May 25, 2001 • Page Image 71
…\‘‘.ittitt.;-;:z.#0,..t. y WE MAKE HAPPY MEMORIES AT ABETIER PRICE American history, at the appropriately named Siege Museum in Olde Towne Petersburg, on the Appomattox River, 30 miles south of the Confederate capital, Richmond. Built in 1839 as a commodities market and later serving as a bank, the museum details how the residents' lav- ish, pre-Civil War lifestyle gave way to a bitter struggle for survival as Grant fought to dislodge Gen. ...…

















































