We just got back from visiting our daughter down in North Carolina. Ten and a half hours of driving broken up by a stop at the Petersburg battlefield. We didn't want to stop long so it was a quick stop with a movie at the visitors center and three of the eight stops.
Stop #1
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| Confederate #5 battery |
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| Gun and caisson. |
Stop #3
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| Battery #9 |
Stop #8
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| Start of the Union tunnel |
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| Approach to the tunnel. |
My wife's reference for all this.
A good
spot to stop for BBQ before or after the Battlefield
Jumping forward ninety years we went to see the USS North Carolina. Although my father was a destroyer man during WWII I enjoy seeing any of the ships from that era. It always amazes me at the technology available and the logistics involved with a Navy ship.
You could climb into two of the 16" turrets and one of the 5" turrets. The AA guns were set up so they could be moved up and down and side to side.
The last spot of interest was
Moore's Creek Battlefield. The visitors center was closed so there was no overview of the battle but there was a nice interpretive trail.
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| Widow Moore's bridge. |
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| The view from the Patriots side. |
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| The Patriot earthworks. |
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| A 3# field piece. |
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| Whig view of the Loyalists advance.. |
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| From behind the earthworks. |
After this it was off to pick strawberries at
Lewis Farms .
Great photos, Dan!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I was hoping to get some bike riding in but it didn't work out. Still, no complaints I bought some miniatures instead :-)
DeleteWeather has been great lately on the Palouse. Plenty of cycling for me. My grandfather was a destroyer man during WWII.
DeleteThat looks like you had some interesting side trips.
ReplyDeletePretty cool that you were able to detour to such fun historical sites.
ReplyDeleteMy wife and kids are very good about going to these types of things. We always watch the movie to get an overview and then set a time limit for the tour.
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