The fort's garrison, commanded by Captain S. Taylor Martin, of the Virginia Artillery, receive special commendation from Major General George E. Pickett, the commander of the Petersburg defenses.
Fort Clifton was evacuated on April 2, 1865, one week before Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
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The Perry Adams Antiques offered a Confederate 32 lb. solid shot excavated at Fort Clifton, Va., on the Appomattox River north of Petersburg for $175.
According to the site, this was excavated by a long-time relic hunter near Fort Clifton, now a city park in Colonial Heights, Virginia.
The fort was designed by the famed Confederate engineer Captain Charles H. Dimmock and completed in early 1864. Its purpose was to stop Union incursions along the Appomattox River.
--Old B-Runner
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