Fort Stedman

In the last grand offensive movement of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, Fort Stedman and adjacent works were captured at 4:30 A.M., March 25, 1865, by a well selected body of Confederates under the command of General John B. Gordon. An advance was then made with great determination over the broken Union lines, through the ravine, and up the rising ground to the eastward in an effort to cut the U.S. Military R.R. and make successful the Confederate plan of severing the Army of the Potomac and destroying its base of supplies at City Point. The movement was checked, and the direct assault in the recapture of these embattlements was made by the Third Division Ninth Corps Army of the Potomac.

Petersburg, Virginia · United States