Pictures from Day 10

There are a crap load of these in Virigina.  Last night I passed a giant cigarette on the side of the highway.

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I've also passed more of these than I can count, but alas no Piggley Wiggleys

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A surgeon's knife from the Civil War.  I had to take a picture to show my students!

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Some info on the Battle of the Crater

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Petersburg Earthworks

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Cannons

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Cannon

It is a very forested area

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Cooler earthworks

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It seems very medieval to me

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 A road

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This is nice, especially considering the high death rate of the units in this battle.

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Earthworks

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Early trench defenses

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The railroad at the center of the battle

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Looking toward the Union Lines from the Crater

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Union entrance to the Crater

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Close up

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Inside the tunnel...I like the helpful artistic recreation

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The crater

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The other side

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I couldn't get the whole thing in one picture, but this is my best attempt

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The monument...a key piece of any Civil War Battlefield visit

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Looking at the Confederate lines

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Another monument

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Rural Virginia Highway...I didn't see another car for over twenty miles!  For that matter I didn't see a stop light either.

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Norfolk Virginia...the front part of the Intrepid

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The infamous bridge.

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More Bridge

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Foggy Bridge.  It reminded me of San Francisco except it was 98 degrees

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Entering Philadelphia!!!