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Trailhead"The Dictator" Trail
SurfacePaved
AccessibilityListed by the NPS as wheelchair accessible at the trailhead.
What you'll see 🌊 River or creek

"The Dictator" was a sizeable 13-inch seacoast mortar used by the Federals during the siege. Although this mortar is not the original one, it is the same weapon from the Civil War era. When the "Dictator" arrived at the siege in July of 1864, positioned here on a rail car to fire on Confederate batteries north of the Appomattox River. Before removal, in September, it had sent 218 shells across the river.

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"The Dictator" Trail

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