The Most Well Preserved 'Covered Way' on a Civil War Battlefield: Petersburg Video Tour!

Will Greene takes us to a zig-zagging earthwork at Petersburg that’s called a "covered way," but was never physically covered!

[roland.j.ruttledge]

Fantastic. Real history, simply taught. Many thanks, Roland UK

[mikefannon]

These guys know their history. We lived near Petersburg for 20 years, visited the battlefield several times, yet this info is new to me.
Thanks.

[johnp]

Keep doing what your doing. Don't let people forget the men that died to end slavery and defend the constitution, and the others side that fought for states rights.

[richardglady]

Wonderful video for those of who will never see this live. Thank you.

[tinaphillips]

My husband and I were at Petersburg back in 2004 and we took the battlefield tour and the siege line tour and still didn’t see everything. We are looking forward to our next trip out there and seeing a lot more. We are from Chattanooga Tennessee and we see a lot of the Lookout Mtn, Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga Battlefields

[AB-wfgt]

I appreciate you men for Memorializing our ancestors fight for freedom

[bamalifecooperative]

I really love this! Civil War history is my passion

[eman]

How in the heck were those covered ways created without being seen or heard...???
Very cool episode, thank you

[beetle]

I saw this area a couple weeks ago. My brother and I rode bikes through the trails that rides right by there.

[arfyego]

This is a very interesting bit of evolution of military history and terminology, as in WWI and later conflicts these are called "communication trenches", they serve the exact same roles.

[evanmyers]

Great work. I enjoy these. I've to all these sites you are going on the Southern tour. These give me and overview of what I have seen.

[earlyriser]

powerful segment on the 'covered way'

[Stormwriter]

Can someone help me pinpoint this? Maybe Google Maps isn't up to date, but I'm "driving" down Siege Road and I don't see that marker on the side of the road, a few hundred yards north of the Taylor Ruins.

[Louj]

Have you seen the Paths/Trails at Gathland State Park, MD?

[bradleyowen]

Is there some landmark along the Tour Road to help locate this location?

[mcpetersb]

The Confederates knew it was there and Davidson’s battery was added to the Harris Line to command its exit. See Bernard’s map, and I hope you talk about both Davidson’s and Wright’s batteries in the Crater video.

[realtruth]

how did they get these dug without the confederate knowing what they were doing ? shovels make noise !

[model-man]

Typo:What it looked like on July30th 1863? The Confederates were still working there way home from Pennsylvania.

[michaelcampbell]

Chill out dude it's been there for along time

[robsim]

Wouldn't you think those black soldiers would be thinking the same thing as any white soldiers waiting in the wings.