Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Old Blandford Church Petersburg Virginia - panoramio. The Blandford Church is the oldest building in Petersburg, Virginia whose history is well documented. It is at the highest point in the city, atop Well's Hill. It is today (2019) part of a memorial to Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. [3]
Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. Although in recent years it has attained some notoriety for its large collection of more than 30,000 Confederate graves, it contains remains of people of all classes and races as well as veterans of every American war. [ 3 ]
Burial ground for 30,000 Confederates killed in the siege of Petersburg (1864-1865); one of several sites claiming to have celebrated the first Memorial Day ceremony, in 1866, in the United States 5 Blandford Church
The Battle of Blandford (or Blanford), also called the Battle of Petersburg, took place near Petersburg, Virginia on 25 April 1781, late in the American War of Independence. Roughly 2,300 British regulars under the command of Brigadier General William Phillips defeated about 1,000 militia under Major General Baron von Steuben .
Cockade City Garden Club, fundraisers benefit historic Blandford Cemetery: Geranium sale, luncheon, fashion show by All Manor of Things
The history of Petersburg, Virginia, United States as a modern settlement begins in the 17th century when it was first settled.The city was incorporated in 1748. It was occupied by the British during the American Revolutionary War, and Major-General William Phillips died of fever at Blandford (later a neighborhood of Petersburg) during bombardment from the Marquis de Lafayette's positions ...
News. Science & Tech
Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. Pages in category "Burials at Blandford Cemetery" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.