Petersburg rail hub
Rail junction, Petersburg, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Park
PETERSBURG RAIL HUB
Petersburg's railroads made the city a lifeline for Richmond. Supplies from Wilmington reached Lee's army along the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Grant besieged the city from June 1864 to April 1865 to cut its rail lines.
Then
Petersburg's railroads made the city a lifeline for Richmond. Supplies from Wilmington reached Lee's army along the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad to Petersburg.
Grant besieged the city from June 1864 to April 1865 to cut its rail lines.
Now
Park
Parts of the siege lines are preserved as Petersburg National Battlefield, and CSX and Norfolk Southern keep transportation centers in the city.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and CSX run through Petersburg today.
Served by
Nearby
- 4 miBattle of Globe Tavern cuts the Weldon RailroadAugust 18, 1864, Globe Tavern, south of Petersburg, Virginia
- 6 miButler cuts the Richmond and Petersburg at Port Walthall JunctionMay 7, 1864, Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
- 9 miUnion troops seize the South Side RailroadApril 2, 1865, Sutherland's Station, Virginia
- 9 miCity Point supply depotUnion · Supply base, Hopewell (City Point), Virginia
- 9 miAmmunition barge explodes at City PointAugust 9, 1864, City Point wharf, Virginia
- 9 miSecond Battle of Ream's StationAugust 25, 1864, Ream's Station, Virginia