Well, here's a photograph from south of the Mason-Dixon Line
of a building that was occupied by General Grant for a time. Where is it? (And what's its pre-war history? This is on a spot of substantial importance for decades, I guess really centuries, before the war.)
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Close, Calvin. Tyler's house looks like this (as I recall) and it is along the James. But Owen's got this -- it's Grant's Headquarters at City Point. You can see I guess it's the James in the distant background. This place has been occupied since the middle of the 17th century. It's well worth the short detour off of I-95 next time you're on the road from Petersburg to Richmond.
Could this be President Tyler's home?
Posted by: Calvin Massey | October 26, 2012 at 02:09 PM
I believe that's Appomattox Manor - Grant's Headquarters in the City Point area of Hopewell, Virginia, where the Appomattox meets the James.
Posted by: Owen | October 26, 2012 at 02:23 PM
Close, Calvin. Tyler's house looks like this (as I recall) and it is along the James. But Owen's got this -- it's Grant's Headquarters at City Point. You can see I guess it's the James in the distant background. This place has been occupied since the middle of the 17th century. It's well worth the short detour off of I-95 next time you're on the road from Petersburg to Richmond.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | October 26, 2012 at 03:45 PM