19th Century Category

Pictured here is the Ravaged Town State Marker
April 10, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Ravaged Town

Inscription:  Fredericksburg had enjoyed more than a century of comfortable prosperity by 1860. Although its economic heydey was past, the…

Picture of the Sentry Box and street
April 17, 2018
by Jay Gaddie

The Sentry Box

Inscription: “The Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late~Georgian~style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental…

Pictured here is Shiloh Church (new Site)
April 16, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Shiloh Baptist Church (New Site)

Inscription:  In 1886, the African Baptist Church, on Sophia Street, sustained serious flood damage. The congregation purchased a new site…

Pictured is the Shiloh Church (Old Site) building
April 16, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site)

  Inscription: Former slaves, as well as free blacks, realized that education was critical to African-American aspirations. Immediately after the…

pictured here is the wall alongside sunken road trail
April 17, 2018
by Jay Gaddie

The Sunken Road

Inscription: “This photograph was taken shortly after the Confederates in the foreground were killed on May 3, 1863. This graphic…

Pictured here is the To the Confederate Dead Monument with a view of the Confederate Cemetery
April 19, 2018
by Jay Gaddie

To The Confederate Dead

Inscription: “In honor of Confederate Soldiers who died in Fredericksburg Oct 1861 through Mar 1862 and buried in Barton St.…