The Siege of Petersburg, also known as the Richmond-Petersburg campaign, was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War.0 The siege began on June 15, 1864, with the Union Army’s attack on Confederate earthworks east of the city, and ended with the withdrawal of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia from Petersburg and Richmond by early morning on April 2, 1865. The citizens of Petersburg endured daily Union artillery bombardment and scarce food and other necessities for 292 days, just as the Confederate soldiers defending the city had to. During the siege, 70,000 soldiers became casualties in an event considered to be a precursor to World War I.
I always give a day or 2 play bc the scriptwriters may not want to appear so obvious, one day forward and one day backward would be June 16, or 6/16, or 666. April 2 moved one day would be April 1, April Fools Day. The dates are usually a code.
Casualties
Flip through the slide show and let me know if you notice anything… All the corpses are single bodies with barely any, if any at all, blood and or flesh wounds.
Within ten minutes, 632 men lay dead or wounded on the field. It is the largest regimental loss of the entire Civil War.
Repopulation
… Assuming they’re all real wagons, which I doubt, most likely photoshopped
Hanging of Willy Johnson
“On June 20, 1864, Private William Johnson, 23rd USCT, was hanged, although the execution is not included in the List of US Soldiers Executed by US Military Authorities during the Late War that was produced in 1885. According to a Harper’s Weekly article, dated July 9, 1864, the facts known about Private Johnson were that he deserted and…”attempted to commit an outrage on a white woman at Cold Harbor. Considerable importance was given to the affair, in order that the example might be made more effective. Johnson confessed his guilt and was executed within the outer breastworks about Petersburg on an elevation, and in plain view of the enemy. A white flag covered the ceremony.”
Civil War photo historian William Frassanito discovered that two different photographers took four photographs of Johnson’s execution and sold the images to the public. While working for Alexander Gardner, Timothy O’Sullivan produced two stereoscopic images entitled “The execution of William Johnson, Jordan’s Farm, Petersburg, June 20, 1864,” and Mathew Brady’s studio is credited with taking the other two known photographs of the hanging.”
This is officially the panorama but if you look at the close-ups theres trees right nearby.
Hollywood
Birth of a Nation is the notorious famous movie that sparked the revival of the KKK, which tells me the two were complimentary. There never was a first time, stuff like that is made up to give things an appearence of history. A fake background, like the Olympics. Part of the storyline is two soldiers on opposing sides during the war put their struggles aside and unite under the banner of Patriotism, their common enemy is the Darkie. Racism is inserted since the beginning but its important to comprehend the significance that there never was any transatlantic slave trade. The Reset Class gave both animosity and self-guiltshame and strawman enemies so He could operate in the shadows pulling the strings of each…
Before I digress I would like to comment on the ‘coincidence’ that a Black man was lynched for groping a White woman, even though his official charges were desertation the history books say he accosted a Miss Honky.
Guess where the battle was that brought the two brothers together? Thats right, Petersburg. Even though the film was shot in the desert above L.A. there are echo’s in the narratives that indicate this was part of a long term project. Even the watchtower vantage point thats the large image in the Mudflood segment below seems like the place was a usful spot to set up a film crew.
Trains
Petersburg was a strategic and logistical important center of operations bc of the 5 railroads that intersected here. The RR were already in a state of disrepair.
City Point Railroad
Richmond & Petersburg Railroad
South Side Railroad
United States Military Railroad
Weldon Railroad
Petersburg RR bridge is right, looking from the Richmond side.
Mudflood
Structural Damage
