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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4I7_a-vibrant-but-segregated-community_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In the aftermath of the Civil War, numerous former slaves came to Fredericksburg where there was already an established free black community. Many freedmen took work as laborers and servants. Others brought artisan skills they had practiced in sla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4HW_shiloh-baptist-church-new-site_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1886, the African Baptist Church, on Sophia Street, sustained serious flood damage. The congregation purchased a new site on higher ground, but a clouded deed delayed construction. In the interim, approximately half of the members decided to re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4E9_a-navigation-canal-becomes-a-raceway_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Rappahannock Navigation system provided a means to transport bulk cargo between Fredericksburg and upriver farms and mines. In 1829, with financial assistance from Virginia's Board for Public Works, the Rappahannock Company began construction …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DH_civil-war-defenses_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In December of 1862, with a Federal attack imminent, General Robert E. Lee deployed his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia along a series of hills around the town of Fredericksburg. Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox and his Alabama brigade too…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM446_lest-we-forget_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In memory of thosefrom Stafford Countywho served duringthe Civil War"Lest We Forget"
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/HM382_bernards-cabin-trail_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This mile-long trail leads to the site of Bernard's Cabins. On the eve of the Civil War, these cabins (now gone) were home to as many as thirty-five slaves. During the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederates turned the terrain surrounding the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37J_auction-block_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Fredericksburg's Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM35M_fredericksburg-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
December 13, 1862. This highway, the Old Richmond Stage Road, here passes wartime Smithfield, now the Fredericksburg Country Club. Out of the ravine alongside the present golf links (your left front), Meade's Division emerged to form lines of batt…
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…