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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5D0_the-confederate-line_Fredericksburg-VA.html
You are now standing beside the Sunken Road, part of a heavily used 19th-century road system that linked Washington, D.C. and Richmond. In 1862, Confederate riflemen fired from the road upon line after line of Union troops advancing across open fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CR_the-union-attacks-begin_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1862 the ground in front of you was an open plain stretching from here to the outskirts of Fredericksburg, one-half mile away. As Union troops left the town to attack Marye's Heights, they had to break ranks to cross a canal ditch, then knock d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZG_gen-stonewall-jackson_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Gen. Stonewall Jackson, by Gen. Lee's request, on this corner, planned the Battle of Fredericksburg.Nov. 27, 1862. U.D.C
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZF_engines-of-destruction_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On December 13, 1862, nine Confederate cannon on this knoll helped repulse one of two major Union attacks against Jackson's front. At noon, Union infantry crashed into the Confederate infantry line to your right-front. Captain Greenlee Davidson's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZD_bernards-cabins_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On this knoll stood Bernard's Cabins, a small community that in 1860 was home to about three dozen slaves. The complex consisted of three two-room cabins, a stone-lined well, and perhaps two additional buildings. This was only one of several such …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R3_embrey-dam_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1909-10, the Fredericksburg Water Power Company constructed the Embrey Dam and its power plant on Caroline Street, for the express purpose of generating electric power. The increasing number of uses for this emerging technology encouraged such …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R0_encounter-at-the-fall-line_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In August of 1608, Captain John Smith and his crew explored the lower Rappahannock from the Chesapeake Bay to a point just upstream from this location. Soon after landing, the group was attacked by Mannahoack Indians, a Siouan people who were gath…
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 …