The Historic Petersburg Foundation and Petersburg Department of  
Tourism will sponsor a talk on Tuesday, June 8 at 7pm at the Union  
Train Station, 103 River Street in Petersburg on Fort Clifton.  The  
speaker is David Malgee who is a local historian and has written copy  
for five Virginia Historical Highway Markers, as well as several Civil  
War markers.  He has also written on the history of Colonial Heights  
and Fort Clifton.  The fort is in Colonial Heights.
According to the press release, despite its obscurity, Fort Clifton  
played a pivotal role in three Civil War campaigns, the 1862 Peninsula  
Campaign, the 1864 Bermuda Hundred Campaign, and the 1864-65 Siege of  
Petersburg.
The talk is free and open to the public.  The contact for this is  
Michelle Olgers at (804) 304-4200.
Alyson L. Taylor-White
804-920-2783

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