Fort Gregg was a

Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...

fort located near

Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Econ ...

. The battle for Fort Gregg occurred on April 2, 1865, as part of the

Third Battle of Petersburg The Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was fought on April 2, 1865, south and southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, at the end of the 292-day Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (sometimes ...

in Dinwiddie County near the outskirts of Petersburg.

References

* Fox, III, John J. ''The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865''. Winchester VA: Angle Valley Press, 2010. .

External links

Confederate Fort Gregg
at the Historical Markers Database Gregg Buildings and structures in Dinwiddie County, Virginia Virginia in the American Civil War {{fort-stub