ground in these videos and the excellently explained actions are so much better than trying to understand the terrain from books.

[@chrisbarlow9741]

excellent stuff

[@tomdynia9951]

I walked out to Fort Welch some years ago before the land was cleared. It's great to see the open field now instead of the jungle that was there when I last visited.

[@robertcarrington7599]

Wow, a moment of Zen! Of all your video's, that ending was the most impressive. Great job.

[@forwheelinallday]

Great to see original works. Would be nice to see some artillery pieces added in place.

[@craiggleason8386]

I walked the trail from pamplona to the union lines and back on the 150th! It was awesome!

[@josephcolflesh6367]

Thanks for this video! Between September 30, 1864 to April 2, 1865 three of my ancestors fought in this area. Charles Coflesh 118th Pa.....Jacob Colflesh 138th Pa.....and Charles Carr of the 95th Pa.

[@markmullin4246]

That's awesome for returning the battle ground to what looked like at the time in question!!

[@jerroldbates355]

That is beautiful country.

[@chrisgattman4975]

The use of a drone over the battle fields and the proximity of where you are standing would be very helpful. A birdseye perspective you might say. You guys do a great job!

[@americancivilwarukhistory9769]

Brilliant again thanks 😊

[@andrewhoward9870]

I can’t wait to visit!

[@hmoneyhc]

I love this keep up the good work

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks!

[@mindfulskills]

Congratulations on your excellent presentation and preservation work! For us out-of-staters, could you please advise the best route to take to find the parking areas from which we could take this walk? Thanks!

[@shopofwax]

Save the relics in the ground!

[@johngaither9263]

The only thing out of place is the trees. Everyone of them within a mile of the fortifications had been cut and used for the redoubts, bombproofs and everything else an army might conceive it needs. The ground was clear of grass to. Marching troops, supply wagons, ambulances and artillery had done all that in also. What's left now is easier to take.

[@mikefannon6994]

I've been to Pamplin Park. How do events there fit into your narrative? Thanks for this great series! Appreciate all your hard work.

[@jjquinn2004]

Thank you for a very informative series of videos. I’ve spent a lot of time at Gettysburg, Antietam, and other battle sites, but have not had the chance to visit Petersburg. Until I can, your videos help me to better understand the campaign. Thanks again.

[@73beetle19]

Please look in to moving Confederate statues to battlefields from Richmond Virginia. I guarantee tourism would pick up even more and charge a price to the battlefields for up keep of the statues. Nobody has to see them unless they want to.

[@madarab37]

8:42 Wait a minute....Burnside was still in the field on April 2nd 1865? My records show Burnside had been relieved of command August 14, 1864 following the Crater disaster and Burnside resigned April 15th, 1865, the day after Lincoln was assassinated.

[@model-man7802]

Imagine crossing that huge tract of land under fire with the 6th corp.

[@fieryweasel]

Also, where can we buy one of the jackets Gary has?

[@paulmorales3815]

Mr Greene said Burnside and the 9th corps? I think Burnside had left after the battle of the crater back on July 30, 1864

[@davegoodridge8352]

I’m really enjoying this series. Question? How long would it take for one of these Federal cannons to fire on a target once it was seen? And second, do you ever find any relics on the battlefield? Thanks

[@samtimko3134]

Yay first one here

[@SRJax]

Can you provide a link for a map of this battlefield? Does Will ever do private tours of Petersburg battlefield?

[@shiloh6519]

I thought Burnside was relieved after the battle of the crater? 8:28

[@kevinmurray7882]

That's correct. MGen. Parke was in command of IX Corps in April 1865.

[@maryleh9373]

Hello - My husband and I enjoyed this series and he has a question. Watching this series I notice that many of the attacks on the South Grant conducted were conducted by 1 Corp at a specific point. The last attack that broke through was conducted by 3 Corp. My question is why did Grant never attack with the entire Army of the Potomac and James along the entire line at the same time?

[@craiggleason8386]

Thanks!