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http://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/501/ff82.htm#28

"Early in the afternoon of the 30th Sept, we rec'd orders, and marched from the vicinity of Petersburg along the Boydton Plank Road some three (3) miles and formed line of battle in a line of works on "Jones' farm" six hundred (600) yds S.W. of "Jones' House" with a small ravine intervening. ---" from report of Captain G. G. Holland, commanding 28th North Carolina regiment.

From the rest of the account, the Confederates drove the Federals back a mile and a quarter before falling back in the dark to the Jones Farm line. The next morning they marched back out to "Pegram's House" which had been their farthest point of advance the day before. They remained there for a day and then withdrew into their main works at Petersburg.

The Confederate dead would have been buried by the Confederates near the place where they fell, if at all. Picking up on Randy's point, I would look for a nearby churchyard and cemetery.

Since this location is in the vicinity of Pamplin Park, I would contact their historical staff for more detailed information of the area. http://www.pamplinpark.org/mainmenu.html

Post war collection of the Union and Confederate dead may have been done. The Federals would have been reinterred in a nearby National Cemetery. Old Blandford Church at Petersburg is the location of a large Confederate burial site related to the siege of Petersburg.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacpeter/cemetery/blandfd1.htm

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