179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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chapter 15
September 30, 1864
A Cheering Sight David McM. Gregg Elihu Linkletter Looking Left on the Weldon Railroad New Picket Line Poplar Spring Overview Major Roads and Rail Lines Poplar Spring 5PM Poplar Spring 7PM Poplar Spring 1 October Poplar Spring Forts October 8, 1864 Church S.G. Griffin Willcox Staff Western Front
Western Front
September 1864 adapted from Michler for the time frame, with later fortifications and entrenched lines removed. The 179th spent much of the autumn in the forts constructed around Poplar Spring Church at the beginning of October 1864.