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By Craig Swain, November 10, 2007
The Wellford House Tour Stop
RANKED BY RELEVANCE, THEN GEOGRAPHICALLY
1 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Ordeal of the WellfordsThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
In December 1862 the Wellford family fled Fredericksburg to escape the ravages of battle. Five months later war found them again - here, in a commodious brick home that stood in the field in front of you. On April 30, Union troops arrived. "About . . . Map (db m3919) HM

2 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — ChancellorsvilleThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
The Civil War had entered its third year, and the Army of the Potomac was again on the march. Led by its new commander, "Fighting Joe" Hooker, the 134,000-man Union juggernaut crossed the Rappahannock River beyond Lee's left flank on April 28, . . . Map (db m155612) HM

3 Florida, Marion County, Ocala — ChancellorsvilleMay 1863 — Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial Park —
Chancellorsville May 1863 Casualties U.S.A…..17,300 C.S.A…..12,000 Sponsored by: Friends and Visitors to the Park Map (db m198063) WM
4 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — J-40 — Battle of Chancellorsville
Hooker reached this point, April 30, 1863; Next day he entrenched, with his left wing on the river and his right wing on this road several miles west. That wing was surprised by Jackson and driven back here, May 2. The Confederates stormed the . . . Map (db m3511) HM
5 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Battle of Chancellorsville Reported permanently removed
On May 2-3, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee defeated the Army of the Potomac under Hooker on this field. “Stonewall” Jackson, Lee’s great lieutenant was mortally wounded in the flank attack on Hooker’s right which resulted in victory . . . Map (db m14514) HM
6 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville
In 1816, an innkeeper named George Chancellor announced that his “large and commodious” roadside inn, named Chancellorsville, was open. By the 1860’s the inn had gone out of operation, as central Virginia became a vast battleground. Headquarters for . . . Map (db m159169) HM
7 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — ChancellorsvilleMay 3, 1863
Following “Stonewall Jackson’s” successful flank attack and his subsequent wounding on the night of May 2nd, Lee appointed Major General “Jeb” Stuart to command Jackson’s Corps. Faced with an imminent threat from the direction of . . . Map (db m79637) HM
8 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Campaign
April 10 - May 3, 1863. These trenches were part of Hooker's original line. On May 2, Couch's II Corps skirmishers, under command of Col. Nelson A. Miles, beat off repeated Confederate attacks launched to draw attention from Jackson's flanking . . . Map (db m159157) HM
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9 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Campaign
April 10 - May 3, 1863. These trenches were part of Hooker's original line. On May 2, Couch's II Corps skirmishers, under command of Col. Nelson A. Miles, beat off repeated Confederate attacks launched to draw attention from Jackson's flanking . . . Map (db m159158) HM
10 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Campaign
Early on May 3, 1863, elements of Howard's battered XI Corps retired to this vicinity. As the battle swirled around the Chancellorsville crossroads, one mile to the southwest. Howard's men hastily dug and constructed lines of rifle pits and . . . Map (db m126607) HM
11 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville CampaignLee’s Greatest Victory
After the Union defeat at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln replaced Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside in January 1863 with the aggressive Gen. Joseph Hooker. At the end of April, Hooker sent most of the Army of the Potomac . . . Map (db m181506) HM
12 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville CampaignHooker vs. Lee
"May God have mercy on General Lee for I will have none." -Gen. Joseph Hooker, U.S. Army On May 1, 1863, the head of Union Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac arrived on these fields, apparently completing one of the most successful and . . . Map (db m181507) HM
13 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Campaign
Federal earthworks we’re erected here along the Mineral Spring Road on May 2, 1863. They anchored on the Rappahannock River to the northeast and extended to the southwest apex on Ely’s Ford Road. This line was backed up by a second and third line of . . . Map (db m192277) HM
14 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Campaign
By May 5, 1863, Union General Joseph Hooker knew that he had lost the Battle of Chancellorsville and faced the necessity of retreating across the Rappahannock. Troops of the Federal Fifth Corps dug trenches that stretched a mile on either side of . . . Map (db m192279) HM
15 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1-3, 1863. "Our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his entrenchments and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." With these words, "Fighting Joe" Hooker, on May 1, started toward the rear . . . Map (db m3559) HM
16 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Clearing
Vicious fighting surged back and forth across this large clearing on the morning of May 3. From here, you can clearly see the two key Union positions; Fairview, to your right front near the brick wall of the Chancellor Cemetery; and the . . . Map (db m3785) HM
17 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville Home of Mrs. Sanford Chancellor
In the spring of 1863, Chancellorsville was the home of Mrs. Sanford Chancellor and seven of her children. The old inn hosted a steady flow of Southern military men as soldiers and officers from Lee’s army stopped to pay their compliments to Mrs. . . . Map (db m159165) HM
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18 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleThe Enemy Within
"If possible before the battle I will try to be better posted about the rebble armey." - Local spy Isaac Silver Both armies employed soldiers as spies or scouts, but some of the most valuable information came from local civilians. The . . . Map (db m158926) HM
19 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleSafer Ground
Among the Union troops facing the closing grip of Confederate forces were the experienced veterans of the 5th New York Infantry and the novice soldiers of the 146th New York Infantry. The Confederates, however, did not discriminate between “green” . . . Map (db m158939) HM
20 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleMcGee Family: Divided Loyalties
The Civil War in Spotsylvania County is steeped in McGee family history. Reuben McGee, the patriarch, lived behind you on the opposite side of Lick Run. Among Reuben McGee's five sons were one ardent Confederate (Reuben McGee, Jr.), two Southern . . . Map (db m75954) HM
21 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleA Dangerous Field Hospital
The shell(s) fell pretty thick around me at first but that soon stopped and I went on operating." — Surgeon John Shaw Billings As the Union army fell back, the structures atop this ridge made convenient targets for Confederate . . . Map (db m75955) HM
22 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleAbsalom McGee House
They tore up five of our sheets and about 12 dresses and undergarments into strips for bandage. — Harriet McGee Union Surgeon John Shaw Billings moved his field hospital to the relative safety of Absalom McGee's house, which stood on . . . Map (db m75956) HM
23 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleThe End of the First Day
The Rebel Band plays in the distance a triumphant air, as if to mock the sorrow of my heart. — Friedrich Emil Grossman, USA As the sun dipped below the horizon in front of them, Confederate generals disagreed on whether to advance to . . . Map (db m75957) HM
24 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleDifficult Country
"We were in a perfect jungle of rank vines and undergrowth." - Col. A. J. McBride, 10th Georgia Infantry, CSA Few Civil War sites evoke such indelible, mental images as the Wilderness. Densely forested and dark, fighting in the Wilderness of . . . Map (db m158884) HM
25 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleNot Just Armies
"On the first day of the Chancellorsville fight...[our] farm was between our and the enemy's lines of battle." -James H. Leitch, farmer. The Battle of Chancellorsville started here - amid the homes of families living along the Orange . . . Map (db m158920) HM
26 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvillePivot Point of a Campaign
"The battle of Chancellorsville was lost right there." - Union Staff Officer. Here, in a few hours on the afternoon of May 1, 1863, the Chancellorsville Campaign took a dramatic turn. Just a day earlier, Union Gen. Joseph Hooker had . . . Map (db m11419) HM
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27 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleThe Union Attack
"The advance was irresistible... in a few minutes the brigade occupied the crest of the hill." -Union brigade commander Col. Sidney Burbank You now stand at the farthest point of the Union infantry advance on May 1. From here, Federal troops . . . Map (db m11421) HM
28 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleThe Confederate Flank Attack
The enemy were in force in my immediate front... the country was favorable for a flank attack." - Gen. Lafayette McLaws "Flanked!" one of the most feared words in any army. It meant that the enemy positioned upon the end of your line could . . . Map (db m11425) HM
29 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — First Day at ChancellorsvilleRetreat Over Mott's Run
"The road, the woods, and fields on either side, over which the enemy retired, were strewn with knapsacks, blankets, overcoats, and many other valuable articles." - Gen. Paul Semmes, CSA Union Gen. George Sykes, simultaneously flanked out of . . . Map (db m11431) HM
30 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — E-118 — The Chancellorsville Campaign
While General Robert E. Lee engaged the Union army at Chancellorsville, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early confronted a smaller Union force led by Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick at Fredericksburg. On 3 May 1863, Sedgwick overran Early’s lines at Marye’s . . . Map (db m137175) HM
31 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — The Chancellorsville IntersectionThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
The intersection in front of you was the focal point of the Chancellorsville Battlefield. From here roads radiated in five directions. Four of them are visible; the fifth, River Road, lies just beyond the trees to your left. From this . . . Map (db m3800) HM
32 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — The First Day at ChancellorsvilleLee Seizes the Initiative
You are standing where the Battle of Chancellorsville began. On May 1, 1863, Union Gen. Joseph Hooker ordered three columns to advance eastward on three roads: the River Road a mile to your left, the Plank Road a mile to your right, and the Orange . . . Map (db m3633) HM
33 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2-3, 1863. In this vicinity, holding Hooker's original center, Slocum's Corps curved northwestward (reader's right rear) to form an interior line behind Howard's Corps. When Jackson smashed Howard, Slocum's western line fell also. The rest of . . . Map (db m3645) HM
34 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2-3, 1863. Units of Slocum's Federal XII Corps held this line. Its left extended a little beyond the Orange Plank Road (reader's left) where it connected with the right of Couch's II Corps. A mile to the southeast the Orange Plank Road . . . Map (db m3646) HM
35 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Shortly after noon, Sickles’ Corps advanced from the Union right-center to attack the "retreating" Confederates. Posey's and Wright's brigades, part of Lee's holding line, met the advance. A rear guard from Jackson's marching column . . . Map (db m3599) HM
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36 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 3, 1863 - Battle cries break the stillness of the dawn as 25,000 Confederate soldiers move up through the dark woods on both sides of the Plank Road to attack the Union position guarding Fairview heights, 800 yards to the east. Leading them in . . . Map (db m3606) HM
37 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
April 27-May 6, 1863. Leaving a large detachment under Sedgwick in front of Fredericksburg, Hooker marched a flanking column around and behind the Confederates. Lee then left a small unit to face Sedgwick and advanced westward to meet Hooker. . . . Map (db m3517) HM
38 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
Just ahead is the crossing of the Orange Plank Road, a mid-nineteenth century trade route from the mountains to the navigable Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. Loaded wagons had the right-of-way on the planking, which covered half the roadbed. . . . Map (db m3552) HM
39 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
Jackson's marching soldiers filled this narrow road from shoulder to shoulder making it slow and tedious work for any mounted officer to pass along the column. One of Stonewall's aides, Captain James Power Smith, attempted to catch up to the General . . . Map (db m3920) HM
40 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
Jackson's most direct route toward the enemy's flank lay in the right turn onto the Brock Road here. Instead of following that route he turned left, or southward, proceeded a quarter of a mile, and then turned right into a parallel woods road. This . . . Map (db m3921) HM
41 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Deluding the enemy was the secret of Jackson's success. Since his troops had been observed from Federal signal stations as they marched across the front of Hooker's army, he turned them south on the Brock Road to create the impression . . . Map (db m3927) HM
42 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
If a balloonist had been high overhead, Jackson's column might have resembled a huge serpent as it wound through the forest. Closer up, it became thousands of marchers in worn battle dress. From this point, they stretched back about six miles to the . . . Map (db m3929) HM
43 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Hour by hour, the long gray columns of Jackson's Corps splashed through the shallow ford here, which was not stone-paved then, stirring the crossing into a mud hole. Before the water of this branch of Poplar Run ran clear again in its . . . Map (db m3931) HM
44 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
"Stonewall" Jackson's way here was a woodland road west of and parallel to the Brock Road. This park trail approximates the old appearance. No tar, asphalt, or cement highway existed in the 1860's. Even the best of that time, the stone turnpikes and . . . Map (db m3932) HM
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45 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. The head of Jackson's column reached this point about 12:30 p.m. Eight miles away, the rear , under fire of Federal guns, was closing up near the Catharine Furnace. Jackson planned to turn the column right onto the Plank Road (1 mile . . . Map (db m3934) HM
46 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Having lost the Furnace, the 23rd Georgia Regiment established a new line here in the bed of the Unfinished Railroad. Other troops reinforced the position. During late afternoon, while Jackson's front lines were hitting the Federal . . . Map (db m3906) HM
47 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 2, 1863. Jackson's two leading lines, battling the tangled undergrowth and the retreating Federal XI Corps, became disorganized. In this vicinity, Jackson halted his successful advance and ordered A.P. Hill's Division to the front. While the . . . Map (db m3954) HM
48 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign Reported missing
May 3, 1863. At daylight Hooker ordered the withdrawal of Sickles' troops from this height, called Hazel Grove, key position of Hooker's front after Jackson's flanking movement. Promptly occupying it with Archer's Confederate Brigade, Stuart, now in . . . Map (db m14681) HM
49 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1, 1863, Union troops advancing toward Fredericksburg along this road, the Orange Plank, met the Confederates about a mile to your left and retreated to this point. Hooker, not waiting to be attacked, ordered these troops back to . . . Map (db m15151) HM
50 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 3-6, 1863. About noon on May 3, Hooker’s army fell back to a new position covering the roads to Ely’s and United States fords. With the center here, the right of his line rested on the Rapidan and the left on the Rappahannock. On May 4, Hooker’s . . . Map (db m155623) HM
51 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville Campaign
May 3-6, 1863. The Confederate trench remains crossing the Bullock Road at this point mark a line held by “Stonewall” Jackson’s Corps after the severe fighting of May 3. Jackson’s forces, now commanded by “Jeb” Stuart, held Hooker’s army within its . . . Map (db m93585) HM
52 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellorsville CampaignSituation about 9 p.m., May 2, 1863
[Marker is a map of the battlefield. Captions are below:] While A.P. Hill's Division moved up to take over Jackson's front line, Rodes' and Colston's divisions, intermingled by their rapid advance, fell back to regroup. Jackson's . . . Map (db m171420) HM
53 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — The Battle of ChancellorsvilleFredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Hooker Marches April 27 - May 1, 1863 In late April 1863, the Union army crossed the Rappahannock River, this time above Fredericksburg. Though outnumbered, Confederate General Robert E. Lee met the Union columns in the woods and fields . . . Map (db m171421) HM
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54 Virginia, Stafford County, Stafford — Chancellorsville Campaign Events in 1863
Maj. Gen. Sedgwick's Sixth Corps 23,000 troops with many wounded and dying in tow. Retreated to this area in the early morning hours on May 5th after several days of fighting elements of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, first at . . . Map (db m216710) HM

55 Virginia, Culpeper County, Brandy Station — Battle of Kelly's FordThe Chancellorsville Campaign
On January 25, 1863, Union general Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker replaced Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as the fifth commander of the demoralized eastern armies in less than two years. On taking charge of the Army of the Potomac, Hooker implemented . . . Map (db m154485) HM
56 Virginia, Fredericksburg — Sunken RoadBattle of Chancellorsville
This photograph was taken shortly after the Confederates in the foreground were killed on May 3, 1863. This graphic depiction of the human debris of battle is one of the most revealing post-battle photos from the Civil War years, because it was . . . Map (db m93583) HM
57 Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Second Battle of FredericksburgChancellorsville Campaign May 3, 1863
General Lee conferred with some of his officers here at the start of the Chancellorsville Campaign. A few days later, Union soldiers overran Lee’s Hill. Report on the action at Lee’s Hill by Colonel Henry Coalter Cabell commanding artillery . . . Map (db m4182) HM
58 Virginia, Orange County, Locust Grove — “Stonewall” Jackson’s ArmThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Here, in the Jones family cemetery, lie the remains of “Stonewall” Jackson’s left arm. The Confederate general lost the limb during the Battle of Chancellorsville, where he was mistakenly shot by his own troops. Surgeons removed the . . . Map (db m157352) HM
59 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Civilians in the CrossfireThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
In seventy-two hours the Chancellor family's world was turned upside down. A Union soldier described the Chancellor women on April 30: "Upon the upper porch was quite a bevy of ladies in light, dressy, attractive spring costumes. They were not . . . Map (db m159166) HM
60 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Confederate Defense Turns to OffenseBattle of Chancellorsville - 1863
Confronted by overwhelming numbers, Confederate forces fell back from Chancellorsville (three and a half miles in front of you) and established a defensive position here on April 30. General Robert E. Lee instructed Richard H. Anderson, who . . . Map (db m7532) HM
61 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — EarthworksBattle of Chancellorsville - 1863
"We were digging and fortifying all night." Charles E. DeNoon, Mahone's Brigade Civil War earthworks, sometimes referred to as breastworks, were built in a fashion much different than modern military trenches. Soldiers started at . . . Map (db m7530) HM
62 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Hooker's Final BastionThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
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 . . . Map (db m3691) HM
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63 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Lee's Greatest TriumphThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
As Union resistance around the Chancellor house dissolved, Robert E. Lee rode into the clearing behind his victorious battalions. Though badly outnumbered, Lee in three days had stopped the initial Union advance, brazenly split his own army to . . . Map (db m3818) HM
64 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Lives TransformedThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
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 . . . Map (db m3697) HM
65 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — McCarty FarmBattle of Chancellorsville - 1863
Behind you, on the Orange Turnpike, stood the home of Frances McCarty. In 1860, Frances lived here with three members of her family. She owned 120 acres, three slaves, and scratched out a living as a farmer. Like so many residents of Sptosylvania . . . Map (db m7531) HM
66 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Opening of the CampaignBattle of Chancellorsville - 1863
Following its defeat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac spent the winter in Stafford County. Across the Rappahannock River, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia kept a defensive position that covered a 25-mile . . . Map (db m7535) HM
67 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Roads Through the BattlefieldBattle of Chancellorsville - 1863
Today, much like it was in the nineteenth century, Spotsylvania County contains very few east-west roads. The few that exist, such as Route 3 before you, are heavily used and follow the same routes as their antebellum predecessors. The first . . . Map (db m7533) HM
68 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — The Chancellor SlavesThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Their names are unrecorded, their labors are rarely noted. No images of them survive. But slaves outnumbered Chancellor family members when Frances Chancellor moved into this house in 1861. Likely only a few of the 20 slaves owned by the . . . Map (db m5618) HM
69 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Union LifelineThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
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 . . . Map (db m3690) HM
70 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — A Bold PlanThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Here, on the evening of May 1, 1863, Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson hatched one of the boldest schemes in military history. Hunched over maps beside a small fire, the two generals plotted how to destroy the Union army, now entrenched . . . Map (db m3579) HM
71 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — A Fatal ReconnaissanceThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
When "Stonewall" Jackson reached this point at about 9 p.m. on May 2, 1863, he stood at the peak of his military career. Four hundred yards in front of you, a shaken Union army hastily built earthworks to halt the Confederate tide. One hundred . . . Map (db m155613) HM
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72 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — A Missed OpportunityThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park — Reported missing
The morning of May 3d found the Confederate army heavily outnumbered and dangerously divided. "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack the evening before had staggered the Union army but had not irretrievably damaged it. As the day broke, Jackson's . . . Map (db m112313) HM
73 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — A Region of GloomThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
From the time of its earliest settlement, this region was known as "The Wilderness of Spotsylvania" because of its dense thickets and poor soil. Locals called the countryside just west of the Wilderness "The Poison Fields." High concentrations of . . . Map (db m3603) HM
74 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — A Very Hot PlaceThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
At Hazel Grove, Lee's artillerists enjoyed perhaps their greatest success of the war. No sooner had the Union army evacuated the ridge than Southern cannon appeared - first four pieces, then eight, twelve, sixteen. Within an hour more than thirty . . . Map (db m3618) HM
75 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Artillery DuelThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
On the morning of May 3, 1863, Union artillery at Fairview suffered the most intense artillery bombardment of the battle. More than 40 Confederate guns at Hazel Grove (visible 1,200 yards in front of you) concentrated their fire on 34 Union cannon . . . Map (db m3638) HM
76 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873)The Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
This jumble of bricks and stones tucked deep within Spotsylvania's Wilderness marks the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas." All but forgotten now, Maury was a legend during his lifetime. While superintendent of the . . . Map (db m21934) HM
77 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Bloody MorningThe Battle of Chancellorsville
Long after the Civil War, Sergeant Rice Bull of the 123rd New York Volunteers remembered the early morning hours of May 3, 1863. "Never was there a more beautiful sunrise," he wrote, "not a cloud in the sky. It was an ideal Sunday morning, warm and . . . Map (db m112311) HM
78 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Catharine FurnaceThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
The stone stack in front of you is all that remains of the Catharine Furnace, built in 1837. Closed a decade later, the furnace was reborn to meet the Confederacy’s wartime need for iron. Union cavalrymen under General George A. Custer destroyed . . . Map (db m158840) HM
79 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Chancellor CemeteryThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
This is the Chancellor family cemetery. In the first half of the 19th century the Chancellors dominated this section of Spotsylvania County. Fairview was the original family seat, but branches of the family eventually lived at Chancellorsville, . . . Map (db m3642) HM
80 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Confederate CatastropheThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Near this spot around 9:15 p.m. on the night of May 2, 1863, the Confederate cause suffered disaster. As "Stonewall" Jackson and his party returned from their reconnaissance down the Mountain Road, Confederate musketry erupted south of the Plank . . . Map (db m3978) HM
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81 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Elisha Franklin PaxtonThe Battle of Chancellorsville
The monument across the road marks where General Elisha Franklin Paxton, commander of the famed Stonewall Brigade, fell on May 3, 1863. Before the war, Frank Paxton had practiced law in "Stonewall" Jackson's hometown of Lexington, Virginia. When, in . . . Map (db m155624) HM
82 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — FairviewThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Just ahead of you stood a story-and-a-half log house known as Fairview. This was originally a Chancellor home, but during the Civil War James Moxley and his family occupied it. Moxley was overseer of Frances Chancellor's 20 slaves. Moxley likely . . . Map (db m3641) HM
83 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — FairviewThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Formerly a Chancellor farmstead, on May 3, 1863, Fairview became a gory landscape. That morning all the energy and violence of the Battle of Chancellorsville focused here - on the fields and woods around a commonplace log house. Here, the contending . . . Map (db m3643) HM
84 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Final Meeting, Fateful MarchThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
To reach the Union army's right flank, Jackson would have to march his corps twelve miles over narrow, unpaved roads. The general hoped to have his men moving by dawn on May 2, but he got an unusually late start. It was past 7 a.m. before his . . . Map (db m158943) HM
85 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Hazel GroveThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
On the morning of May 3, this large, open plateau, known as "Hazel Grove," was the key to the Union position. "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack the evening before had staggered the Union army but had not seriously damaged it. As the new day . . . Map (db m3610) HM
86 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Hazel Grove—Fairview TrailThe Battle of Chancellorsville
This trail leads to Fairview, a key Union position. The fighting that occurred between here and Fairview on May 3, 1863, was some of the most desperate of the war—exceeding, for the time engaged, both Antietam and Gettysburg. Signs along the trail . . . Map (db m112316) HM
87 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — High Drama, Human TragedyThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
The climactic fighting of the Battle of Chancellorsville took place in the woods and fields around Fairview. Here on the morning of May 3, 1863, Union troops struggled to maintain their position long enough to allow General Hooker time to . . . Map (db m3637) HM
88 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Jackson AttacksThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
"You can go forward then." With those words "Stonewall" Jackson unleashed one of the most famous and successful attacks of the Civil War. On the afternoon of May 2, 1862, Jackson led 30,000 men of his Second Corps to a point just beyond the Union . . . Map (db m3941) HM
89 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Jackson on the MoveThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
About 10 a.m. on May 2, 1863, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking column approached this then-cleared ridge on the Furnace Road. Union infantrymen perched in trees at Hazel Grove, three-quarters of a mile to the . . . Map (db m3585) HM
90 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Jackson's Flank MarchThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Shortly after 8 a.m., May 2, "Stonewall" Jackson's corps marched down the hill behind you and passed Catharine Furnace, bound for the Union Army's right flank. When the Federals spotted Jackson's column, they assumed the Confederates were . . . Map (db m3604) HM
91 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Jackson's ImpactThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Around you is tangible and dramatic evidence of the impact "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack had on the Union army. The artillery emplacements (lunettes) in front of you were constructed at a fairly leisurely rate on May 1 and 2, 1863. They face . . . Map (db m3636) HM
92 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Lee Renews the AttackThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Confederate artillery here supported one of the largest infantry attacks of the Civil War. At dawn "Stonewall" Jackson's corps, now led by J.E.B. Stuart, struck the Union line from the west, in the woods to your left-front. At the same time, . . . Map (db m3617) HM
93 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Maury House TrailThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
This short trail leads to the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of America's greatest scientists. By the time of the Civil War, Maury's birthplace was gone, replaced by a simple brick house. Few of the 28,000 Confederate soldiers who . . . Map (db m21933) HM
94 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Memorializing Jackson's DeathThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Of his soldiers he was the idol; of his country he was the hope; of war he was the master. Senator John Warwick Daniel
When General "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after being wounded in these woods, shock . . . Map (db m155621) HM
95 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Night-time HorrorThe Battle of Chancellorsville
Civil war combat rarely continued after dark, but on the night of May 2, 1863, desperation and fear filled these gloomy woods. At midnight, about 3,000 Union soldiers of Brigadier General David B. Birney's division moved through these woods, intent . . . Map (db m112310) HM
96 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Ordeal of the WoundedThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
After the May 3, 1863, fighting at Chancellorsville, the Confederates gathered up 500 wounded Union soldiers and brought them here to Fairview. For more than a week the helpless men lay in the yard around the house, receiving little medical care, . . . Map (db m3640) HM
97 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Pressing the AttackThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
That evening, as the fighting subsided, Confederate officers reassembled their commands in the clearing surrounding Wilderness Church, one-half mile in front of you. The attack had taken a heavy toll on the army's organization. Units had become . . . Map (db m3938) HM
98 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — The Flying DutchmenThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
The target of Jackson's attack was General Oliver O. Howard's Eleventh Corps, which extended for more than a mile along the Orange Turnpike. The Eleventh Corps was relatively new to the Army of the Potomac. Its 11,000 men included a large . . . Map (db m3939) HM
99 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — The Union CenterThe Battle of Chancellorsville — Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
Upon reaching Chancellorsville on April 30, 1863, General Joseph Hooker deployed the Army of the Potomac in a defensive perimeter around the intersection. General Henry W. Slocum's Twelfth Corps held the center of the Union line. For three days . . . Map (db m21931) HM

100 Virginia, Richmond, Museum District — Stonewall Jackson Reported permanently removed
Born 1824 Killed at Chancellorsville 1863Map (db m19850) WM

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