Visitor center · Hopewell, VA

General Grant's Headquarters at City Point — Petersburg National Battlefield

Station is located in the former plantation home of the Eppes Family. When open, visitors can view a 15 minute video and tour the first floor of the home including a room with interpretive exhibits and two rooms with original 18th and 19th century furniture that belonged to the Eppes Family. Exhibits focus on the Union Army's occupation of City Point, as well as the lives of the free and enslaved people who lived on the plantation before the war.

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1001 Pecan Avenue, Hopewell, VA 23860
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