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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6C_bridgewater-mills_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On the site formerly stood office and warehouse of theBridgewater Mills1822 - 1908
Operated by members of the Ficklen family, this concern's flour won first prize at the world's first international exposition held at Paris, France in 1878. In the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G65_the-booth-house_Fredericksburg-VA.html
American Gothic ...attributed to architect James Renwick who designed the Fredericksburg Courthouse.
When built this middle class property comprised 1/4 of the present city block and contained enough pasture for one COW. House had no indoor toilet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G01_shelton-cottage_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This cottage is an example of an 18th century working man's home and was named for the family that owned it for several generations. A unique feature of the cottage is a central fireplace, more commonly seen in New England.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G00_civil-war-observation-balloon-site_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This site, once part of the Phillips property and occupied by the Union Army in the winter of 1862-1863 became the launch site for Aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe reconnaissance balloons. The tethered balloon Eagle with General Edwin Sumner's staff officer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZZ_patawomeck-people-at-belle-plains_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Creek provided fish for centuries for the Patawomeck people who in turn taught the colonists to fish to survive, to plant vegetables hitherto unknown to the English and to hunt in the forests. A surviving remnant of the Patawomeck became comme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRK_first-day-at-chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Rebel Band plays in the distance a triumphant air, as if to mock the sorrow of my heart. — Friedrich Emil Grossman, USA
As the sun dipped below the horizon in front of them, Confederate generals disagreed on whether to advance to seiz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRJ_first-day-at-chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
They tore up five of our sheets and about 12 dresses and undergarments into strips for bandage. — Harriet McGee
Union Surgeon John Shaw Billings moved his field hospital to the relative safety of Absalom McGee's house, which stood on this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRI_first-day-at-chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The shell(s) fell pretty thick around me at first but that soon stopped and I went on operating." — Surgeon John Shaw Billings
As the Union army fell back, the structures atop this ridge made convenient targets for Confederate gunners. One…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRH_first-day-at-chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Civil War in Spotsylvania County is steeped in McGee family history. Reuben McGee, the patriarch, lived behind you on the opposite side of Lick Run. Among Reuben McGee's five sons were one ardent Confederate (Reuben McGee, Jr.), two Southern a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRB_first-day-at-chancellorsville_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Among the Union troops facing the closing grip of Confederate forces were the experienced veterans of the 5th New York Infantry and the novice soldiers of the 146th New York Infantry. The Confederates, however, did not discriminate between "g…