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Richmond National Battlefield Park VA

Lat, Long: 37.48774472, -77.29107785

Designation: National Battlefield Park

The center of Confederate manufacturing fueled a modern war, one of the South’s largest hospitals gave care to the sick and wounded, and armies battled on open fields and in miles of defensive earthworks. From 1861 to 1865, Richmond’s fate would determine America’s future.

Weather:

Summer, hot and humid. Fall and Spring, mild. Winter, cold with occasional ice and snow.

Directions:

Richmond National Battlefield Park has two visitor centers and ten additional self-guided, outdoor battlefield units. Please navigate to the "visitor centers" section to select an individual visitor center and find directions to its location.

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Address/Contact:

3215 E. Broad Street

Richmond, US, 23223

Phone: 804-226-1981

Email: stephanie_pooler@nps.gov

Entrance Fees:

Earthen trenches running through a wooded area of bare trees and fallen autumn leaves.Five weathered, bronze Civil War cannons, lined up side-by-side in a grassy field.A rectangular house of wood and brick, with a cedar shingle roof and brick chimney, near woods.A two story gray brick building and a wooden sign reading "Chimborazo Visitor Center"A small brick visitor center building beside a flagpole.A uniformed park ranger gestures to an upright sign in front of a crowd of visitors.A large, black Civil War cannon overlooking a river from a high bluff.Two weathered bronze Civil War cannons in a grassy field, under a purple sunset sky.