Posts Tagged With: Civil War

Pictured is Fredericksburg National Cemetery viewed from the road
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, Civil War, Parks
March 25, 2018
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Fredericksburg National Cemetery

Inscription: Approximately 20,000 soldiers died in this region during the Civil War, their remains scattered throughout the countryside in shallow,…

Pictured here is Fredericksburg United Methodist Church
Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, All Markers, 20th Century, African American History, Buildings, Civil War, Churches
March 31, 2018
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Fredericksburg United Methodist Church

  Inscription: This church sanctuary was built in 1882, the fifth building to be used by the congregation, and the…

Pictured here is the old Fredericksburg National Bank--now the restaurant Foode
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, African American History, Buildings, Civil War
March 31, 2018
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“Hostages”

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

Pictured here is the view up Hanover Street towards Marye's Heights.
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, Civil War
April 3, 2018
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Marye’s Heights

Inscription: A Northern photographer took this picture of Marye’s Heights in May 1864, setting up his camera in front of…

Pictured here is the Ravaged Town State Marker
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, Civil War
April 10, 2018
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Ravaged Town

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