Fort Conahey

By November 20, 1864, Union engineering had built Fort Conahey as the most technically elaborate fort on the Petersburg front, unmolested by Confederate bullets and cannons. Colonel Charles Wainwright, U.S.A., wrote that it had cost more labor than any other, offered an admirable lesson in engineering, and was one of the sights to show to strangers, though he doubted the value of its elaborateness. Fort Conahey included two tiers of guns, sturdy wooded casemates, and a unique wooden interior palisade that acted as a traverse. Located a mile from Confederate lines, it rarely came under fire from Confederate cannons and never suffered direct attack.

Petersburg, Virginia · United States