The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, part of

Pamplin Historical Park Pamplin Historical Park is a 424-acre private sector historical park located near Petersburg, Virginia. The park preserves open space near Richmond, Virginia in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and serves the dual use of preserving a significant fragm ...

, is located in

Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority bla ...

. A

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

museum that has won a number of US and international awards and recognition, the museum is ''Duty Called Me Here'' as well as The Civil War Store, The Pamplin Board Room, and the Remembrance Wall. Duty Called Me Here is an exhibit that comprises seven galleries to allow to visitors to meet the 3 million soldiers who served during the Civil War using videos, computers and life-size dioramas, including the multi-sensory battlefield simulation, "Trial By Fire," designed originally by award-winning experience designer

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and the design team BRC Imagination Arts. It is a complement to the Remembrance Wall, which contains the names of those who served during the War. The museum does this without delving into the political issues of which side the soldiers were on. The campus, as well as the museum itself, part of the

Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield The Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield is a historic district in Dinwiddie County, near Petersburg, Virginia. It was the location of the Third Battle of Petersburg, in which the Union Army broke through Confederate Army lines protecting Pete ...

site, where the Union soldiers broke through

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lines in 1865. The campus and museum were created as a means of preserving threatened Civil War history and battlefields. A. Wilson Greene helped develop the museum, serving as executive director from its opening until 2017."Smithsonian Journeys Experts—A. Wilson Greene"
''Smithsonian Journeys'', Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, accesses 27 March 2017.Lange, Chris
"A. Wilson Greene stepping down a quarter century after starting Pamplin Park"
''Progress-Index'', Petersburg, Virginia, 9 April 2017.

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* American Civil War museums in Virginia Museums established in 1999 History museums in Virginia Buildings and structures in Petersburg, Virginia Museums in Petersburg, Virginia Virginia Historic Landmarks 1999 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-museum-stub