It was a little warmer today, but we don't feel like we are in the south.  It did get up to the middle 50's, but I kept my coat on most of the day.  Actually, all day, until we got in the car to come back "home".  Dick decided that he feels about battle grounds the same way that he feels about petroglyphs. 

Our first stop was at the "Ghost Church", the site of the Polegreen Church.  The church played a vital role in the Pre-Revolutionary struggle for civil and religious rights.  In 1864, during the Civil War, it was burned to the ground.  A monument was put on the site in 1929 and in 2007 the "Ghost Church" was built.

 

 

 

From there we headed south to Grant's Headquarters at City Point.  We were able to walk around, but the park was not staffed.  It was a beautiful spot, where the Appomattox River meets the James River.

 

 

Grant's Cabin. Not much nicer then the other officers.

Grant's on the left, other officers on the right.  The land owners house on the right.

Dick checking out a truck from the Civil War.

The owner's house.  He owned about 2400 acres.  Some here and some across the river.  

View of the river.

Next we went to the Petersburg National Battlefield Park to take the self-guided driving tour and to see the Crater.  The Union had dug a tunnel to under a Confederate fort and blew a big crater in it.

Dick looking at a canon at Battery 5, a Confederate site.

 

The Magazine storage and the mortar called the "Dictator" that was used to shell Confederate batteries. 

Confederate Battery 9 that was captured by black troops.

 

Entrance to the tunnel at the Crater spot.  This is a rebuilt example.

What is left of the crater.