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In 1774, St. George's Parish purchased the land around you for a cemetery. Following the American Revolution and disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia, the Fredericksburg government appropriated this land for a public burying ground.…
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"If possible before the battle I will try to be better posted about the rebble armey."- Local spy Isaac Silver
Both armies employed soldiers as spies or scouts, but some of the most valuable information came from local civilians. The Chancellor…
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"We were in a perfect jungle of rank vines and undergrowth."- Col. A. J. McBride, 10th Georgia Infantry, CSA
Few Civil War sites evoke such indelible, mental images as the Wilderness. Densely forested and dark, fighting in the Wilderness of Spo…
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The enemy were in force in my immediate front... the country was favorable for a flank attack."- Gen. Lafayette McLaws
"Flanked!" one of the most feared words in any army. It meant that the enemy positioned upon the end of your line could fire …
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"The advance was irresistible... in a few minutes the brigade occupied the crest of the hill."-Union brigade commander Col. Sidney Burbank
You now stand at the farthest point of the Union infantry advance on May 1. From here, Federal troops pou…
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"On the first day of the Chancellorsville fight...[our] farm was between our and the enemy's lines of battle."-James H. Leitch, farmer.
The Battle of Chancellorsville started here - amid the homes of families living along the Orange Turnpike. O…
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"The battle of Chancellorsville was lost right there."- Union Staff Officer.
Here, in a few hours on the afternoon of May 1, 1863, the Chancellorsville Campaign took a dramatic turn. Just a day earlier, Union Gen. Joseph Hooker had congratulate…
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"May God have mercy on General Lee for I will have none."-Gen. Joseph Hooker, U.S. Army
On May 1, 1863, the head of Union Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac arrived on these fields, apparently completing one of the most successful and ela…
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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…
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Here Sheridan, moving from camp, came into the Telegraph Road on his raid to Richmond, May 9, 1864, while Lee and Grant were fighting at Spotsylvania. The 10,000 Union Cavalry filled the road for several miles. Turning from the road ten miles sout…