Virtual Tour by Markers of the Bullock House Site. Use the “First >>” button above to see these markers in sequence.| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Union Lifeline | | | On April 30, 1863, Gen. George G. Meade's Union Fifth Corps advanced along this road toward Chancellorsville. As Meade's troops approached, Confederates on the Bullock Farm briefly resisted them, then disappeared into the woods to spread word of the Union advance. For the next three days the armies would grapple beyond the Chancellorsville crossroads, one mile to your right. Throughout the battle fresh troops arrived along this road, until more than 90,000 Federals crowded the battlefield. On . . . — Map (db m3690) | | Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Hooker's Final Bastion | | | The low earthworks opposite are the apex of the final Union line at Chancellorsville. After suffering defeat in the massive fighting on May 3, Hooker's army started digging. The result: a powerful, U-shaped line six miles long supported by 100 cannons, and made of "logs, knapsacks, dead horses, limber-chests and whatever came to hand." For two days Federal troops quietly held these works. Despite the strength of the Union line, and despite having just 35,000 men on hand for action, Lee decided . . . — Map (db m3691) | | Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Apex of Hooker’s Last Line | | | Earthworks to your right rear mark the apex of Hooker's last line of defense. The Federals retreated to this position late in the morning of May 3, guarding the roads to Ely's and United States Fords. The defensive minded Union commander sat virtually idle in his stronghold while Lee dispatched reinforcements to outgunned Confederates at Salem Church, seven miles east. Early on the afternoon of May 4, Union general Amiel W. Whipple fell mortally wounded while inspecting earthworks on the skirmish line in a field in front of this spot. — Map (db m3695) | | Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Lives Transformed | | | In 1860, Oscar Bullock and his wife, Catharine, lived in a modest two-and-one-half-story white frame house on this site. With them lived their two infant children and Catharine's 16-year-old brother, David Kyle (who would serve as a guide to Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville). A family of five slaves lived in a house nearby. They worked for the Bullocks, tilling the fields, gathering crops, and tending the livestock. The war brought devastation to the Bullocks - as it did . . . — Map (db m3697) |
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