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The Battle of Fredericksburg
On this knoll stood Bernard's Cabins, a small community that in 1860 was home to about three dozen slaves. The complex consisted of three two-room cabins, a stone-lined well, and perhaps two additional buildings. This was only one of several such clusters of slave housing scattered across the 1,800-acre "Mannsfield" estate.The men and women who lived here helped power the most prosperous plantation in the Fredericksburg area. Arthur Bernard's plantation house, "Mannsfield" (1766), stood about a mile east of here (it burned in 1863). During the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg it served as headquarters for three top Union generals - W.B. Franklin, J.F. Reynolds, and W.F. Smith.
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| HM Number | HM4ZD |
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| Placed By | Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park - National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 6:14am PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] JOHN G BERNARD [2] JOHN G BERNARD [3] JOHN G BERNARD [4] JOHN G BERNARD
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 285261 N 4237490 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.25980000, -77.45435000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 15.588', W 77° 27.261' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 15' 35.28" N, 77° 27' 15.66" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 540 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 490 Lansdowne Rd, Fredericksburg VA 22401, US |
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