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Pamplin Park • Breakthrough Trail • Tudor Hall • Fortifications • Markers • Timeline

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Text from the marker

The Breakthrough

Weston remembered his experience during the Breakthrough on April 2, 1865: “We fought desperately, but our thin line was pushed back by sheer force of numbers until it was broken in pieces. We then retreated behind our winter quarters and continued the contest, each man for himself.” Weston surrendered with the army at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Major James Augustus Weston

33rd North Carolina Infantry
Lane’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division
Third Corps

Resident: Hyde County, North Carolina

Enlisted: September 1861

Location of the marker

The Breakthrough – James Weston is on the Breakthrough trail at Pamplin Historical Park near Petersburg, Virginia. (37° 10.9′ N, 77° 28.412′ W)