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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SP8_the-canal-ditch-battlefield-obstacle_Fredericksburg-VA.html
"We were subject to fire from the canal all day."
—A Mississippi soldier describing his experience on December 14, 1862, the day after the battle of Fredericksburg. The Union army would withdraw that night.
On December 12, I862,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SP6_a-once-promising-canal-becomes-a-raceway_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Beginning in 1829, the Rappahannock Company constructed a series of dams and canals along the river, to transport bulk cargo. Gold had been found in Spotsylvania County in 1806 and a canal could bring heavy equipment and other materials to the are…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SP5_confederate-defenses-in-december-1862_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In December 1862, General Robert E. Lee deployed his Confederate army along a series of hills around the town of Fredericksburg. In front of you is Fall Hill, which anchored the Confederate line at the Rappahannock River. Brigadier General Cadmus …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RGP_chancellorsville-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
May 3-6, 1863. About noon on May 3, Hooker's army fell back to a new position covering the roads to Ely's and United States fords. With the center here, the right of his line rested on the Rapidan and the left on the Rappahannock. On May 4, Hooker…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RGO_chancellorsville-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
May 3-6, 1863. The Confederate trench remains crossing the Bullock Road at this point mark a line held by "Stonewall" Jackson's Corps after the severe fighting of May 3. Jackson's forces, now commanded by "Jeb" Stuart, held Hoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RGM_fredericksburg-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
December 13, 1862. About 100 yards to the south Georgia's Gen. T.R.R. Cobb fell mortally within sight of his mother's girlhood home. He died at the roadside dwelling of Mrs. Martha Stevens, who remained all during the battle to aid the Confederate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RGL_sunken-road_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This photograph was taken shortly after the Confederates in the foreground were killed on May 3, 1863. This graphic depiction of the human debris of battle is one of the most revealing post-battle photos from the Civil War years, because it was ta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RG6_chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1816, an innkeeper named George Chancellor announced that his "large and commodious" roadside inn, named Chancellorsville, was open. By the 1860's the inn had gone out of operation, as central Virginia became a vast battleground. Head…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RG3_chancellorsville-home-of-mrs-sanford-chancellor_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In the spring of 1863, Chancellorsville was the home of Mrs. Sanford Chancellor and seven of her children. The old inn hosted a steady flow of Southern military men as soldiers and officers from Lee's army stopped to pay their compliments to Mrs. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QPS_shiloh-baptist-cemetery_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Burial grounds of Shiloh Baptist (Old Site & New Site) and Mount Zion Churches.
Joseph F. Walker and Jason C. Grant are buried here.
The separate marker, above this one, states:
Gates presented by Ever Ready Club, Shiloh, Old Site Church, May…