[The Other Harry]

If you are a Civil War buff, try to make it up to Petersburg, it is unbelievable.

Interesting that you should add that. I am something of a Civil War buff. I'm maybe at CWB 103 in terms of book-reading and 102 in terms of site-visiting experiences.

Petersburg was nowhere on my list of places to visit. I imagined it (wrongly, evidentally) to currently be bleak and industrial. I'll think again.

[ao98]

If you go to Petersburg make sure to go to Pamplin Hist. park and Nat'l Mus. of the Civil War Soldier. It's 10 miles west of Peterburg on I-85. The Museum recreates what the Civil War soldier went thru.

If your into old plantations, highway 5 along the James river has 4 or 5 old plantations open to tourists, including the homes of 2 presidents. Berkeley plantation is the birthplace of W.H. Harrison and John Tyler's house is nearby.