179th New York Volunteers

179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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chapter 15

September 30, 1864

A Cheering Sight	David McM. Gregg	Elihu Linkletter	Looking Left on the Weldon Railroad	New Picket Line	Poplar Spring Overview	Major Roads and Rail Lines	Poplar Spring 5PM
Poplar Spring 7PM	Poplar Spring 1 October	Poplar Spring Forts	October 8, 1864	Church	S.G. Griffin	Willcox Staff	Western Front

Poplar Spring Forts

The forts built at the beginning of October 1864, shortly after the conclusion of the battles at
Peebles and Pegram Farms. Positions of the Confederate divisions and elements of the
Fifth and Ninth Corps are from October 1, shown faded in color for reference. Pegram Farm was
destroyed and replaced by Fort Welch and environs, so the former location is marked by an
overwritten label "Pegr" for reference.

Notice the extension of the U.S. Military Rail Road to what became Patrick Station near the Poplar Spring Church.

These forts are now called the Federal "Fish Hook" Line and have been given much attentionby the National Park Service.
See http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/standards/CRGIS/earthworks2.htm for further information.

Adapted from Michler for the time frame, with later fortifications and entrenched lines removed.