All Markers Category

Picture of the Heights at Smith Run plaque
April 23, 2018
by Jay Gaddie

The Heights at Smith Run

Inscription: From May 1-3, 1863 Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson fought a powerful federal army to a standstill…

Pictured here is the old Fredericksburg National Bank--now the restaurant Foode
March 31, 2018
by Lakelyn Wiley

“Hostages”

Inscription: In the summer of 1862, Confederate authorities imprisoned four Union men from Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. The arrested Unionists…

Pictured here is a portrait of Hugh Mercer
March 30, 2018
by Lakelyn Wiley

Hugh Mercer

Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Hugh Mercer, Brigadier-General in the Army of The United States; He died on the…

Pictured here is the Kenmore viewed from the gate
April 1, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Kenmore

Inscription:  Four blocks west stands Kenmore, built in 1775 by Col. Fielding Lewis for his wife, Betty, sister of George…

Picture of the side of the Lewis Store
April 23, 2018
by Jay Gaddie

The Lewis Store

Inscription:  Councilor John Lewis (1694-1754) of Warner Hall in Gloucester County purchased 406 ac. at Fredericksburg’s northern edge in 1742…

pictured here is the Liberty Town mural
April 18, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Liberty Town

Inscription:  This small community laid out on the edge of town in 1812, greeted overland travelers with a wagon yard,…