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Battery 45 was part of the Dimmock Line of fortifications that was built in a semicircular ring around Petersburg between August of 1862 until March of 1863. The battery strengthened a small bulge that extended south from the line.
Battery 45 was renamed Fort Lee during the Siege. It was successfully held during the breakthrough on April 2, 1864, and was evecuated that night when Lee’s Army pulled out of Petersburg.
Text from the monument
Battery 45
Salient of Confederate Line
Siege of Petersburg
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Erected Apr. 2, 1914
By A.P. Hill Camp S.C.V.
Location of the monument
The Battery 45 Monument is on the north side of Boydton Plank Road 1/2 mile west of the Squirrel Level Road interchage with I-85. (37° 11.987′ N, 77° 26.126′ W)
- It is 1.16 miles east along Boydton Plank Road from Stop Four, the last stop on the Petersburg Western Front Auto Tour.
- It is less than 100 yards west along Boydton Plank Road from the Cottage Farm S43 Virginia Historic Marker.
- It is about 1/2 mile east along Boydton Plank Road from the Rohoic Dam Monument.