Richard Eppes
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Richard Eppes was a prominent planter in Prince George County, Virginia and a surgeon in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Eppes is notable for his having kept extensive journ
Richard Eppes at the end of his life.
City Point, Virginia
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City Point was a town in Prince George County, Virginia, United States, that was annexed by the independent city of Hopewell in 1923. It served as headquarters of the Union Army during the siege of Pe
Richard Eppes
…Antebellum South. His Appomattox Manor was used as a base by Union general Ulysses S. Grant during his siege of Petersburg, Virginia. Eppes was born in City Point, Virginia on the estate his father Benjamin Cocke managed for his mother. After his father's death he took his mother's family name. Eppes went to Petersburg…
City Point Docks, Va
The Appomattox Manor
Cabin occupied by General U.S. Grant during the siege
Grant at City Point in 1864 with his wife, Julia, and son Jesse