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TrailheadPetersburg Confederate Battery 5 Interpretive Trail
SurfacePaved
AccessibilityListed by the NPS as wheelchair accessible at the trailhead.

The Battery 5 Interpretative Trail is a short paved walk. This sidewalk takes you into Battery #5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured by the U.S. Army on June 15, 1864. Walk into the battery. The trail also goes below the battery to the position of the 13 in mortar known as "The Dictator." The trail turns from pavement to crushed gravel as it moves along railroad tracks before circling back to the starting point. Please note the paved trail down to "The Dictator" is at a 10% slope for a run of approximaltly 200 feet.

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Petersburg Confederate Battery 5 Interpretive Trail

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