tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post9149739985762031041..comments2024-02-21T08:35:35.568-05:00Comments on Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Petersburg Siege - A Look at Bollingbrook Street Battle Damage - Then and NowJohn Cummingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-52385165982800422582018-09-03T13:16:29.826-04:002018-09-03T13:16:29.826-04:00Singularly depressing seeing those early photos an...Singularly depressing seeing those early photos and realizing its all gone today.<br /><br />What an architecturally rich place it was. The Dunlop house was a very fine dwelling house.Preservationisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714050871463989391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-71360277844696034312014-03-23T07:08:14.174-04:002014-03-23T07:08:14.174-04:00Hello Todd,
I had been in Petersburg on March 2 to...Hello Todd,<br />I had been in Petersburg on March 2 to do a presentation for the Civil War Fortification Study Group, at the site of Fort Sedgwick. Later in the day I went through the City and took the opportunity to do some recon work based on prior analysis done with period maps and examination of the period images. It was not a preplanned part of my schedule that day and I had not brought these particular images with me and precluded my taking the modern views. It was however a worthwhile on-site visit that did help with my further map work. Comfortably knowing the locations of the primary buildings helped to recognized their relationship to one another. Toying with Google Earth later proved it to be amazingly capable of providing the "now" images temporarily. There aren't too many Civil War locations where that can apply so easily. Sadly, this area of Petersburg has been so dramatically changed visually, but the streets do remain mostly as they were in 1865.John Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-51465698464025505152014-03-22T22:58:54.517-04:002014-03-22T22:58:54.517-04:00Great work, John. How did you do this investigati...Great work, John. How did you do this investigative work without visiting the locations? The modern "LA Sheffield" building has to be the original Phoenix Hall -- the windows and doors all match perfectly. It appears much of the top level and cascading brick work on the sides have been removed over the years, but the heart of the wartime building is indeed still there. Very cool! Regards, Todd BerkoffTodd Berkoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788305909863367996noreply@blogger.com