Welcome to the City of Petersburg Revolutionary War Site.

Long prior to its gaining prominence as a major Civil War siege battleground, our City was a major link in the communications and logistics between the northern and southern theaters of the American Revolutionary War. So much so was Petersburg's importance in that war, that the British army of King George III launched a significant invasion into Virginia in 1781 with Petersburg as its principle target. Herein you will fin information on the Battle of Petersburg, significant historical sites related to the revolution, Petersburg's Living History Program (annual reenactment in April of each year), and Major General William Phillips (the eminent Britsh commander who died and is buried in Petersburg).

The historical information on this site is written by Robert P. Davis, 1SG, USA (Ret). Mr. Davis is a Revolutionary War historian, member of the Company of Military Historians, and the author of "Where a Man Can Go. Major General William Phillips, British Royal Artillery. 1731-1781" Published by the Greenwood Press, Westport CT, 1999. Copies of the book are available at the Petersburg's Tourism Gift Shops.