Grant's Headquarters at City Point is a

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operated by the

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in Hopewell, Virginia. It is a unit of the

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was a

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on the

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. During the last years of the

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, from the port there, the City Point Railroad was used to support the

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forces during the Siege of Petersburg 1864–65. The successful capture of Petersburg and its network of

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s was the key to the fall of the

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, ending the war less than a week later. At the museum, the grounds include Grant's headquarters, and a plantation house with outbuildings. In the plantation house are furnished rooms, an introductory video, a diorama, and a bookshop.

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