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Battlefields layer

Chesterfield GIS County

Updated Nov 3, 2026

About this dataset

Polygon Feature Class of American Battlefield Protection Program Study Sites in Chesterfield County, VA. There are five battlefields under this program: Port Walthall Junction, May 6th,7th 1864; Swift Creek, May 9th, 1864; Chester Station, May 10th 1864; Proctors Creek (2nd Drewrys Bluff) May 16th 1864; and Ware Bottom Church, May 20th 1864.

These sites are 5 of 360 sites deemed most important to the impact of the Civil War. Federal matching grants are available thru the American Battlefield Protection Program administered by the National Park Service.

Created by Chesterfield County GIS from the National Park Service in the American Civil War Battlefield Protection Areas around 1993.

Data and resources (11)

Prototype by Datopian · not an official government website · data from data.virginia.gov