White Oak Road • Tour the Battlefield • The Armies • Battle Maps
The Civil War Trust has preserved part of the White Oak Road battlefield and has developed a 2/3 mile walking trail.The parking area for the trail is about 1.7 miles west of Boydton Plank Road and 4.4 miles east of Five Forks. (37°09’07.2″N 77°32’58.2″W; map)
Six interpretive markers along the trail used to tell the story of the battle. They became badly deteriorated and have been removed. The markers are shown here for historical information.
Click on the map or the menu below to see the former wayside markers.
Wayside markers formerly along the White Oak Road battlefield trail (in order):
Four Years of War
Battle of Lewis Farm
Moving Into Position
March 31, 1865
The Union Counterattack
Breaking the Line
Text from the former marker at the parking area:
Welcome to the Civil War Preservation Trust’s White Oak Road Battlefield! The battlefield walking trail is a two-thirds-of-a-mile path that takes you past six wayside signs interpreting the 1865 battle, the remains of the Confederate earthworks, and two well preserved gun emplacements. Allow one hour to walk this trail.
The trail has a hard-packed walking surface; please do not stray from this trail. Beware of ticks and snakes that thrive in the woods surrounding the trail. Please stay off the earthworks to preserve them for future visitors.
Most importantly, please enjoy your time in these beautiful woods and reflect that this experience would have been significantly different if this land had been paved over to build a shopping mall or subdivision. To help CWPT preserve other battlefields like White Oak Road, please call 1-888-606-1400.
The Roller-Bottimore Foundation generously contributed to interpretation at CWPT’s Petersburg-area battlefields.
Help Preserve Battlefields, Call CWPT at 1-888-606-1403. www.civilwar.org
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Location of the parking area for the White Oak Road battlefield trail
The White Oak Road battlefield is about ten miles southwest Petersburg, Virginia in the woods between White Oak Road and Boydton Plank Road. The Civil War Trust’s White Oak Road battlefield trail parking area is on White Oak Road at the intersection with Claiborne Road, about 1.7 miles west of Boydton Plank Road (US 1) and 4.4 miles east of Five Forks.