Troop 37 Mar 24, Petersburg
Contact: Gary Banks, gbanks@virginia.edu,
434.981.9530.
BSA Tour Permit No. 2007-320-B
As of: 3/22/2007 1:41 PM
- Setup trip
- What: Petersburg Historic Trail, 10 mile day hike
- Purpose/Activities: Navigation, hiking, history
- Petersburg National Battlefield web
site. The siege of Petersburg consisted
of about 19 separate actions between the opening assaults in June, 1864,
and the end of the siege with the battle of Five
Forks and the final assaults in April, 1865. Several of
these actions are related and so are properly treated together. See this link
- Another set of summaries
- Principal
Federal Movements, November 1864 - April 1865
- Hancock's
Movements, 26 - 29 July and the Federal Plan, 30 July 1864
- Movement
to the James River, 6 June 1864
- Siege
of Petersburg, Federal Attacks, 18 June 1864
- Hancock's
Movement and the Capture of Weldon Railroad
- Federal
Movements 29 - 31 March and the Battle of Five Forks, 1 April 1865
- Where: Petersburg
National Battlefield
Park. I-64 east
towards Richmond.
Exit to Va288 just before Short Pump.
Va288 swings south of Richmond
and connects to I-95. Take I-95 South towards Petersburg. From I-95
take the Wythe Street
(Rt. 36 east) exit. Turn onto this one-way road and follow it 2.5 miles
to the park entrance on the right.
- Sleeping: Not applicable
- Dates/Times: We will meet at the church on Saturday at 7:00am
and arrive back at the church Saturday @6:00pm.
- Meals guidance:
Day
hike so bring own lunch and snacks.
- Money: There is a scout patch we can purchase
afterward. $5/vehicle parking.
- Water: Always bring nalgene
bottle filled with water from home. Water filter needed for pulling water
from stream.
- Special items: – The large detailed park map is here. We park at the visitor’s center which
is stop number "1".
- Transportation: We are using personal vehicles. Ms. Flowers and Mr. Banks
- Contact: Gary Banks, gbanks@virginia.edu, 434.981.9530.
- Attendance: See on-line outdoor
tracker for specific patrol and adult attendance information.
- Weather report: Weather
- Parent Permission: Submitting “Parent/Guardian
Permission”.
- The parental permission
form invites updates to the scout's medical history since the medical
form was completed.
- I have a paper version
available on-line to print and
sign. No electronic method
yet – sorry.
- March 19, at Monday night
meeting:
- Have SPL/ASPL set aside time
during meeting for “Patrol Corners” to plan for camping trip. Patrol
leaders should -
- Get list of adults going on
trip. Have patrol member check to see if parents can drive/attend the
outing.
- Any special training needs?
- March 19-23,
Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs:
- Have SPL/ASPL get final
count and names of those attending… if this cannot be done on Monday
night because some Scouts are absent or there is not a Monday meeting, PLs call all
members of their patrol on Tuesday and report totals and names to
SPL/ASPL. The SPL is responsible for calling an adult coordinator by
Wednesday evening with names of Scouts attending to allow time for the
adult coordinator (Gary Banks).
- On Wednesday and Thursday,
adult coordinators call other adults, starting with those who have sons
attending the activity. Gary Banks assigned.
- A BSA Tour Permit should be
prepared and a copy of the Driver/Vehicle Inventory should be faxed to
the Stonewall Jackson Council office in Waynesboro. The fax number is
540.943.6676. The regular phone number is 540.943.6675 in the event of
problems with the fax. Gary Banks assigned.
- March 24, Day of Trip
- SPL/ASPL and PLs verify that everyone is present and properly
equipped (water and food).
- Trip coordinator gets Scouts
on bus or in cars/vans.
- Once on trip supervise but
turn it over to the SPL/ASPL