As the Union army lays siege to nearby Petersburg, City Point temporarily becomes one the busiest ports in the entire world. Union army also sets up a 6,000 bed hospital. Civil War views of City Point ...

Archaeological Analysis of a Civil War Feature from City Point, Virginia by Todd L. Jensen, John R. Underwood, David W. Lewes William & Mary Center for Archaeological Research [This paper was ...

A civil war has engulfed the country for two years, but some of the fiercest clashes have taken place in the sprawling city on the Nile ... signaling a potential turning point in the conflict.