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The “Colquitt’s Salient Trail” wayside marker is near the start of the half mile walking trail that leads from the parking area at Stop Five to the monument to the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery and the Colquitt’s Salient monument.
Text from the marker:
Colquitt’s Salient Trail
The Colquitt’s Salient loop trail will lead you over ground involved with two of the most dramatic events of the Siege of Petersburg.
On the walk to Colquitt’s Salient, you will shadow the advance of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery during its tragic charge on June 18, 1864. On your return, you will be walking in the footsteps of the Confederates who attacked Fort Stedman on March 25, 1865. The trail is a half-mile long — about a twenty-minute walk.
Caption to the photograph:
A monument to the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery – shown here surrounded by survivors in 1895.
Location of the marker
The marker is at Stop Five about 70 yards north of the parking area along Colquitt’s Salient Trail.