Class Year
2021
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
8-28-2018
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka Interns on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. See here for the introduction to the series.
Richmond National Battlefield Park consists of thirteen sites around Richmond that document the battles for control of the Confederate capital. Several of the park sites feature earthworks; at Fort Harrison the earthen wall of the fort towers twenty feet over the ditch below, by the Totopotomoy Creek the earthworks have been eroded to barely a few inches in height. But the most infamous earthworks are on the Cold Harbor battlefield. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Albert, "Richmond National Battlefield Park" (2018). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 294.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/294
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.