Assessment of the Principal Earthworks: The Federal "Fish Hook" Line, Petersburg, VA , Heritage Documentation Programs--HABS, HAER, HALS, CRGIS--of the National Park Service

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Assessment of the Principal Earthworks: The Federal "Fish Hook" Line, Petersburg, VA

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Assessment of the Principal Earthworks:

The Federal "Fish Hook" Line, Petersburg, VA

Table of Contents

Earthworks Husbandry
Assessment of Earthworks
Summary Statistics
Damage Assessment
Fort Urmstron
Fort Conahey
Fort Fisher
Seige Battery (No. 27)
Fort Welch
Fort Gregg
Fort Wheaton
Connecting Trenches
Appendices
Glossary

Maps and report produced by David W. Lowe, Historian, NPS, June 1998
Field work conducted by David Lowe, Bonnie Burns, James Stein, and Deidre McCarthy
Thanks to everyone at Petersburg National Battlefield