A History of Petersburg National Battlefield to 1956History Division, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1983 - 253 pages |
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A. P. Hill A. P. Hill Camp acquired acres Appomattox Manor Appomattox River April Army Artillery August Battery Five Battle Battlefield Park Association Battlefields Around Petersburg Bearss bill building Camp Lee Centre Hill city of Petersburg City Point Civil Colonel commission Confederate Veterans construction Corps County Crater Crater battlefield Defense Roads Department earthworks erected establishment Federal Five Forks Flank and Defense Fort Gregg Fort Lee Fort Stedman Fort Wadsworth fortifications Franklin W Hakel to Conway included interpretive January July June land March markers Memorial Monthly Narrative Report monument museum National Military Park National Park Service Office park at Petersburg Park Historian Park Ranger Petersburg National Battlefield Petersburg National Military Petersburg Progress-Index Railroad Regiment Richmond Secretary Sept September siege of Petersburg staff Stedman Superintendent Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Taylor tour transfer tunnel U. S. Congress Union Virginia visitor center Washington William WNRC
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Page 85 - An act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.
Page 81 - Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That a commission is hereby created, to be known as the California Debris Commission, consisting of three members.
Page 82 - Tennessee, is hereby declared to be a national military park, whenever title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Tennessee...
Page 82 - Park for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the lines of battle of troops engaged therein: Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designated, the position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise...
Page 82 - Vicksburg, in the State of Mississippi, is hereby declared to be a national military park whenever the title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Mississippi...
Page 1 - Petersburg. These major Mayo offered to lay out into lots without fee or reward. The truth of it is, these two places being the uppermost landing of James and Appomattox rivers, are naturally intended for marts, where the traffic of the outer inhabitants must center.
Page 82 - ... or rights pertaining thereto shall fix a price for the same, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, shall be reasonable, he may purchase or enter into a contract for the use of the same at such price without further delay: Provided further, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept on...
Page 84 - ... in like manner as debts of like nature are now by law recoverable in the several counties where the offense may be committed.
Page 82 - National Park shall, subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three Commissioners...
Page 82 - War, to open or repair such roads as may be necessary to the purposes of the park, and to ascertain and mark with historical tablets or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine...