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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/HM31S_pontoon-bridge-site_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Federals crossed here onPontoon Bridge,Dec 12-13, 1862
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31R_fredericksburg-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
December 11, 1862. The peacetime bridges having been destroyed, engineers of Burnside's Federal Army began laying pontoons across the Rappahannock. Here, overlooking the upper pontoon site, Confederates of Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, sheltere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31O_7th-michigan-volunteer-infantry_Fredericksburg-VA.html
"Dark rolled the Rappahannock's flood,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan, my Michigan;The tide was crimsoned with thy blood,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan, my Michigan;Although for us the day was lost,Yet it shall be our proudest boast,At Fredericksburg o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2XR_here-fredericksburg-began_Fredericksburg-VA.html
the Lease LandJohn Buckner and Thomas RoystonFirst SettlersMay 2nd 1671 ? ? ? A.P.V.A
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U9_irish-brigade_Fredericksburg-VA.html
2nd Brigade, 1st Div., II CorpsArmy of the PotomacWhile posted here in the early morning of Dec. 13, 1862, the men of the Irish Brigade placed sprigs of boxwood in their caps in honor of their Irish heritage. Later in the day, they took part in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U7_the-sentry-box_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late~Georgian~style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental Army, later mayor of Fredericksburg, built the house and named it to reflect his military career. Weedon's wife, Cath…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U6_fall-hill_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On the heights one mile to the west, the home of the Thorntons from about 1736. Francis Thornton 2nd was a Justice, a Burgess 1744-45, and Lieut.-Colonel of his Majesty's militia for Spotsylvania County. He and two of his brothers married three Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2TB_history-at-leeland-station_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Near this spot stood Belle Air, a prominent Stafford County landmark and home of the Fitzhugh and Primmer families. John Fitzhugh first constructed a house here in the mid-eighteenth century, but by 1854, when the property was sold to Abram Primme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2T7_land-for-gods-work_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Placed here in recognitionof Don and JaneGreenawalt'sDonation of thisLand for God's Work