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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6VY_chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Civil War had entered its third year, and the Army of the Potomac was again on the march. Led by its new commander, "Fighting Joe" Hooker, the 134,000-man Union juggernaut crossed the Rappahannock River beyond Lee's left flank on April 28, 186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NM_opening-of-the-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Following its defeat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac spent the winter in Stafford County. Across the Rappahannock River, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia kept a defensive position that covered a 25-mile s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NK_roads-through-the-battlefield_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Today, much like it was in the nineteenth century, Spotsylvania County contains very few east-west roads. The few that exist, such as Route 3 before you, are heavily used and follow the same routes as their antebellum predecessors.
The first im…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NJ_confederate-defense-turns-to-offense_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Confronted by overwhelming numbers, Confederate forces fell back from Chancellorsville (three and a half miles in front of you) and established a defensive position here on April 30. General Robert E. Lee instructed Richard H. Anderson, who comman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NI_mccarty-farm_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Behind you, on the Orange Turnpike, stood the home of Frances McCarty. In 1860, Frances lived here with three members of her family. She owned 120 acres, three slaves, and scratched out a living as a farmer. Like so many residents of Sptosylvania …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4NH_earthworks_Fredericksburg-VA.html
"We were digging and fortifying all night."Charles E. DeNoon, Mahone's BrigadeCivil War earthworks, sometimes referred to as breastworks, were built in a fashion much different than modern military trenches. Soldiers started at ground level and bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM384_for-all-anguish-for-some-freedom_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Few communities suffered more in the face of war than did Spotsylvania County. For two years armies traversed, occupied, or fought over this ground. Most residents simply tried to stay out of the way; a few left altogether. Virtually every farm in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33T_the-wilderness-of-spotsylvania-county_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The armies fought the Battle of Chancellorsville in the heart of a 70-square-mile region of tangled undergrowth known locally as the Wilderness. This inhospitable terrain added a new dimension of horror to the fighting on May 3. Fires erupted from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33S_civil-war-earthworks_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Federal soldiers of the 12th Corps built these earthworks on May 1, 1863. "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack the following day placed them in Confederate hands. At about 6:00 a.m. on May 3, North Carolinians under William Dorsey Pender and Georgia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZP_union-earthworks_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Men of Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock's division manned the earthworks which are located just inside this woodline. Hancock's troops confronted two Confederate divisions advancing from the south (from your right front) and east as well as the Re…