| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Ordeal of the Wellfords — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 20 visited us," wrote Evelina Wellford, "searching the house for arms and Confederates, shooting the fowls, and stealing provisions, of which we had a scant supply." On May 2, as Jackson's flanking column passed by and the rattle of approaching Union . . . — Map (db m3919) |
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| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — “Stonewall” Jackson’s Arm — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 mangled appendage at the Wilderness Tavern field hospital, one-half mile to your left-rear, early May 3, 1863. Jackson’s chaplain, the Rev. B. Tucker Lacy, visited the hospital later that morning. As he was leaving Jackson’s tent, Lacy saw the general’s . . . — Map (db m3895) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Chancellorsville — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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, 1863, and descended upon a former country inn known as Chancellorsville. Although reduced to just 60,000 men, Lee responded with his accustomed audacity, attacking Hooker here in the gloomy thickets of the Wilderness. Four days of pitched battle . . . — Map (db m10703) |
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| Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Second Battle of Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville 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 battalion, C.S.A.
“…About 11 o'clock that day – Sunday – the enemy attacked and very speedily took and occupied Mayre's Hill. As soon as they appeared on Mayre's Hill, a large force of infantry advanced rapidly from the crest of . . . — Map (db m4182) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — A Missed Opportunity — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 corps, now under J.E.B. Stuart, lay one-half mile to your left; the rest of the army, personally led by Lee, was one mile to your right. Between them lay this large, open plateau known as Hazel Grove. Hazel Grove was the key to the battlefield. Had Hooker . . . — Map (db m19165) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 U.S. Naval Observatory, he compiled information on winds, weather, and ocean currents gleaned from the logbooks of thousands of ships. The result was The Physical Geography of the Seas (1855), the first modern study of oceanography. Maury's . . . — Map (db m21934) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Maury House Trail — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 marched past on May 2, 1863, knew the significance of the site tucked off the roadside about 200 yards in front of you. Today only a depression remains. — Map (db m21933) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Memorializing Jackson's Death — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 waves rippled through the South. Confederates immediately memorialized him in in words. "A greater sense of loss and deeper grief never followed the death of mortal man," wrote one artilleryman. Few felt Jackson's loss more keenly than Robert E. Lee, who confessed "I know not how . . . — Map (db m19166) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — The Union Center — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 his troops entrenched, creating a sturdy earthwork screened by the line of fallen trees known as an abatis. The trench in front of you is a remnant of that fortified line. At first the Confederates did not test Slocum's position, but on May 3 Lee . . . — Map (db m21931) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Five Mile Fork — Confederate Defense Turns to Offense — Battle 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 commanded this line, to “…Set your spades to work as vigorously as possible.” Anderson did just that. With 9,100 men, he constructed a line of earthworks along Mine Road, which ran southeast from U.S. Ford, stretched across Orange Turnpike and . . . — Map (db m7532) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Five Mile Fork — Earthworks — Battle 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 ground level and built up, using felled trees to build a barricade. Behind the logs, they dug a shallow trench, throwing the dirt over the logs and banking it up against the logs until they had constructed apposition about chest-high.
Confederates . . . — Map (db m7530) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Five Mile Fork — McCarty Farm — Battle 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 County, the McCarty household suffered the intrusion and devastation brought on by the Civil War.
On the evening of April 30, 1863, the McCarty Farm was the scene of intense activity as Confederate soldiers constructed defensive earthworks across . . . — Map (db m7531) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Five Mile Fork — Opening of the Campaign — Battle 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 stretch of the river. In January 1863, President Lincoln promoted General Joseph Hooker to command the army opposite Fredericksburg and charged him with the defeat of Robert E. Lee.
On April 27, Hooker sent a force across the river below . . . — Map (db m7535) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Five Mile Fork — Roads Through the Battlefield — Battle 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 improved east-west roadway in Spotsylvania was the Orange Turnpick, which opened in 1813. Constructed by the Swift Run Gap Turnpike Company, it followed an earlier path that stretched the 45 miles from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House. Complete with . . . — Map (db m7533) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Jackson Attacks — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | "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 army's right flank, located in this vicinity. He deployed his men astride the Orange Turnpike (modern Route 3) in three lines of battle, each one-half mile or more in length. Two hours before sunset, Jackson struck. As his men struggled through the . . . — Map (db m3941) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Pressing the Attack — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 mixed. Some men wandered off in search of food or water; others plundered abandoned Union camps. It would take time to get his corps back into fighting trim, but Jackson could not wait. The Confederate army was divided. Decisive action by Hooker might . . . — Map (db m3938) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — The Flying Dutchmen — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 percentage of German immigrants - men with names like Peisser and Buschbeck, Schurz and Schimmelfennig. Union pickets had warned Howard of the enemy's approach, but he had ignored their reports. Headquarters had assured him that the Confederate army was in . . . — Map (db m3939) |
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| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — Chancellorsville Campaign — Lee’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 westward, leaving two corps in Fredericksburg under Gen. John Sedgwick. Hooker intended to crush Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia between two Federal wings. Lee detected Hooker's maneuver and shifted most of his army westward to . . . — Map (db m3634) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — Chancellorsville Campaign — Hooker 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 elaborate maneuvers of the war. A column that eventually numbered 80,000 men had crossed two rivers, pushed through the tangled Wilderness of Spotsylvania County, and now stood poised to descend on the left flank and rear of Confederate Gen. Robert . . . — Map (db m11418) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — Pivot 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 congratulated his army on a successful campaign. As Hooker's army stood on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's left flank, he boasted, "Our enemy must either ingloriously fly or ... give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." On . . . — Map (db m11419) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — Not 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 Turnpike. On the morning of May 1, Ann Lewis, whose house stood on the rise in front of you, found Union cavalrymen lounging in her yard. After she saw masses of Confederate troops approaching from the east, Lewis called a Union trooper into her house to . . . — Map (db m11420) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — The 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 poured a murderous fire into the disorganized Confederate line. But the Southerners, under Gen. William Mahone, soon regrouped for battle on the ridge in front of you. One Union officer recalled that his men advanced "steadily and with a will, . . . — Map (db m11421) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — The 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 fire down its length while only a few of your troops could fire back. From where you now stand, Confederate forces under Gen. Lafayette McLaws poured a devastating fire into the Union troops. McLaws's job was to hold the Federals in his front while . . . — Map (db m11425) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — Difficult 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 Spotsylvania County was a nightmare. Hooker wanted to avoid fighting in the Wilderness at all, but Lee forced his hand by confronting him here. The few clearings such as this one along the Orange Turnpike became natural battlefields by default. . . . — Map (db m11427) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — The 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 Chancellorsville Campaign literally swung on the intelligence of Unionists within Confederate lines. Preceding the Battle of Chancellorsville, local loyalists Ebenezer McGee and Isaac Silver employed tactics of astonishing simplicity. Silver was somehow . . . — Map (db m11429) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — First Day at Chancellorsville — Retreat 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 his position and ordered by Gen. Joseph Hooker to withdraw to Chancellorsville, called for a retreat. One soldier described the movement over the little brook in front of you then known as Mott's Run, but today called Lick Run: "At this moment . . . — Map (db m11431) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellor — The First Day at Chancellorsville — Lee 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 Turnpike (present-day Route 3) to your immediate right. His goal was to move out of the Wilderness - a cut-over tangle of scrub trees and dense undergrowth that sometimes limited visibility to a few feet - and unite the columns on the open high . . . — Map (db m3633) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 position here, May 3. The Union army withdrew northward, May 5-6, 1863. — Map (db m3511) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | 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 for the southern army. Erected by the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Chapters U.D.C., 1927. — Map (db m14514) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Chancellorsville Campaign |
| | 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 command of Jackson's Corps, ordered a heavy concentration of artillery here. These guns enfiladed the Federal position at Fairview and a division of Slocum's XII Corps entrenched to the southeast. From this point about 10, a.m. Lee watched the . . . — Map (db m14681) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 Chancellorsville. The Confederates then moved up. That night Lee and Jackson camped here in a pine grove.
Scouts reported that Hooker's 7 - mile line about Chancellorsville was impregnable from east and south, but that his western flank was "in the air". The . . . — Map (db m15151) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 also dropped back to give battle. Units of Howard's XI Corps and Slocum's XII Corps reinforced Sickles, increasing his strength to 20,000 men but weakening the Federal line which Jackson was moving to strike. Fighting continued throughout the day and into the night. — Map (db m3599) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 place of the wounded Stonwall Jackson was Lee's 30-year-old cavalry chief, 'Jeb' Stuart. By 10:50 a.m. after a fierce struggle, Fairview had fallen and Hooker's men were pushed back past Chancellorsville to a defensive line from which they would . . . — Map (db m3606) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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. Thereupon, Hooker dropped the initiative and entrenched at Chancellorsville. Lee again divided his army, sending Jackson, May 2, to flank Hooker's right. That attack and severe fighting on May 3 drove Hooker to a rear position. Meanwhile, Sedgwick broke . . . — Map (db m3517) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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. Successor to the crushed-stone Orange Turnpike, the Plank was likewise a pay road with toll gates. It diverged from the route of the old Pike in places to afford better traction on easier grades. By the time of the Civil War, the growth of railroads had reduced Fredericksburg's western business. — Map (db m3552) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 of Lee's Fredericksburg lines. Inspired by Hooker's enthusiasm, his confident troops swung briskly along the Turnpike. When resistance was encountered, Hooker ordered the army back to Chancellorsville. May 2, while "Stonewall" Jackson marched to . . . — Map (db m3559) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 Slocum's position held, however, and from this area a new Federal right was run northward. Thus, on May 3, Slocum's right fought Jackson's Corps, while his left engaged Lee's holding force to the south. Slocum was driven back toward the Rappahannock during the morning of May 3. — Map (db m3645) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 intersected the Confederate line, at the crossing of the Furnace Road. While Lee's holding force there demonstrated against this sector on May 2, "Stonewall" Jackson marched to attack the Federal right flank, three miles west of here. Slocum and Couch abandoned this line in the general retreat of May 3. — Map (db m3646) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 change was being made, Jackson rode out with his staff about 9 p.m. to reconnoiter the Federal position. Meeting A.P. Hill, he gave one of his last field commands: "Press them! Cut them off from the United States Ford, Hill! Press them!" A few minutes . . . — Map (db m3954) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 right, the rearguard Confederates fell back according to orders. Colonel Best, however, received the word too late. Although he and a few of his men escaped, the bulk of the 23rd Georgia was captured. This railroad then comprised a series of graded . . . — Map (db m3906) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 movement. Seriously wounded on May 3, Miles was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for services here. He also distinguished himself at the Wilderness and became famous as an Indian fighter after the War. These trenches were abandoned on May 3 when Hooker fell back toward the Rappahannock. — Map (db m3866) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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. Successor to the crushed-stone Orange Turnpike, the Plank was likewise a pay road with toll gates. It diverged from the route of the old Pike in places to afford better traction on easier grades. By the time of the Civil War, the growth of railroads had reduced Fredericksburg's western business. — Map (db m3552) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 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 Chancellorsville Inn site to your left front. The Confederates renewed their advance across the scene of their earlier success while three additional Southern brigades extended the Confederate line across the Turnpike. In this vicinity, the 5th Maine Battery . . . — Map (db m3785) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — The Chancellorsville Intersection |
| | 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 intersection on May 1, Union troops advanced eastward (to your left) in a failed attempt to get behind the Confederates at Fredericksburg. Our movements up to the arrival at Chancellorsville were very successful & were well planned. Everything after that went . . . — Map (db m3800) |
| 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 Heights, compelling Early to fall back to this point. When Sedgwick moved toward Chancellorsville, Early slipped in behind him, retaking Marye’s Heights. Early and other Confederate troops then attacked Sedgwick on 4 May, forcing the Union general to . . . — Map (db m1714) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 at the head of the troops. Smith was greeted with good-natured jeers and taunts as his horse struggled in the dense thickets on the roadside. "Better hurry up or you'll catch it for getting behind," "Have a good breakfast this morning sonny?" "Tell . . . — Map (db m3920) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 brought him back into the Brock Road a couple of miles northward. — Map (db m3921) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 that he was in full retreat along the road to Spotsylvania Court House. Reaching a point where the head of his column was concealed from the Federals by dense forests, he turned sharply right, going north along this woodland trail which parallels the Brock Road, to complete his flanking movement. — Map (db m3927) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 Lee-Jackson bivouac, followed by a tail of cannon and wagons extending four miles beyond that area. "Old Jack's food cavalry" gratefully trod a road neither too wet or dusty, but the dewy morning turned to hot midday. They would welcome a stream in the dry woodland. — Map (db m3929) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 course toward the distant York, "Stonewall" Jackson and hundreds of his marchers were to fall dead or wounded. Many would never cross another earthly stream. — Map (db m3931) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 plank roads, were inferior to present day gravel roads maintained by modern machinery. The trench remains here are part of the Federal line in the Wilderness operations of May 1864, a year after Jackson's march. — Map (db m3932) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 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 ahead). Then General Fitzhugh Lee came galloping south. While the troops rested, the young cavalryman and Jackson advanced to a hill on the Plank Road from which Lee showed him that the Federal right was extended too far west to be outflanked by the . . . — Map (db m3934) |
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| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Civilians in the Crossfire |
| | 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 at all abashed or intimidated, scolded audibly and reviled bitterly. They ... stated they had assurances from General Lee, who was just ahead, that he was their anxiously awaiting an opportunity to extend the 'hospitalities of the country.' They had . . . — Map (db m3840) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Climactic Struggle |
| | On the morning of May 3, 1863, more than 17,500 men fell killed or wounded in the woods and fields around you - one man shot every second for five hours. Entrenched Union lines in front of you collapsed, and the Confederates surged forward to seize the Chancellorsville intersection. Some 25 Union cannons in this clearing made a valiant effort to cover the retreat, but they were soon smothered in a Confederate crossfire. Major William H. Stewart of the 61st Virginia Infantry recalled the . . . — Map (db m3801) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Lee's Greatest Triumph |
| | 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 launch the most successful flank attack of the war, and, on May 3, driven the Federals from their entrenched positions around Chancellorsville. The battle was perhaps the greatest of his career. Thousands of Confederate troops raised their hats and . . . — Map (db m3818) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — The Chancellor Slaves |
| | 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 Chancellors occupied the house itself. Most probably lived in cabins scattered across the Chancellors' 300 acres of farmland. The slaves' overseer James Moxley lived at Fairview, a quarter mile to the southwest. When the Union army arrived at Fredericksburg in . . . — Map (db m5618) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Union Earthworks |
| | Men of Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock's division manned the earthworks which are located just inside this woodline. Hancock's troops confronted two Confederate divisions advancing from the south (from your right front) and east as well as the Rebels attacking from the west. Lee's relentless pressure forced the Union army to withdraw from Chancellorsville about mid-morning and establish a new line protecting the river crossings. Hancock's men in those trenches and in the Chancellorsville clearing covered the Union retreat. — Map (db m3867) |
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| Virginia, Richmond — Stonewall Jackson |
| | Born 1824 Killed at Chancellorsville 1863 — Map (db m19850) |
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| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Catharine Furnace |
| | The stone stack in front of you is all that remains of the Catharine Furnace, built in 1837. Close a decade later, the furnace was reborn to meet the Confederacy’s wartime need for iron. Union cavalrymen under General George A. Custer destroyed the furnace in 1864, but it was rebuilt and continued to produce iron for the Confederacy until 1865. Catharine Furnace was the last of the region’s several major operations to close.
During its years of operation, Catharine Furnace used many . . . — Map (db m2752) |
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| North Carolina (Caswell County), Milton — Stephen Dodson Ramseur — Confederate Major General — "Lee's Gallant General" |
| | Woodside House, built in 1838 by Caleb Richmond, where General Ramseur recovered from wounds received in battles of Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville. Scene of his 28 October, 1863 marriage to his cousin Ellen Richmond. As Brigadier showed extraordinary courage and leadership ability at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Spotsylvania. Major General in 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign before he was fatally wounded at Cedar Creek on 19 October, 1864. — Map (db m18685) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — Fredericksburg — Where 100,000 Fell |
| | Because of the immense amount of fighting that occurred here, the Fredericksburg area has been called the vortex of the Civil War. Four major battles - Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House - resulting in approximately 100,000 casualties, took place within twenty miles of the town. The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park administers these battlefields and three related sites: Chatham, Salem Church and the Stonewall Jackson Shrine. A . . . — Map (db m9096) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — J 38 — Ely’s Ford |
| | On this hill, May 3, 1863, Confederate General "J.E.B." Stuart was notified that General "Stonewall" Jackson had been wounded at Chancellorsville and that he was to take command of Jackson's Corps. Moments before, Stuart had ordered his 1,000 men from North Carolina and Virginia to attack the 3,400 Pennsylvanians under General A.W. Averell at Ely's Ford. After ordering three volleys of musket fire at the Union troops below, Stuart cancelled the attack and left to assume command at Chancellorsville. — Map (db m3473) |
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| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Churchyard to Battleground |
| | For the first two days of May 1863, the boom of distant guns rattled the windows of Salem Church. Eight miles to the west, at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee’s main Confederate army battered a Union army nearly twice its size. Four miles to the east, a smaller Confederate force resisted a Union crossing at Fredericksburg. The handful of farmers who lived around Salem Church probably took comfort that the gunfire indeed seemed distant.
That suddenly changed on the afternoon of May 3. The . . . — Map (db m3497) |
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| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — J-39 — Wounding of Jackson |
| | Just 1.7 miles west, on this road (then the Orange Plank Road), Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by "friendly fire" about 9:30 P.M. on 2 May 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Having brilliantly executed a flanking maneuver against the Federals, Jackson, with eight aides, was returning from a reconnaissance between the lines. When skirmishing erupted, they were mistaken for Federals in the darkness and fired on by the 18th N.C. Infantry, killing four and wounding . . . — Map (db m3513) |
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| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Stevens' Battery — 5th Maine, 1st Corps |
| | (Front):Stevens' Battery 5th Maine, 1st Corps. Fought here July 1,2,3, 1863. Also engaged July 1st north of the Seminary. Ammunition expended 979 rounds. (Right):"In the assault upon East Cemetery Hill in the evening of July 2nd, the enemy, (Hays' and Hoke's Brigades) exposed their left flank to Stevens' Battery which poured a terrible fire of double canister into their ranks." Doubleday (Back):Losses Bull Run 2nd. 1 officer and 3 men killed. 8 men wounded. 6 men . . . — Map (db m14145) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — A Diversion — The Second Battle of Fredericksburg |
| | 3 May 1863. During the Chancellorsville Campaign, Brigadier General John Gibbon deployed his Union division in this area in support of other federal units in Fredericksburg.
On the morning of May 3, Gibbon’s troops rushed forward to assault the heights in front of you. The attack faltered at this canal when the soldiers discovered that planks for the bridge had been removed. While the Northerners pulled boards from a nearby house, Confederate artillery went into battery on the high . . . — Map (db m1064) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — Fredericksburg Battlefield |
| | Before you looms Marye's Heights, a key point in the two major Civil War battles. At the base of the heights, bordered by a stone wall, lies the Sunken Road. In December 1862 Confederate troops standing in the road repelled repeated Union assaults. Five months later, during the Chancellorsville Campaign, Union troops again attacked Marye's Heights. This time they succeeded in taking it. Begin your visit to this historic ground at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center. Then take a . . . — Map (db m25638) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — A Bold Plan |
| | 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 around Chancellorsville, a mile to your left. The solution came when Confederate cavalryman General J.E.B. Stuart reported that the Union right flank (three miles behind you) lay unprotected. During the night, with the help of local residents, Lee . . . — Map (db m3579) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — High Drama, Human Tragedy |
| | 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 establish a new line a mile to the north. The Confederates fought desperately to reunite the two wings of Lee's command and to finish what Jackson had begun the night before - the destruction of Hooker's army. The Confederates drove the Federals from . . . — Map (db m3637) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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| Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Confederate Line — The Battle of Fredericksburg |
| | You are now standing beside the Sunken Road, part of a heavily used 19th-century road system that linked Washington, D.C. and Richmond. In 1862, Confederate riflemen fired from the road upon line after line of Union troops advancing across open fields to your left. (Houses constructed early last century now cover most of these fields.) A waist-high stone wall protected the Confederate riflemen; Union troops had no such protection. To your right is Marye's Heights. Nine guns of the Washington . . . — Map (db m8510) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — A Midnight Conference |
| | After being driven from the Chancellorsville crossroads by Lee on May 3, 1863, Hooker retreated to a new line of defenses covering U.S. Ford, 3.5 miles to your rear. For two days, Hooker strengthened his defenses and awaited attack. Lee took advantage of Hooker's passiveness to reinforce Confederate troops fighting John Sedgwick at Salem Church. When Sedgwick retreated across the Rappahannock on May 4, Lee again turned his attention to Hooker. But "Fighting Joe" had had enough. In a council of . . . — Map (db m12857) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Chancellor Cemetery |
| | 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, Hazel Grove, Forest Hall, and Dowdall's Tavern. Residents of all those places are likely buried here. Not buried here are the family's slaves. The location of their graves is not known. The earliest known grave in the cemetery dates to 1812. By 1860 . . . — Map (db m3642) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Fredericksburg — The Winter Line — The Battle of Fredericksburg |
| | The months following the Battle of Fredericksburg brought a temporary halt to the fighting in Virginia, but not to the digging. Throughout the winter of 1862-1863 Confederate troops constructed nearly thirty miles of earthworks along the south bank of the Rappahannock River. The works stretched from United States Ford, in the north, to Port Royal, in the south.
Unwilling to attack Lee’s strong defenses, Union commander Joseph Hooker devised a plan to maneuver the Confederates out of their . . . — Map (db m19315) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Jackson's Flank March |
| | 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 retreating and sent a division in pursuit. A sharp rearguard action here cost Jackson most of the 23rd Georgia Infantry, but the Union efforts did little to disrupt his march. The road Jackson used was much narrower than the one you see today, and progress . . . — Map (db m3604) |
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| Virginia, Harrisonburg — Warren-Sipe House — Home and Hospital |
| | This was the home of Edward T.H. Warren, a Harrisonburg attorney. As a lieutenant in the Valley Guards, a Rockingham County militia company, Warren attended the trial and execution of John Brown in Charles Town (in present-day West Virginia) in 1859. Warren was elected a town councilman in 1860, but soon left for the war. His former militia unit became Co. G in the 10th Virginia Infantry, which he helped form. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1861, and commanded the regiment . . . — Map (db m16481) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — The Battle of Salem Church |
| | This ridge top now brimming with traffic and commerce once witnessed the clash of armies. On May 3, 1863, 10,000 Confederate troops took position astride the Orange Plank Road (modern Va. Route 3). That afternoon, 20,000 Union soldiers under General John Sedgwick, marching westward from Fredericksburg, attacked the Confederates here, trying to break through to strike the rear of Lee’s army at Chancellorsville. The fighting raged along this ridge extending several hundred yards to your right and . . . — Map (db m3509) |
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| Virginia (Caroline County), Guinea — A Staggering Blow |
| | We had confidence in him that knew no bounds...his loss was irreparable.
Wills Lee, Richmond Howitzers
News of Stonewall Jackson's death stunned the South. "A greater sense of loss and deeper grief never followed the death of mortal man," recorded one of Jackson's men. Union soldiers felt both joy and lament. "I rejoice at Stonewall Jackson's death as a gain to our cause," wrote Union Den. Gouverneur Warren, "yet in my soldier's heart I cannot but see him the best soldier of . . . — Map (db m3310) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — Arm of Stonewall Jackson |
| | Arm of Stonewall Jackson May 3, 1863 ——— — Map (db m3846) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — 154th New York State Volunteer Infantry |
| | (front): 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps "The Hardtack Regiment" Anchor of the Buschbeck Line Near Dowdall's Tavern Battle of Chancellorsville May 2, 1863 (back): 590 present for duty 240 killed, wounded, and captured Dedicated to the memory of the regiment by its descendants May 1996 — Map (db m5460) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — A Fatal Reconnaissance |
| | 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 yards behind you, Jackson's troops formed along the Bullock Road for what Jackson hoped would be the final and climactic night attack against the faltering Federals. While the Confederates prepared, the general and a small group of attendants rode . . . — Map (db m3980) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — A Very Hot Place |
| | 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 guns crowned this ridge. Eager hands rammed home charges and sent shot and shell screeching toward the center of the Union line at Fairview, 1200 yards away. The concussion of the cannon blasts deafened some of the artillerists and caused the noses . . . — Map (db m3618) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — About a mile in the distance... |
| | About a mile in the distance, beyond the vista cut through the trees, you can see modern buildings on high ground which at the time of the battle of Chancellorsville was called Hazel Grove. When "Stonewall" Jackson began his famous flank march early on May 2, 1863, the Hazel Grove clearing was occupied by Federal infantry and artillery. As the Confederate column moved along the road here, it was spotted by Federal observers perched in tree tops. Smoke billowed from Yankee cannon on Hazel . . . — Map (db m3583) |
| 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 — Artillery Duel |
| | 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 here at Fairview. After five hours of fighting, the Union guns withdrew, and the Union infantry slowly fell back into the Chancellorsville clearing. They left behind stunning carnage. We...reached the brow of the hill where...our own cannon had . . . — Map (db m3638) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Bivouac — Lee and Jackson |
| | Bivouac Lee and Jackson Night of May 1, 1863. — Map (db m3581) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A. |
| | In this vicinity Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A. Aged 35 years, of Rockbridge County, VA. Was killed on the morning of May 3, 1863 While leading his command, the Stonewall Brigade in the attack on Fairview — Map (db m3607) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Collis Zouaves |
| | Erected to mark the line of battle of the 114th Reg't. Pennsylvania Vol's. on the memorable 3rd day of May 1863, where it lost 3 officers and 35 enlisted men killed List of Killed Major Joseph S. Chandler Captain Frank Eliot, Co. F. Lieu't. George M. Cullen, Co. G. Henry Steelman. Co. A. Serg't. Alfred Tricker. Co. B. John Alqueshouse. Co. B. Albert Holworth. Co. B. John J. Springer. Co. B. Samuel T. Sapp. Co. B. Edward Simms. Co. B. Samuel M. Whitesell. Co. B. George Lutz. Co. C. . . . — Map (db m3639) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Confederate Catastrophe |
| | 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 Road (Route 3). The scattered fire rippled northward, directly across Jackson's path. A Confederate officer yelled, "Cease firing! You are firing into your own men!" Through the darkness, a voice shouted back: "Who gave that order? It's a lie! Pour it . . . — Map (db m3978) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Fairview |
| | 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 armies decided the outcome of the battle. — Map (db m3643) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Fairview |
| | 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 managed most aspects of physical work on the Chancellors' 800-acre farm - dispatching slaves to daily assignments, maintaining buildings and machines, and ensuring that crops made it to market. Moxley's status as overseer exempted him from service in . . . — Map (db m3641) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Final Meeting, Fateful March |
| | 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 troops left their camps on the Orange Plank Road and passed this point on the first leg of their journey. Jackson rode near the head of the marching column. His face appeared flushed, and his eyes flashed in anticipation of the coming conflict. When he . . . — Map (db m3555) |
| 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 — Jackson |
| | (South Face): On this Spot fell mortally wounded Thomas J. Jackson Lt. Gen. C.S.A. May 2nd 1863 (East Face): There is Jackson standing like a stone wall Bee at Manassas. (North Face): Could I have directed events, I should have chosen for the good of the country to be disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory, which is due to your skill and energy! - R. E. Lee, General (West Face): Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. . . . — Map (db m3975) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Jackson Monuments |
| | The effort to erect a monument at the site of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's mortal wounding began in February 1887, when Fredericksburg newspaper editor Rufus Merchant founded the Stonewall Jackson Monument Association. On June 13, 1888, a crowd of more than 5,000 spectators attended dedication ceremonies at the monument. Guests included the former Confederate cavalry general, Governor Fitzhugh Lee, whose vigilant scouting activities during the Battle of Chancellorsville contributed to Jackson's . . . — Map (db m3977) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Jackson on the Move |
| | 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 northwest, spotted the Confederates. Federal artillery opened fire, compelling Jackson's troops to hurry past this exposed spot. The general ordered his artillery and wagon trains to take a safer road, further south. The harassing Union fire did little to . . . — Map (db m3585) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — J-37 — Jackson’s Amputation |
| | Near here stood the hospital tent to which the wounded "Stonewall" Jackson was brought during the Battle of Chancellorsville. In that tent his left arm was amputated on May 3, 1863. He died seven days later at Guinea. — Map (db m3515) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Jackson's Impact |
| | 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 South, toward the expected direction of any Confederate attack. The lunettes to your left were dug by frantic Union artillerymen during the night of May 2-3, 1863. They face west - in the direction of Jackson's surprise assault against the Union right . . . — Map (db m3636) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Lee Renews the Attack |
| | 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, Lee's forces converged on Hooker from the south and east. The Union army found itself beset on all sides. For nearly five hours the battle ranged fiercely in the woods around you, as opposing troops attacked, retreated, and attacked again through the . . . — Map (db m3617) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Matthew Fontaine Maury |
| | Near this spot was born
Matthew Fontaine 1806 Maury 1873
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Pathfinder of the seas
Author of physical geography of the sea
Founder of the science of meteorology
First to conceive the idea of an Atlantic Cable
Under his direction the first cable was laid 1858
Father of the U.S. Naval Observatory
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Erected by the
Maury Birthplace Association
J.T. Goolrick, Organizer. — Map (db m3597) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Maury Birthplace |
| | These scattered bricks and this shallow depression are all that remain of Matthew Fontaine Maury's birthplace. Maury's parents purchased this house and 103 acres of land from "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, Robert E. Lee's father, in 1797. The future oceanographer was born here on January 14, 1806, the seventh of nine Maury children. In 1810, the Maurys sold the property and moved to Tennessee where they hoped to fined better fortune than this tobacco farm in the Wilderness had provided them. During . . . — Map (db m3598) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Ordeal of the Wounded |
| | 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, exposed to the wind and the rain, lying in the mud. Wounds festered and became infected. Insects attracted by piles of corpses nearby inflicted painful bites. Dozens of soldiers died; many others prayed that they might be taken too. A team of Union . . . — Map (db m3640) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — The 27th Indiana Infantry |
| | 3rd Brigade, 1st Div., 12th Corps Held this position from 7p.m. May 2nd to 9 a.m. May 3rd, 1863. Present for duty 300 Killed 36, Wounded 114 ——— Mustered in Aug. 1861, Mustered out Sept. 1864 Total enrollment 1,101. Killed 172. ——— Brown S. History 27th Indiana Infantry — Map (db m3644) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — A Region of Gloom |
| | 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 iron and other minerals (including gold) in the soil made for poor growing conditions, scrawny trees dominated here. The iron industry rendered the landscape even more forbidding. The rich mineral content of the soil spawned mines and iron furnaces as . . . — Map (db m3603) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Rearguard Action — The Battle of Fredericksburg |
| | On May 2, 1863, as the tail end of Stonewall Jackson's flanking column neared the Wellford place, Union infantry launched an attack. They struck Jackson's rearguard (the 23rd Georgia) a half-mile to the north, at Catharine Furnace. From there, they fought a running battle to the Wellford farm. Confederate artillery unlimbered in the yard of the Wellford house to help repel a Union assault. Outnumbered, the Georgians fell back to the protection of a railroad embankment, still visible inside the . . . — Map (db m11432) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — 15th Reg’t. N. J. Vol’s |
| | 1861 - 1865
(South face): To commemorate the services of the 15th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel William H. Penrose, U.S.A., engaged two hours on this line of battle on the Federal side.
May 3rd, 1863.
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Loss:
41 killed, 109 wounded, 4 missing.
(East face): The survivors of the 15th New Jersey Regiment honor the memory of their comrades. Who bore themselves bravely in this contest, and bear witness to the valor . . . — Map (db m3516) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — 23rd Regt., N. J. Vols. |
| | 1861 - 1865
(North face): Monument to commemorate the services of the Twenty-Third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers Infantry, in the battle of Salem Church, Virginia, May 3rd, 1863.
Erected by the State of New Jersey, under the authority of an act passed at the session of 1906. Introduced in the House of Assembly by Samuel K. Robbins, Speaker. Approved by Edward, C Stokes, Governor.
Commissioners: Genl. E. Burd Grubb; Capt. E. H. Kirkbride; O. M. S. Thomas J. Alcott. . . . — Map (db m3514) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Battle of Salem Church |
| | of May 3, 4, 1863 fought by Lee and Hooker concluded the Chancellorsville Campaign here. The followers of Lee, in imperishable bronze respond to the noble sentiment of the followers of Grant and pay highest tribute to the patriotism of both.
Erected by the
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Chapters, U.D.C.
1927 — Map (db m3506) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Battle of Salem Church |
| | May 3, 1863
Brooks – Newton
vs
Wilcox – Semmes
Mahone — Map (db m3508) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Battle of Salem Church |
| | of May 3, 4, 1863 fought by Lee and Hooker concluded the Chancellorsville Campaign here. The followers of Lee, in imperishable bronze respond to the noble sentiment of the followers of Grant and pay highest tribute to the patriotism of both.
Erected by the
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Chapters, U.D.C.
1927 — Map (db m3506) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Battle of Salem Church |
| | May 3, 1863
Brooks – Newton
vs
Wilcox – Semmes
Mahone — Map (db m3508) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — For All Anguish – For Some Freedom |
| | Few communities suffered more in the face of war than did Spotsylvania County. For two years armies traversed, occupied, or fought over this ground. Most residents simply tried to stay out of the way; a few left altogether. Virtually every farm in the northern half of the county suffered damage – vandalized houses, pillaged pantries, burned fences, stolen livestock.
Most white Spotsylvanians owned small farms of a few hundred acres. More than 6,000 slaves – half the county’s . . . — Map (db m5621) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — From Church to Hospital |
| | As the tumult of battle subsided, new sounds filled the air; the cries and moans of wounded soldiers. Two days of fighting around Salem Church left about 4,000 men killed or wounded. As soon as the battle ended, Confederate surgeons turned the building into a field hospital. Their work saved hundreds of lives.
Still, 92 Union soldiers and an unknown number of Confederates died at the church and were buried just outside its doors. For several days, surgeons worked tirelessly inside the . . . — Map (db m3510) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Old Salem Church |
| | This simple and sturdy edifice, constructed in 1844, is typical of the brick churches which rural Baptists build around Fredericksburg in the mid-19th century. During the campaign of November and December, 1862, the building sheltered refugees from Fredericksburg and later served to store their furniture. On May 3 and 4, 1863, it had a brief but significant life as a Confederate fortress and lent its name forever to this battlefield. Then, when the battle was over, it became a crowded hospital. . . . — Map (db m3505) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Refuge from Horror |
| | The arrival of contending armies in December 1862 forced thousands of residents to leave Fredericksburg. Most fled into the countryside, bound for homes or churches in Spotsylvania County. One Confederate officer remembered seeing old women, children with dolls, and mothers carrying a baby in one hand and a bag of flour in the other. “Where they were going we could not tell,” he wrote, “and I doubt if they could.” Several hundred ended up here at Salem Church. . . . — Map (db m3512) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Salem Church |
| | Spotsylvania Baptists built this church in 1844 and named it Salem, a Biblical word meaning peace. Two decades later, Salem Church was engulfed by war. Initially the church had just 29 members, but by 1859 the number had risen to 77, 20 of whom were black. Black worshippers entered the church through a separate door – still visible to your left – that led to a separate gallery. White members entered through the main entrance, women to the left, men to the right.
The Civil War . . . — Map (db m3503) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Waverly Village — Sanctuaries in Spotsylvania |
| | Salem Baptist Church was one of nearly a dozen churches that dotted northern Spotsylvania County on the eve of the Civil War. Zoan, Wilderness, Massaponax, Zion, Christ, Piney Branch – They collectively served as the backbone of the Spotsylvania community. Far-flung neighbors often saw each other only at Sunday church services. Pastors like Salem’s Melzi Chancellor became both spiritual and community leaders.
Like most of Spotsylvania’s churches, Salem consisted of fewer than 100 . . . — Map (db m3499) |
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| Connecticut (Fairfield County), Danbury — To Our Brothers — Defenders of The Union |
| | [ front ]To Our Brothers, Beloved, Honored, Revered Who
Died That Our Country Might Live
[ back ]The Defenders of The Union
[ Inscribed around the column ]
Bull Run • Wilderness • Antietam • Fredericksburg • Gettysburg • Chancellorsville • Appomattax • Petersburg • Port Hudson — Map (db m22788) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | Colonel Joseph W. Hawley (Right Plaque):Sept. 17, 1862 Antietam Chancellorsville May 1-2-3, 1863 (Lower Right Inscription):Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862 for Nine Months Service (Rear Plaque):Erected by State of Pennsylvania and Survivors Association 1904 (Lower Rear Inscription):Casualties at Antietam Killed 5 Wounded 42 Missing 17 Total 64 (Left Plaque):1st Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps (Lower Right Inscription):It was near . . . — Map (db m6134) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 128th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 1st Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps Location 315 feet north ———— Casualties at Antietam Killed 26 Wounded 86 Missing 6 Total 118 Recruited in Berks Lehigh and Bucks Counties ———— Battles participated in Antietam Chancellorsville — Map (db m5692) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 1st Brigade 2nd Division 6th Corps Location of regiment in action 415 yards north of monument ———— Battles participated in South Mountain (Crampton's Pass) MD. Antietam MD. Fitzhugh's Crossing VA. Chancellorsville VA. ———— Recruited in Blair Butler Clinton Crawford Schuylkill and Wayne Counties — Map (db m5693) |
| New Jersey (Sussex County), Newton — Defenders of the Union — 1861-1865 |
| | . . . — Map (db m8127) |
| Ohio (Hamilton County), Wyoming — 3-31 — Robert Reily |
| | Robert Reily, founder of the village of Wyoming in 1861. He was born June 1, 1820, the son of John and Nancy Hunter Reily of Butler County. He served as a major, lieutenant colonel and colonel of the 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. At the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, on May 2, 1863, he was killed in action. — Map (db m19920) |
| Ohio (Montgomery County), Dayton — Montgomery County Civil War Memorial Hall |
| | To those, who in the
hour of their country's danger,
tendered their lives.
To those who gave much and to those who gave their all. 1861-1865.
Carnifex Ferry • Fort Donelson • Shiloh • Vicksburg • Stone River • Corinth • Perryville • Chickamauga • Lookout Mt. • Missionary R'ge. • Knoxville • Resaca • Peach Tree • Allatoona Pass • Kenesaw • Franklin • Nashville • Jonesboro • Bentonville
Manassas • The Seven Days • Cedar Mt. • South Mt. • Antietam • Fredericksburg • Chancellorsville . . . — Map (db m22249) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 123rd New York Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):123rd. New York Infantry 1st. Brigade 1st. Division 12th. Corps Historic.The 123rd. N.Y. was enlisted in Washington Co. in Aug. 1862; Mustered into the U.S. service Sept. 4; joined the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in the Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; in Sept. 1863 transferred to the Army of the Cumberland; and was engaged in the campaign of Atlanta; the March to the Sea; and the campaign of the Carolinas; Mustered out at Washington at the close of the . . . — Map (db m13668) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 153rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 11th Corps |
| | 153d Regt. Penn. Vol. 1st Brigade, 1st Division 11th Corps. Engaged at Chancellorsville May 1.2.3. & 4. 1863. Gettysburg. July 1.2. & 3. 1863. Erected by the survivors. — Map (db m17183) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 157th Regiment New York Volunteers — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):Erected by the Survivors of the 157th Reg't New York Vol's in Memory of their Gallant Comrades Who Fell Here, July 1, 1863 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps (Back):Gettysburg ——— Lost here 18 Officers and 291 Enlisted Men, Reducing Reg't To 100 For Duty (Left): Chancellorsville Gettysburg Hagerstown Fort Wagner Siege of Charlestown 1.& 2. John's Island (Right):Camp Milton Honey Hill Deveaux Neck Dingle's Mill Rafting Creek Boykin's . . . — Map (db m14023) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 57th New York Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 1st Division — 2d Corps |
| | (Front):57th New York Infantry, 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps. (Back):Engaged the enemy here July 2, 1863. July 3, on Cemetery Ridge, resisting Pickett's Attack. Total number engaged 175 killed 4, wounded 28, missing 2. (Right):Yorktown - White Oak Swamp Fair Oaks - Gaines' Mills - Malvern Hill Peach Orchard - Antietam Savage Station - Fredericksburg Chancellorsville. (Left):Gettysburg - Wilderness Mine Run - Tod's Tavern Auburn Hill - Cold Harbor Bristoe . . . — Map (db m15706) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 60th New York Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):60th New York Infantry. 3d Brig. 2d Div. 12th Corps. (Back):July 2d and 3d 1863. Casualties, Killed 11, wounded 41. ————— Principal Engagements. Antietam. Chancellorsville. Gettysburg. Lookout Mountain. Ringgold. Atlanta. — Map (db m14120) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Bigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| | (front):63d Pennsylvania Infantry Mustered in at Pittsburgh PA August - September 1861 Mustered out July 31st - September 9th 1864 1st Brigade 1st Division 3d Corps (Back):Present at Gettysburg 296 officers and men Killed 1 man: Wounded 3 officers and 26 men Captured or missing 4 men (Left):Pohick Church - Kettle Run Yorktown - Groveton Williamsburg - 2d Bull Run Fair Oaks - Chantilly Oak Grove - Fredericksburg Glendale - Chancellorsville Malvern Hill - Gettysburg . . . — Map (db m13047) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 7th Indiana Infantry — 2nd Brigade — 1st Division, 1st Corps |
| | (Front):7th Regt. Ind. Vol. 2nd Brig. 1st Div. 1st Corps. July 1. 2. & 3. 1863 Indiana (Left):27 Battles Philippi 1861 to Weldon R.R. 1864 Total Loss 235. (Back):Gettysburg Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville 7th Indiana Infantry — Map (db m14106) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery K, 1st N.Y. Light Artillery — (11th New York Ind. Battery Attached) — Artillery Reserve |
| | (Front):Battery K. 1st N.Y. Light Artillery. (11th New York Ind. Battery Attached) Artillery Reserve. (Back): Battery K, (Fitzhugh's), Held this position July 3rd 1863 and assisted in repulsing Pickett's Charge. Casualties, wounded 7. Organized at Fort Plain, N.Y. Mustered in Oct. 10th, 1861. Principal engagements: Bolivar Heights, Beverly Ford, Rappahannock Station, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run. Mustered out June 20th, 1865. — Map (db m14894) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery M, 1st New York Light Artillery — 1st Division, 12th Corps |
| | . . . — Map (db m17889) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Major General John Sedgwick |
| | (Left):Major General John Sedgwick in command of the Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania born at Cornwall, Conn. September 13th 1813 killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 9th 1864 (Right):Erected by the State of Connecticut in grateful memory of the service given to the nation by her honored son John Sedgwick loyal citizen, illustrious soldier, beloved commander — Map (db m15933) |
| South Carolina (Abbeville County), Abbeville — 1-4 — Abbeville's Confederate Colonels |
| | Augustus J. Lythgoe, 19 S.C. Inf.
Killed Murfreesboro, 1862
J. Foster Marshall, Orr's Rifles
Killed Second Manassas, 1862
George M. Miller, Orr's Rifles
Wounded Spotsylvania, 1864
James M. Perrin, Orr's Rifles
Killed Chancellorsville, 1863
Thomas Thomson, Moore's Rifles
Served Oct. 22, 1861-Dec. 10, 1863 — Map (db m10625) |
| Virginia (Caroline County), Fredericksburg — Z-200 — Caroline County / Spotsylvania County — Area 529 Square Miles / Area 413 Square Miles |
| | Caroline County. Area 529 Square Miles. Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in this county.
Spotsylvania County. Area 413 square miles. Formed in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William, and named for Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia, 1710–1722. The battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness (partly) . . . — Map (db m22585) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — J–35 — Germanna Ford |
| | One of the principal crossings of the Rapidan River from colonial times. Here a part of the Army of the Potomac crossed the river, April 30, 1863, preceding the Battle of Chancellorsville. Here a part of Meade’s army crossed on the way to Mine Run, November 26, 1863. Here the Fifth and Sixth Corps of Grant’s army crossed, May 4-6, 1864, to open the Wilderness Campaign. — Map (db m3586) |
| Virginia (Page County), Stanley — Jackson's Last Mountain Crossing |
| | In November, 1862, Stonewall Jackson moved his 25,000 troops from Antietam to Fredericksburg. The army came through the deep notch (New Market Gap) in the first mountain range to the west (Massanutten Mountain). They followed the course of the Old Gordonsville Turnpike, which crossed the Shenandoah (Page) Valley, near the present town of Stanley, below here. They then struggled up and over the Blue Ridge, through Fishers Gap on your left and down the eastern slope to the Fredericksburg area. . . . — Map (db m13184) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — McLaws Trail — The Battle of Fredericksburg |
| | This trail will take you across the swampy headwaters of Ninemile Run, where for three days Confederate skirmishers of General Lafayette McLaws' division sparred with elements of Joseph Hooker's Union army. McLaws' spirited attacks fixed Hooker's attention on this sector, enabling "Stonewall" Jackson to successfully maneuver around the Union army's right flank, four miles ahead of you. Fliers at Stop #1 will lead you on a self-guided tour of this little-known phase of the Chancellorsville . . . — Map (db m25644) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Fredericksburg — Fredericksburg Campaign |
| | December 13, 1862. This is Hamilton's Crossing, the crossing of the Old Mine Road over the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. Since the railroad was threatened from here to Fredericksburg by long range Federal cannon, Hamilton's Crossing became the railhead in the winter of 1862-63. A Confederate village of supply tents and sheds grew up at this point. Jackson's reserves lay along the Mine Road during the battle of 1862, and from this area his corps marched toward Chancellorsville on April 30, 1863. — Map (db m8865) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Massaponax — E 36 — Road to Guinea Station |
| | On 4 May 1863, the ambulance bearing wounded Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. (“Stonewall”) Jackson from the Chancellorsville battlefield turned east here en route to Guinea Station, where he died on 10 May. A year later, Union troops of the Army of the Potomac followed the same route when marching from the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield south to Totopotomoy Creek in Hanover County. During this march, Union generals Grant and Meade stopped briefly at Massaponax Baptist Church, located two-thirds of a mile north of here. — Map (db m1717) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Woodford — Z 149 — Spotsylvania County / Caroline County |
| | (South Facing Side): Spotsylvania County Area 413 Square Miles Formed in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William, and named for Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia, 1710-1722. The battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness (partly) and Spotsylvania were fought in this county. (North Facing Side): Caroline County Area 529 Square Miles Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George . . . — Map (db m21586) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — E 47 — Historic Falmouth |
| | Founded in 1727 as a trading center for the Northern Neck. Hunter’s iron works here were an objective in the Virginia campaign of 1781. The Army of the Potomac camped here from November, 1862 to June, 1863 and moved hence to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. — Map (db m1671) |
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| Virginia (Dinwiddie County), Burgess — The Battle of Hatcher’s Run — To Cut the Remaining Supply Lines, February 5-7, 1865 |
| | By early 1865 the Federal army’s two remaining objectives along the Petersburg front were the Boydton Plank Road, an intermediate wagon supply route into the city, and the South Side Railroad, a major transportation artery from Lynchburg and the Shenandoah Valley. Union forces had already cut the Weldon Railroad as far south as Hicksford (now Emporia), forcing the Confederates to unload supplies at the station there, load them on wagons, and haul them cross-country through the Meherrin River . . . — Map (db m6501) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Lake of the Woods — Orange Grove 1728 - 1864 |
| | This is the story of Orange GroveYou are standing on land that was owned by the same family for over 200 years, from colonial days to the beginning of Lake of the Woods.
Alexander Spotswood, Lt. Gov. of the Colony of Virginia 1710 - 1722, obtained patent to the "Alexandria" tract in 1728. It contained 28,000 acres along the south shore of the Rapidan, including Lake of the Woods. Alexander requested his heirs to hold the land.
His son, Col. John Spotswood inherited his father's property . . . — Map (db m19156) |
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| Indiana (Porter County), Chesterton — 64.1995.1 — Iron Brigade |
| | Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861–1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies. — Map (db m10763) |
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| Virginia, Lynchburg — Civil War Lynchburg — Supplying Lee’s Army — Battle of Lynchburg |
| | Established in 1786, Lynchburg was a thriving commercial center famous for its tobacco and manufacturing industries when Fort Sumter, South Carolina was bombarded in April 1861 and the Civil War began. Lynchburg’s Fair Grounds and Camp Davis immediately began receiving troops for training from all over the South. During the war, the city’s foundries and factories produced munitions, mills ground flour for rations, and railway trains and canal boats transported men and supplies to the front. . . . — Map (db m3935) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — Collision of Giants — Wilderness Exhibit Shelter — North Wall |
| | Collision of Giants By 1864 the war had become not just a clash of armies, but of ideas. To be resolved on the fields of Virginia and Georgia that year was not only the fate of the Union, but also the fate of Southern society. The armies on both sides took to the task with unprecedented fury. The Stakes "...We should neglect no honorable means of dividing and weakening our enemies...It seems to me that the most effectual mode of accomplishing this object...is to give all the . . . — Map (db m6077) |
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| Georgia (Hall County), Oakwood — 069-4 — Historic Redwine |
| | Co. D, 27th Ga. Inf., Colquitt’s Brig., CSA, organized here in early 1861, fought at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Seven Days Battles. At South Mtn., Md., Sept. 14, 1862, against great odds, men of this Co. withstood four attacks by a heavy force of Federals, in a great display of bravery. Later, they fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Charleston. At Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864, they helped drive the Federals from Fla. Until Lee’s arrival, they helped hold in check Grant’s army . . . — Map (db m24975) |
| Georgia (Jones County), Clinton — 084-6 — Gen. Iverson’s Birthplace — >>>------> |
| | Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson, C.S.A., son of Senator Alfred Iverson, also a Brig. Gen., and Caroline Goode Holt, was born here Feb. 14, 1829. He served with the U. S. Cavalry in the Mexican War and Mormon campaign and fought the Comanches and Kiowas. Resigning his lieutenancy in 1861 he joined the Confederate Army rising to the rank of Brigadier General in Nov. 1862. He was wounded in the Seven Days Battles and fought at South Mountain, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Commanding a . . . — Map (db m24994) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Twentieth Regiment — New York Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Face): 1861-1865 Twentieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Turner Rifles Third Brigade Second Division Sixth Army Corps (Left Side):
Hatteras, N.C., Norfolk, Va.; Seven Days Battles Before Richmond, Crampton's Pass, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. —————
(Back Face): The 20th Regiment N.Y. Vols. was organized by the New York Turn - Verein Mustered into U.S. Service May 6, 1861 and Mustered out June 1, 1863 . . . — Map (db m6373) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Ninth Regiment New York State |
| | 1799—1908 Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M.
83rd New York Volunteers
The headquarters were located here and the organization marched away in defence of the Union-850 strong May 27, 1861-after a service of 3 years in the Army of the Potomac. The return "Home from the War" was with 17 officers and 78 enlisted men on June 11, 1864. It had taken part in 28 battles. Viz: Bull Run (1862), South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold . . . — Map (db m23475) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 115th Pennsylvania Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):July 2nd this Regiment detached from the Brigade engaged the enemy here at 4:30 p.m. July 3rd in position with Division on left centre of the line present at Gettysburg 182. Killed 3. Wounded 18. Missing 3. 115th Pennsylvania Infantry 3rd Brigade 2nd Division. 3rd Corps (Right):Recruited at Philadelphia, Mustered in, January 28, 1862. Consolidated with the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry. June 22. 1864. (Left):Malvern Hill 2nd Bristoe Station Groveton Bull Run 2nd . . . — Map (db m15668) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 120th New York Infantry — 2rd Brigade, 2rd Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front Plaque):The One Hundred and Twentieth New York Infantry Held This Part Of The Line, On The Second Day Of July, 1863. Present for Duty, 30 Officers, 397 Men. Total 427. Casualties, From The War Department, Killed In Battle, 6 Officers, 25 Men. Wounded, 10 Officers, 144 Men. Missing 17, Total 204. (Bottom Inscription):120th New York Infantry, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 3d Corps. (Back Plaque):Battles In Which The Regiment Was Engaged. From The War Department. . . . — Map (db m17417) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 12th New Hampshire Volunteers — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):July 2, 1863. Engaged, 224. Killed, 20; Wounded, 73; Died of wounds, 6. Our union is river, lake, ocean, and sky; Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die. 12th N.H. Vol's. (Left and Right):1st Brig. 2nd Division. 3rd Corps. (Back):The New Hampshire Mountaineers This Regiment was raised in four days; Served nearly three years in the Armies of the Potomac and the James; and lost in killed and wounded over 50 per ct. of those engaged at Chancellorsville and . . . — Map (db m17343) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):143rd Penna. Infantry 2nd Brig. 3rd Div. 1st Corps Held this position July 2nd and 3rd 1863 and assisted in the repulse of the enemy on the 3rd. Monument erected on 1st days field near Reynolds Grove where the regiment lost 145 killed and wounded and 91 missing out of 465 present for duty. Losses here 16 killed and wounded. Army of the Potomac (Back):Engagements Chancellorsville. Gettysburg. Wilderness. Laurel Hill. Spotsylvania. North Anna. Bethesda Church. Cold Harbor. . . . — Map (db m17847) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 147th New York Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):147th New York Infantry, 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. (Back)Position 10 a.m. July 1st 1863 ———— Killed and wounded here 212 ———— Killed and mortal wounded 76 ———— Wounded 146, Missing 79, Total loss 301, Number engaged 380. (Right):Chancellorsville Mine Run Wilderness Spottsylania North Anna Cold Harbor Petersburg Weldon R.R. (Left):Yellow House Peebles Farm Hatchers Run . . . — Map (db m15359) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 149th New York Infantry — 3rd Brigade - 2nd Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):149th New York Infantry 3rd Brigade - 2nd Division 12th Corps(Caption under Bas Relief): Flag was planted in works. Shot down and mended under fire. (Back): 5 p.m. July 1, 1863, occupied position near Little Round Top. 4 a.m. July 2d. moved here. Built these works and defended them July 2d. and 3d. Killed 6, wounded 46, missing 3. ———— Mustered in at Syracuse, N.Y. Sept 18, 1862. Total enlistments 1270. Total losses 602. Mustered out June . . . — Map (db m13951) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers — 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps |
| | (Front):155th Pa. Vols. Position occuped July 2d. 3d. & 4th. 1863. Organized at Pittsburg Sept. 2nd. 1862. Mustered out of service June 6th. 1865. (Left):3rd Brigade Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Tolopotomy (Back):2nd Division Engaged in 33 battles Killed in action - 134. Wounded 350. Died of disease and wounds - 167. This pedestal Erected by Survivors . . . — Map (db m15018) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 26th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):26th Pennsylvania Infantry July 2nd went into action here with 365 officers and men. Killed 30. Wounded 176 Missing 7. Total 213. 1st Brig. 2nd Div. 3d Corps. (Left):Recruited in Philadelphia Mustered in May 27th 1861. Mustered out June 18th 1864. Right of 3rd Corps on this line (Right):Yorktown - Second Bull Run Williamsburg - Fredericksburg Oak Grove - Chancellorsville Peach Orchard - Gettysburg Glendale - Wapping Heights Malvern Hill Second - Mine Run Bristoe . . . — Map (db m17302) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 26th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry |
| | . . . — Map (db m11207) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 27th Indiana Infantry — 3rd Brigade — 1st Division 12th Corps |
| | (Front): This monument marks the ground over which the left wing of the 27th Indiana advanced in a charge made by the regiment of July 3d 1863. Number engaged 339. Killed and wounded 110. Missing one. (Left):Silas Colgrove Col. The 27th Ind. was organized in August 1861 for three years or during the war. Reenlisted Jan, 1864. Consolidated with the 70th Ind. Aug. 1864. Mustered out in July 1865. (Right):Battles Front Royal. Newtown. Winchester. Cedar Mountain. Antietam. . . . — Map (db m13592) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 27th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):July 1, 1863. The Regiment moved with the Brigade in the afternoon to N.E. side of Gettysburg where it became actively engaged covering the retreat of the Corps. It then withdrew to this position where after dark of the 2nd it assisted in repulsing a desperate assault of the enemy. It subsequently moved into the Cemetery where it remained until the close of the battle. Present at Gettysburg 19 Officers and 305 Men. Killed and Mortally wounded 2 Officers and 7 Men. wounded 3 . . . — Map (db m17144) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 29th Ohio Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):29th Ohio Infantry 1st Brig. 2nd Div. 12th Corps. This memorial is erected by the State of Ohio (Left):Gettysburg July 2d and 3d 1863 Engaged 332 - Killed 7 Wounded 31 - 2 mortally Total loss 38 (Back):Principal Battles Winchester 1862 Port Republic - June 3, 1862 Cedar Mountain Chancellorsville Gettysburg Lookout Mountain Dug Gap in Rocky Face Resaca New Hope Church Pine Mountain Kenesaw Mountain Peach Tree Creek Atlanta Savannah Carolina Campaign The 29th Ohio . . . — Map (db m13947) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 3rd Indiana Cavalry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — Cavalry Corps |
| | (Front):July 1, 1863 3rd Ind. Cavalry Col. Geo. H. Chapman Comdg. 1st Brigade. 1st Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac. 3d Ind. Cav. (Left):Enrolled July 25, 1861. For three years or during the war. 3d. Ind. Cav. 1st. Brigade (Back):Poolesville. Middletown. South Mountain. Antietam. Upperville. Fredericksburg. Beverly Ford. Chancellorsville. Stoneman's Raid. Gettysburg. 3d. Ind. Cav. 1st. Division. (Right):Sheridan's Raid on Richmond. Wilderness. White Oak . . . — Map (db m15360) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 54th New York Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):54th Regt. N.Y. Infy. (Hiram Barney Rifles) 1st. Brig. 1st. Div. 11th. Corps. (Back):54th Regt. N.Y. Infantry July 1st skirmishing on extreme right near Rock Creek, July 2nd at sunset, severe fighting in this position, July 3rd held same position, Casualties, killed 7, wounded 47, missing 48, total loss 102. Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Waterloo Bridge, Freemans Ford, Sulphur Springs, Groveton, Manassas, Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, . . . — Map (db m17171) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 56th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):56th Penna. Infantry. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. 1st Corps.The Regiment here delivered the opening fire of the infantry in the Battle of Gettysburg in the forenoon of July 1st, 1863. July 2nd and 3rd occupied position on Culp's Hill as indicated by stone markers. (Left): Went into action with 252 officers and men Killed and died of wounds 17 Wounded 58 Captured or missing 55 Total 130. Recruited in the Counties of Centre, Indiana, Luzerne, Philadelphia, Susquehanna, and . . . — Map (db m15338) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 57th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):57th Penn'a. Veteran Vol's. 1st Brig. 1st Div. 3rd Corps. The regiment occupied this position, exposed to a heavy artillery fire on the afternoon of July 2, for two hours, when it advanced 170 feet and engaged the enemy. (Left):Mustered in October & November 1861 ——— Re-enlisted December 30, 1863. ——— Mustered out June 29, 1865. ——— (Rigth):Participated in the Following Engagements. ——— . . . — Map (db m17433) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 68th Pennsylvania Infantry — Scott Legion — 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Third Corps |
| | (Front):This monument marks the left of the Regiment while supporting Clark's Battery July 2nd 1863. The right resting 150 feet north as indicated by flank marker. In the afternoon the Regiment advanced southward into the Peach Orchard where its other monument stands and engaged the enemy July 3rd and 4th the Regiment was in line with the Division on left centre. Present at Gettysburg 383 officers and men. Killed 3 officers and 10 men Wounded 9 officers and 117 men Captured or missing . . . — Map (db m12983) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 73rd Ohio Infantry — 2d Brigade, 2d Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):73d Ohio Infantry. 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 11th Corps. Erected by The State of Ohio (Left):Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3, 1863. Engaged 338 Killed 21 Mortally wounded 19 Additional wounded 104 Missing 1 Total loss 145 (Right):Organized at Chillicothe, Ohio Mustered in Dec. 30, 1861 Mustered out July 20, 1865 Original strength 891 Total enrolled 1284 Killed 156 Wounded 568 Died 123 (Back):Principal Engagements Bull Pasture Mountain Cross Keys Cedar Mountain . . . — Map (db m16906) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 75th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division. 11th Corps |
| | (Front): July 1. Fought on this position from 2 p.m. until the Corps retired. July 2. & 3. Held position at stone wall near the Cemetery as shown by monument there. Present at Gettysburg 258. Killed, Officers 3, Men 16. Wounded, Officers 5, Men 84. Captured or missing, men 3. Total loss 111. (Left):Recruited at Philadelphia Mustered in August 9, 1861. Reenlisted January 2, 1864. Mustered out September 1, 1865. (Right):Cross Keys - Chancellorsville Freeman's Ford - . . . — Map (db m11203) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 81st Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front):81st Penna Infantry 1st Brig. 1st Div. 2nd Corps.Fought on this line in the afternoon of July 2nd Present at Gettysburg 175 officers and men Killed and died of wounds 9 men Wounded 5 officers and 40 men Captured or missing 8 men Total loss 62 (Left):Recruited in Philadelphia, Carbon and Luzerne Counties Mustered in August 6 to October 27 1861 Re-enlisted December 23 1863 Mustered out June 29 1865 (Back):Yorktown - Wilderness Fair Oaks - Spotsylvania Peach Orchard - . . . — Map (db m15772) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 83rd New York Infantry (9th Regiment N.Y.S.M.) — 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):2nd Brig. 2nd Div. 1st Corps 83rd N.Y. Infty Ninth Regiment N Y S M - NGSNY (Right):Harpers Ferry, Va. Cedar Mountain, Va. Rappahannock, Va. Thoroughfare Gap, Va. 2nd Bull Run, Va. Chantilly, Va. South Mountain, Md. Antietam, Md. Fredericksburg, Va. Engaged on this ground July 1st 1863, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. assisting in capture of Iverson's N.C. Brig. C.S.A. (Left):Fitzhugh's Crossing, Va. Chancellorsville, Va. Gettysburg, Va. Mine Run, Va. Wilderness, Va. Laurel Hill, . . . — Map (db m15411) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 88th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):88th Penna. Infantry 2nd Brigade 2nd Division 1st Corps (Left): About noon, July 1st 1863, the regiment was in line along the Mummasburg Road, 200 yards S.E. of this monument. Later it changed direction and formed here, charged forward and captured two battle flags and a number of prisoners. at 4 p.m. the Division was overpowered and forced through the town. July 2nd the regiment was in position facing the Emmitsburg Road and on July 3rd at Ziegler's Grove, as indicated . . . — Map (db m15414) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 99th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| | (Around the Upper step):99th Pennsylvania Infantry 2nd Brigade 1st Division 3rd Corps (Front):Fought on this line in the afternoon of July 2nd Present at Gettysburg 339 officers and men Killed and died of wounds 1 officer and 24 men Wounded 4 officers and 70 men Captured or missing 11 men Total 110 (Left):Recruited in Phila and Lancaster Counties Mustered in July 21 1861 To January 18 1862 Re-enlisted January 1864 Mustered out July 1 1865 Total enrollment 2140 . . . — Map (db m15086) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 9th Massachusetts Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division — 5th Corps |
| | (Front):Erected by the Ninth Regiment Infantry Massachusetts Volunteers 2d Brigade, 1st Division 5th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac. During the battle of Gettysburg the Ninth Regt. was detached from the 2nd Brigade and it held this position on Round Top casualties 26 men. (Right):The Ninth Regiment Mass. Vols was composed of ten companies of 101 men each from Boston, Salem, Milford, Marlboro and Stoughton and organized at Boston May 9, 1861. Mustered into the United States . . . — Map (db m17832) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery G, 1st N.Y. Light Artillery |
| | (Front):Battery G. (Ames') 1st N.Y. Light Artillery ————— Engaged here with 3d Corps 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. July 2, 1863. July 3d, on Cemetery Ridge with 1st Div. 2d Corps. ———— Casualties, 7 wounded. (Back):Mustered in Sept. 22, 1861. Principal Engagements. Fair Oaks - Peach Orchard Savage's Station - White Oak Swamp Malvern Hill - Antietam Fredericksburg - Chancellorsville Gettysburg Auburn Hill - Bristoe Station Robertson's . . . — Map (db m13015) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery I, First Ohio Light Artillery — Dilger's Battery — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):Battery I, First Ohio Light Artillery Artillery Brigade Eleventh Corps Capt. Hubert Dilger July 1,2 & 3, 1863. Eidus Et Audax Erected by the State of Ohio (Right): This Battery Captain Huber Dilger Commanding marched with the 11th Corps from Emmittsburg to Gettysburg July 1. At once upon arriving it advanced rapidly to the Carlisle Road and having taken position near this spot, immediately engaged the enemy. See left panel (Left):Reenforced by Wheeler's New York . . . — Map (db m11135) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery K, First Ohio Light Artillery — Artillery Brigade 11th Corps |
| | (Front):Arriving about noon July 1, 1863, this battery Capt. Lewis Heckman Commanding went into position here in reserve when the 11th Corps began to retire, it engaged the enemy with great gallantry. After severe loss it was withdrawn. Casualties: 2 killed. 11 wounded. 2 missing. (Back):Battery K First Ohio Light Artillery was organized for 3 years under Capt. Wm. L. DeBeck in the autumn of 1861. Reenlisted for 3 years in February, 1864. Mustered out July 12, 1865. Principle . . . — Map (db m11040) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Clark's Battery — Battery B 1st New Jersey Light Artillery — 3d Corps |
| | (Front):Clark's Battery ———— Battery B 1st New Jersey Light Artillery 3d Corps ———— Fought here from 2 Until 7 O'Clock on July 2, 1863. Firing 1300 rounds of ammunition ————— Losses, killed 1, wounded 16, missing 3. ————— Erected by the State of New Jersey 1888. (Back):Mustered in Sept. 3, 1861, mustered out June 16, 1865. Engaged in 26 battles including all the . . . — Map (db m13180) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — E 44 — Battles of Fredericksburg |
| | During the First and Second Battles of Fredericksburg, the Confederates occupied Marye’s Heights, a defensive position enhanced by a sunken road and stone wall on the eastern slope. On 13 Dec. 1862, during the first battle, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet’s Confederate corps withstood attempts by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker’s and Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner’s Grand Divisions to take the heights. During the second battle (Chancellorsville campaign), on 3 May 1863, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick’s Union . . . — Map (db m1672) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — Fredericksburg Campaign |
| | December 13, 1862. The Washington Artillery of New Orleans was posted around the Marye House here on Marye's Heights. Col. J. B. Walton, the commanding officer, had his headquarters in the house. This unit and Alexander's Reserve Battalion, which relieved it during the afternoon, helped hurl back seven Federal charges. On May 3, 1863, Sedgwick's Federal VI Corps, attempting to join Hooker at Chancellorsville, successfully stormed these heights, only to be defeated at Salem Church, four miles . . . — Map (db m8636) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Second Battle of Fredericksburg |
| | Five months after the Battle of Fredericksburg the Union army finally captured Marye's Heights. On May 5, 1863, General John Sedgwick's Sixth Corps streamed out of Fredericksburg to attack this ridge. Twice Confederates on the Sunken Road repulsed the assaults, but on the third try Sedgwick's men triumphed. Charging up a ravine 500 yards to your left-front, the victorious Union soldiers swept across this plateau, capturing eight cannon, including two guns of Captain William W. Parker's battery, . . . — Map (db m8848) |
| Virginia, Lexington — Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson 1824-1863 |
| | Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is best known for his leadership of Confederate troops during the American Civil War, and especially for his celebrated Valley Campaign of 1862. Thomas Jackson was a country boy from (West) Virginia who became a graduate of the United States Military Academy and a hero of the Mexican War. In 1851 Major Jackson came to Lexington to teach Natural Philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute. Jackson left Lexington in April 1861, at the outbreak of war, . . . — Map (db m15637) |
| Virginia (Culpeper County), Culpeper — 28th Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry |
| | 28th Regt. New York State Volunteer Infantry 1st Brig. 1st Div. 12th Corps Army of the Potomac Organized at Albany, N.Y., May 18, 1861 in response to the first call for volunteers. Mustered into the United States service for two years, May 22, 1861. Ordered at once to the field. Serving in the Shenandoah Valley and Army of the Potomac under Generals Patterson, Banks, Pope, McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker - Total number enrolled, 1010 - Total casualties 488 - Mustered out at Lockport, N.Y. June . . . — Map (db m13459) |
| Virginia (Fairfax County), Franconia — E 125 — Birthplace of Fitzhugh Lee |
| | To the north stood Clermont, the birthplace of Fitzhugh "Fitz" Lee. Born on 19 Nov. 1835, Lee was the nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1856. During the Civil War, Fitzhugh Lee was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Confederate army and became a major general in 1863. He served with Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stewart and commanded cavalry at Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Lee was the governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890. He served as Consul . . . — Map (db m161) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — Z 167 — Orange County / Spotsylvania County |
| | (East Facing Side): Orange County Area Formed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George II of England, earlier that year. President James Madison lived here at Montpelier and President Zachary Taylor was born here. Some fifty square miles of the county comprise the Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District, and area rich in . . . — Map (db m4321) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Hazel Grove |
| | 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 dawned, the Confederate army found itself divided, with Hooker holding the high ground - Hazel Grove - in between. Had Hooker strongly defended the plateau, he could have kept the Confederate army separated and defeated it one piece at a time. But the . . . — Map (db m3610) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Stone's Reconnaissance |
| | Union soldiers on the front line probably utilized these rifle pits on May 3-5. Trenches on the other side of the creek possibly served Confederate skirmishers. While the fighting raged near Salem Church, Union Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds believed that the Federal army of 75,000 should attack the 25,000 Confederates facing it here at Chancellorsville. After Hooker refused to assume the offense, Reynolds ordered Col. Roy Stone's brigade on a reconnaissance, hoping this would lead to a general . . . — Map (db m12856) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — The Wilderness of Spotsylvania County |
| | The armies fought the Battle of Chancellorsville in the heart of a 70-square-mile region of tangled undergrowth known locally as the Wilderness. This inhospitable terrain added a new dimension of horror to the fighting on May 3. Fires erupted from muzzle blasts of rifles and cannon and spread rapidly through the thick woods. Some wounded soldiers, unable to escape the flames, faced a gruesome fate. Union general John C. Caldwell described the scene: "It was pitiful to see the charred bodies . . . — Map (db m5458) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Fredericksburg — E 42 — Cox House |
| | Across the road to the northeast stood the Cox House, also known as the Wiatt House. In December 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws’s division used it as a hospital, and there on 13 December, Brig. Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb died from wounds received during the Battle of Fredericksburg. On 3 May 1863, during the Battle of Chancellorsville, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early rallied his Confederate troops at the Cox House after Union Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick drove them off Marye’s Heights. Early . . . — Map (db m1713) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Fredericksburg — E 41 — Longstreet’s Winter Headquarters |
| | Following the Battle of Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862, Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet established his headquarters in a tent near here. His command center was in close proximity to Generals Robert E. Lee and J. E. B. Stuart. Longstreet commanded the Army of Northern Virginia’s First Corps, a force totaling approximately 40,000 men. In Feb. 1863 Longstreet left Fredericksburg with the divisions of Maj. Gens. George E. Pickett and John B. Hood to conduct an independent military operation . . . — Map (db m1715) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Marye — Z-156 — Spotsylvania County / Caroline County |
| | Spotsylvania County
Straddling the fall line, Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties in 1720. It was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. The Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania were fought in this county. The county seat is Spotsylvania.
Caroline County
Caroline County was formed from Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties in . . . — Map (db m3319) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Court House — In the Path of War — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign |
| | At the time of the Civil War, Spotsylvania Court House was a small community of about one dozen buildings surrounded by woods and rolling fields. “It was not a town,” a chaplain in the 126th Pennsylvania noted. “It was composed of just the county building, the tavern, a house or two, and one or two country churches.”
The Civil War shattered Spotsylvania’s rural tranquility. In August 1862, Union troops raided the village, and nine months later Confederate . . . — Map (db m3712) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brookfield — N 34 — Gen. Hooker's Headquarters |
| | Just northeast, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, kept his headquarters, Jan. - June 1863, amid a vast city of tents and camps. It was here he rehabilitated he Union army after its catastrophic defeat in the First Battle of Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862 and its subsequent "Winter of Discontent." From here he designed a campaign to defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Chancellorsville - a brilliant plan that failed in May 1863 because of his . . . — Map (db m9216) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Between Battles |
| | As the spring of 1863 brought green to the countryside and fish up the river, the legions of civil strife faced each other cheerfully across the Rappahannock. After the slaughter of Fredericksburg, the embattled brothers held off death for the time. No cannon roared. No picket fired. Instead, fishing parties on either bank shouted caustic jokes, and rival bands sent plaintive melodies back and forth. During favorable winds, the doughboys traded souvenirs by means of toy sailboats improvised . . . — Map (db m4726) |
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| Connecticut (Fairfield County), Bridgeport — Pro Patria |
| | [ battle names on the banner at the top ]
Fort Sumter • Vicksburg • Mobile Bay • Antietam • Gettysburg • Appomattox
First Conn Cavalry
Richard R Crawford Lt D d Oct 30 1863 In Hospital Va
Eugene W Starkweather Corp L d Sept 30 1864 Andersonville Ga
George W Clark Pvt A d Aug 20 1864 Andersonville Ga
Joseph Heaton Pvt D d Dec 5 1864 Salisbury N C
George Wagner Pvt F d Dec 24 1864 Harper's Ferry Va
Henry Kreger Pvt K d Aug 24 1864 Washington D C
John . . . — Map (db m27213) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Williamsport — Williamsport — The Beginning and the End |
| | On June 15, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s second invasion of the North began here as 2,000 of Gen. Albert G. Jenkins’s infantrymen splashed across the Potomac River. For the next eleven days, almost 50,000 soldiers under Gens. James Longstreet and A.P. Hill entered Maryland here at Williamsport. Hungry Confederates temporarily occupied the town, and many residents welcomed them with tables in the streets loaded with milk, bread, and meat.
Less than a month later, Lee’s Army of . . . — Map (db m1117) |
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| Louisiana (Orleans Parish), New Orleans — The Washington Artillery Park — American Revolution Bicentennial: 1776-1976 |
| | [Panel 1]:
On and near this site since 1718 has centered the military activities of both regular and citizen soldiers of France, Spain, the Confederacy and the United States. On either side were the redoubts forming the “Great Battery” which crisscrossed its fires with those of Fort San Carlos (Ft. St. Charles) at the foot of Esplanade Ave. and of Fort San Luis (Ft. St. Louis) at the river end of Canal Street. One block down river is the lot used as an artillery park for . . . — Map (db m24684) |
| Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m1051) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Fort Meade — Major General George G. Meade — Fort George G. Meade - United States Army |
| | George Gordon Meade was born on December 31, 1815, during his parents’ temporary residence in Cadiz, Spain. After arriving in the United States, he attended boarding schools in Philadelphia and Baltimore. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, in 1835. Upon graduation, Meade was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and saw service in the Seminole and Mexican Wars. He was honored for bravery at the Battles of Monerey, Palo Alto, and Resca de la Palma. Promoted to First . . . — Map (db m17010) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Mills — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion and Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m2994) |
| Maryland (Frederick County), Dickerson — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m4033) |
| Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m2792) |
| Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Rose Hill Manor — Union Artillery Reserve |
| | You are on the grounds of Rose Hill Manor, the final home of Maryland's first governor, Thomas Johnson. During its stay near Frederick, the Army of the Potomac's large Artillery Reserve occupied these grounds. Created after the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., in early May 1863, and commanded by Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler, the Artillery Reserve was an independent grouping of batteries that could be rushed to reinforce or replace divisional batteries during battle or to strengthen threatened . . . — Map (db m2803) |
| Maryland (Frederick County), Myersville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m5922) |
| Maryland (Garrett County), McHenry — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m2170) |
| Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m484) |
| Maryland (Howard County), Cooksville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m935) |
| Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m808) |
| Maryland (Montgomery County), Rockville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m73) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Boonsboro — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m1913) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Cearfoss — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m11609) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Clear Spring — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m695) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Conococheague — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m5925) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Hagerstown — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m6531) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Hancock — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m831) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Hancock — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m718) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Hancock — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m719) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Hancock — Major James Breathed — "Hardest artillery fighter the war produced" |
| | Maj. James Breathed was born near present-day Berkeley Spring, W. Va., on December 15, 1838, and moved while young with his family to Washington Co., Md. He attended St. James School in Lydia, where his father John Breathed was headmaster. At age 21, he graduated from the University of Maryland Medical School. During the Civil War, he served as a lieutenant in the 1st Virginia Cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart, and later as a major in Stuart's Horse Artillery.
Breathed so distinguished himself . . . — Map (db m5932) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Leitersburg — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m4732) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Myersville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m670) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 4th New York Volunteer Infantry — 1st Scott Life Guard |
| | (Top Plaque): 4th New York Vols. First Scott Life Guard 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division 2nd Corps (Lower Plaque):
Mustered in service May 4, 1861. Participated with the Army of the Potomac in the Battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862
Co. A Color Sergt. A. Biering
Co. A Private John Byrnes
Co. A Private J. Corcoran
Co. A. Private W. McManus
Co. B. Capt. John S. Downs
Co. B. 1st Sergt. H. Pickham . . . — Map (db m7282) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Smithsburg — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m1999) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 105th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps — Wildcat Regiment |
| | (Front):105th Pennsylvania Infantry 1st Brig. 1st Div. 3d Corps. July 2nd Position from 2 to 4 p.m. Moved across the Emmitsburg Road. Being outflanked the regiment changed front facing south and formed line along the lane at right angles to the road from which it retired fighting. Present at Gettysburg 17 officers 257 men Killed or died of wounds 2 officers 18 men Wounded 13 officers 95 men Missing 9 men Total loss 132 Wildcat Regiment (Back):In retiring joined 2d Division 3d . . . — Map (db m17419) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 106th Pennsylvania Infantry — Philadelphia Brigade — 2nd Division, 2nd Corps |
| | (Around Upper Step):106th Pennsylvania Infantry Philadelphia Brigade 2d Brigade 2d Division 2d Corps (Front): Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Flint Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Reams' Station, Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run Feb. 1865, Hatcher's Run March 1865, Dabney's . . . — Map (db m16175) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 107th Ohio Infantry — Ohio's Token of Gratitude |
| | (Front):107th Ohio Infantry 2nd Brigade 1st Division 11th Corps This memorial is dedicated by the surviving members of the regiment to their fallen comrades Ohio's Token of Gratitude (Back):The 107th Ohio Infantry left Emmittsburg at 8 a.m. and reached Gettysburg at 1 p.m. July 1. Engaged the enemy with their brigade, losing heavily. Subsequently fell back to Cemetery Hill, and there formed in front of Wiedrich's Battery. Evening of July 2, participated in repulsing the attack . . . — Map (db m11297) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 111th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2d Brigade, 2nd Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):111th. Penna. Infantry 2d Brigade 2d Division 12th Corps (Left): The Regiment built these works. In the evening of July 2 it was withdrawn with the Brigade, and returning during the night found the enemy in the works. Assisted in repulsing a charge of the enemy at daylight of the 3rd. And after seven hours and a half of continuous fighting in which it participated, regained the works. And held them until the close of the battle. Carried into action 259 officers and men. . . . — Map (db m13706) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 11th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2d Brigade, 2d Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):11th Pennsylvania Infantry. (Back):Present at Gettysburg 23 officers and 269 men killed & died of wounds 13 men wounded 8 officers. 54 men Captured or missing 57 men Total 132 Total enrollment 2096 Killed and died of wounds 12 officers. 219 men Total 231 Wounded 43 officers. 729 men Total 772 Died of disease etc. 4 officers 167 men Total 171 Captured or missing 5 officers 253 men Total 258 Total casualties 1432 (Right):11th Pennsylvania Infantry 2d Brigade 2d . . . — Map (db m15408) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 13th New Jersey Volunteers |
| | 13th Regt. N.J. Vols. 3rd Brig. 1st Div. 12th Corps. Thirteenth Regiment N.J.V. reached this battlefield 5 p.m. July 1st 1863, and with the brigade went into position on the north side of Wolf Hill. During the night occupied a position in support of Battery M, First N.Y. Artillery. July 2, in morning held position near Culp's Hill. In afternoon marched to relief of Third Corps near Round Top. At night returned to right of the army. July 3, occupied position marked by this monument, . . . — Map (db m11436) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 140th Pennsylvania Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 1st Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front):140th Penna Infantry. 3rd Brig. 1st Div. 2d corps. The regiment engaged the enemy on this position late in the afternoon of July 2d succeeding 5th Corps troops and holding the right of the 1st Division 2d Corps. Supported battery on left centre July 3rd. Present at Gettysburg 589 officers and men Killed and died of wounds, 3 officers 50 men Wounded 8 officers 120 men Captured or missing 3 officers 57 men Total 241. (Left):Recruited in Washington, Beaver, Greene, and . . . — Map (db m15739) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 141st Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Bigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| | (Front): Mustered in August and September 1862 Mustered out May 28, 1865 Recruited in Bradford, Susquehanna, and Wayne CountiesPresent at Gettysburg 9 offices and 200 men Killed and died of wounds 1 officer 41 men, total 42 Wounded 5 officers 41 men, total 46 Captured or missing 21 men total 21 Total 149
(Left):July 2 occupied this position from 4 to 6 p.m. advanced and successfully resisted an attack on the 15th New York Light Artillery by the 2nd and 8 South Carolina Infantry. . . . — Map (db m12977) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 142d Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 1st Corps |
| | (Front):142d Pennsylvania Infantry 1st Brigade 3rd Division 1st Corps (Back Left of Cross): Present at Gettysburg 336 Officers & Men Killed & died of wounds 4 officers 27 men Wounded 10 officers 100 men Captured or missing 2 officers 68 men Total loss 211 (Back Right of Cross):Total enrollment 995 Total loss 809 Killed & died of wounds 7 officers & 133 men Wounded 21 officers 409 men Died of disease etc. 81 men Captured or missing 2 officers 150 men (Back of Cross): . . . — Map (db m15251) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 145th Pennsylvania Infantry — 4th Brigade, 1st Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front): July 2. In the evening about 5 o'clock the regiment with the Brigade charged from the northerly side of the Wheat Field driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners. This position was held until the command was outflanked when it retired under orders. July 3. The Regiment was in position on the left center with the Division. Present at Gettysburg 228 officers and men. Killed and mortally wounded 3 officers 21 men. Wounded 6 officers 50 men. Captured or missing 10 men. . . . — Map (db m15631) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 148th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front):148th Penna Infantry 1st Brig. 1st Div. 2d Corps. (Left):The Regiment engaged the enemy on this position in the afternoon of July 2d 1863. Present at Gettysburg 468 officers and men. Killed and died of wounds 2 officers 25 men. Wounded 5 officers 88 men Captured or missing 5 men. Total 125. (Right):Recruited in Centre, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson Counties. Organized September 1. 1862. Mustered out June 1. 1865. Total Enrollment 1370.Killed and died of wounds, . . . — Map (db m15561) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Around Base):14. Conn. 2, Brig. Left Centre of Regt. 3, Div. 2, A.C.(Front Plaque):The 14th Conn. Vol. Inf. left Connecticut August 25, 1862; was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Sept. 7, 1862, and mustered out May 31, 1865. The regiment was engaged in 34 great battles and severe skirmishes including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottyslvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox. Losses, in killed and died in the service, 366; in . . . — Map (db m14899) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 14th Indiana Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front): Principal battles in which the 14th Indiana engaged.Cheat Mountain. Green Briar. Winchester. Antietam. Fredericksburgh. Chancellorsville. Gettysburg. Mine Run. Mortons Ford. Wilderness. Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor.And more than fifty other minor engagements and skirmishes.Mustered in June 7th 1861. Mustered out June 7th 1864. 14th. Ind. (Back): On the evening of July 2nd 1863, a determined effort was made by Hay's and Hoke's Brigades of Early's Division of Confederate . . . — Map (db m17190) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 17th Maine Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 1st Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):130 Killed and wounded July 2, 1863. 17th Maine Infantry. 3rd Brigade. 1st Division. 3rd Corps. (Left):350 engaged. Lt. Col. Chas. B. Merrill. commanding. Wheat-field. July 2, 1863. Pickett's Repulse. July 3, 1863. (Lower Left Plaque): The 17th Maine fought here in the wheatfield 2 1-2 hours, and at this position from 4:10 th 5:45 o'clock p.m. July 2, 1863. On July 3, at time of the enemy's assault it reinforced the centre and supported artillery. Loss 132. Killed . . . — Map (db m15674) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry — 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps. — Army of the Potomac |
| | (Front):17th Pennsylvania Cavalry 2nd Brigade. 1st Division. Cavalry Corps. Army of the Potomac. (Back): The Regiment held this position on the morning of July 1st 1863 from 5 o'clock until the arrival of First Corps troops. The brigade then moved to the right covering the roads to Carlisle and Harrisburg and holding the enemy in check until relieved by troops of the Eleventh Corps. It then took position on the right flank of the infantry and later aided in covering the retreat of . . . — Map (db m15383) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 20th Connecticut Volunteers — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):20th Conn. Vols. W. B. Wooster. Lt. Col. Comdg. 1st Brig. 1st. Div. 12th A.C.The Brig. Formed on this line on the morning of July 2nd. At eve it moved to support left of army. Returning it found the position and woods in rear occupied by Johnson's Division, Ewell's Corps. During the night it lay in the line of battle. At dawn, July 3rd the 20th Conn. advanced under cover of artillery and fought 5 hrs. driving the enemy and reoccupying the works. Was relieved by the 123rd N.Y. in . . . — Map (db m13666) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 27th Connecticut Infantry |
| | (Front):Erected 1885. The 27th Regt. Conn. Vols. commanded by Lieut. Colonel Henry C. Merwin, and forming a part of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps charged over this ground, the afternoon of July 2, 1863. The 4th Brigade forced the enemy from the Wheat Field and beyond the woods in front where the advanced position of the 27th Regt. is indicated by a tablet on the crest of the ledge. On this spot Lieut. Col. Merwin was killed while gallantly leading his command of 75 officers . . . — Map (db m15776) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 3d Maryland Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):3d Maryland Infty. Col. Joseph M. Sudsburg 1st Brig. 1st Div. 12th Corps July 2nd 1863. Occupied this position in reserve. Late in the afternoon moved to reinforce the left of the line, returning about 9 p.m. and finding the works occupied by the enemy. Maryland's Tribute to her Loyal Sons. (Left):July 3d Under fire in reserve, until about noon. Then occupied the works in front and held them until relieved. Losing in killed Capt. Henry Fenton, Company G. Wounded 1 . . . — Map (db m13634) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 46th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 12th Corps |
| | (Front):46th. Penna. Infantry July 2. The Regiment constructed and held these works until evening when the Division moved to support the left of the line. Returning in the night the enemy was found in the works. And the Regiment was posted in the open field in the rear until the enemy was driven out. When it returned and held the works until the close of the battle. 1st. Brigade 1st. Division 12th Corps. (Lower Plaque):July 3 1863 p.m. ordered to support the centre . . . — Map (db m13606) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 4th Ohio Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front):4th Ohio Infantry. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps. Carroll's Brigade. Ohio's Tribute. (Left):On the evening of July 2, 1863. Carroll's Brigade was sent from its position with the 2nd Corps to re-enforce this position of the line, and this monument marks the position where, as part of that brigade, the 4th Ohio Infantry at that time participated in repelling an attack of the enemy. Carroll's Brigade. Companies A & B, from Mt. Vernon, Knox County. Companies C & I, . . . — Map (db m16945) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry — 4th Brigade, 1st Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front):53rd Pennsylvania Infantry, 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps. July 2. About 5 p.m. the regiment deployed with the Brigade on the northerly side of, and charged through, the Wheatfield, driving the enemy, and continuing the advance to this position, holding it until ordered to retire. July 3. In position with Division on left centre, carried into action 135 officers and men. Killed. Men 7 Wounded Officers 11, men 56 Captured or missing 6 Total 80. (Left): Recruited . . . — Map (db m15625) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 5th Ohio Infantry — 1st Brigade — 2nd Division 12th Corps |
| | (Front):Boy's Keep the Colors Up 5th Ohio Infantry 1st Brigade 2nd Division 12th Corps Erected by the State of Ohio (Right):5th Ohio Infantry ——— Gettysburg July 1.2.3. 1863 ——— Present for duty 315. Killed 2 Wounded 6 Total Loss 18 Cincinnati Regiment (Left):5th Ohio Infantry ———Arriving in position at 5 p.m. July 1. Was detached and held extreme left of line on north side of Little Round Top. Morning of July 2 moved . . . — Map (db m13858) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 61st Ohio Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):The 61st Ohio Infantry ———On arriving from Emmittsburg about one o'clock p.m., July 1st 1863, was deployed as skirmish line in advance of its Brigade and moved towards Oak Hill. Later it supported as section of Dilger's Battery, and engaged the enemy on this ground. After an obstinate contest it withdrew with the 11th Corps to Cemetery Hill. On the evening of July 2d it moved to the assistance of the 12th Corps on Culp's Hill, and returning lay on Cemetery Hill . . . — Map (db m11132) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 1st Brigade — 5th Corps |
| | (Front):62nd Pennsylvania Infantry. 2nd Brigade. 1st Division. 5th Corps.Position occupied by the Regiment on the evening of July 2. 1863. After the troops on the right had retired, and where the Brigade had a Bayonet contest. Carried into Action.Officers 26. Men 400 Killed Officers 4. Men 24 Wounded Officers 10. Men 97. Captured or Missing Men 40 Total Loss 175. (Left):Recruited in the counties of Allegheny, Clarion, Armstrong, Jefferson, and Blair.Mustered in . . . — Map (db m15683) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 66th Ohio Infantry |
| | (Front)66 Ohio Infantry Ohio's Tribute (Right): The 66th Ohio Infantry arrived in position just north of Little Round Top at 5 p.m. July 1. Morning of July 2 moved to Culp's Hill and entrenched. At day break July 3 advanced over the Union breastworks and with right here and left at tablet below. Opened an enfilading fire upon the enemy. (Back): The 66th Ohio Infantry was mustered into service for 3 years Dec. 17, 1861. Reenlisted as Veteran Regiment Dec. 16, 1863 and was . . . — Map (db m14124) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division — 2nd Corps |
| | (Front):72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Philadelphia Fire Zouaves Mustered in Aug. 10, 1861 Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864 Total enrollment —— 1600 Killed and mortally wounded 195 wounded ———— 558 Died of disease & in rebel prisons 70 Captured or missing ——— 165 Total loss ————— 988 2nd Corps (Left):July 2, 1863. The regiment reached this angle at 1 a.m., took position in rear of this monument . . . — Map (db m16141) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):73rd Penna Infantry July 2nd in the morning took position in the cemetery. At dusk moved hastily to this position and in a severe contest assisted in repulsing a desperate assault on these batteries. (Left):11th Corps. Present at Gettysburg 14 officers 318 men Killed 7 men Wounded 27 men Organized at Philadelphia Mustered in Sept. 19 1861 Re enlisted Jan. 1 1864 Mustered out July 14 1865 Total enrollment 1260 Killed and died of wounds 5 officers 96 men Died of disease . . . — Map (db m17254) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment — Iron Brigade |
| | (Front):7th Wis. Vol. Inft'y 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 1st Corps. ———— This monument marks one of the advanced positions of the Regt in battle July 1st 1863 It went into action with 370, and lost Killed ——— 39. Wounded ————103 Missing ————52 Total ———— 194 (Left Side)List of EngagementsCedar Mountain, Catletts Station, Rappahannock Station, Gainesville, 2nd Bull Run, South . . . — Map (db m12450) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
| | (Front): The 82d Ohio Infantry Arriving from Emmittsburg at Noon July 1, 1863. Moved rapidly to the support of Dilger's Battery near the Carlisle Road. At 3 p.m. changed front to the right and advanced to a position 125 yards in front of this monument where exposed both front and flank to a severe fire. It engaged the enemy then approaching from York. After an obstinate struggle the regiment being outflanked on both sides, withdrew to Cemetery Hill where it remained until the close . . . — Map (db m11171) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps |
| | (Front):The Brigade was hurried to Little Round Top about 5 p.m. of July 2d. This Regiment taking position in front of this monument and repulsing several desperate charges of the enemy after which this Regiment assisted in driving the enemy beyond, and in taking possession of Big Round Top. On the morning of the 3rd, rejoined the Brigade on the left centre. Present at Gettysburg 308 officers and men. Killed 1 officer and 9 men. Wounded 3 officers and 42 men. 83rd. Penna. Infantry 3rd. . . . — Map (db m15002) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 84th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):84th Penna Infantry July 1. The Regiment was on duty guarding the Division wagon trains. Moved with the column on the road from Taneytown to Emmittsburg and on the opening of the battle was ordered with the train to Westminster, Md. where it arrived July 2d. at 7 a.m. and picketed the roads near the wagon parks until the close of the battle. 1st Brig. 2nd Div. 3rd Corps (Back):Recruited in the counties of Blair, Lycoming, Clearfield, Dauphin, Columbia, Cameron, . . . — Map (db m16469) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Abner Doubleday — Major General U.S.V. — 1819 - 1893 |
| | Commanded First Corps Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg July 1, 1863 Cadet U.S.M.A. Sept. 1, 1838. Brevet Second Lieut. Third U.S. Artillery July 1, 1842. Second Lieut. First Artillery Feb. 24, 1845. First Lieut. March 3, 1847. Captain March 3, 1855. Major Seventeenth Infantry May 14, 1861. Lieut. Colonel Seventeenth Infantry Sept. 20, 1863. Colonel Thirty-Fifth Infantry Sept. 15, 1867. Unassigned March 15, 1869, Assigned to Twenty-Fourth Infantry Dec 15, 1870. Retired Dec. 11, 1873. . . . — Map (db m15265) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery — Artillery Brigade, First Corps |
| | (Front):Cooper's Battery B First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, (Penn'a Reserve Vol. Corps.) Artillery Brigade, First Corps. Present at Gettysburg, 114 Officers and Men. Killed 3 Wounded 9. Ammunition expended: (4 guns) 1050 Rounds. (Left):Positions:July 1, 1863: Battery arrived at 12 m; Took position and was engaged between Hagerstown Road and Chambersburg Pike near Willoughby Run. Changed position to right and swept Oak Hill with its fire; Withdrew to Theological Seminary, where . . . — Map (db m16949) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery — (Thompson's) |
| | (Front): Battery C Penna. Light Artillery (Thompson's) (Back): July 2. Occupied this position from about 5 to 6 O'Clock p.m. July 3rd. In position on right of First Volunteer Brigade Reserve Artillery and engaged the enemy. Recruited at Pittsburgh.Total enrollment 325. Killed and died of wounds 4 men Died of disease etc. 11 men. wounded 5 officers and 35 men Captured or missing 9 men. Total Casualties 64 Mustered in November 6, 1861. Re-enlisted January 11, 1864 Mustered out . . . — Map (db m12985) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Companies E and H, Second U.S. Sharpshooters — Second Brigade — First Division, Third Corps |
| | (Front):Companies E and H Second United States Sharpshooters. Second Brigade. First Division, Third Corps. ——————————Arrived on the field July 1. At 6 p.m. July 2 met the onset of Longstreet's Corps near this point and helped to check its advance upon Round Top. July 3 reinforced the front lines in the repulse of Pickett's assault. July 4, skirmished all day along the Emmetsburg Road. Number engaged, 48, wounded 9, captured 5. . . . — Map (db m15119) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| | (Front):The State of Vermont to the officers and men of Co. F. 1st U.S. Sharpshooters. 2nd Brig. 1st Div. 3rd Corps. (Left):Engaged at this point on the morning of July 2, 1863. and on Cemetery Ridge July 3. Also on the skirmish line July 4. Present for Duty 44. Killed 1. Wounded 4. (Right):Co. F. 1st U.S. Sharpshooters. Organized in Vermont in 1861: assigned to the 5th Corps in 1862. to the 3rd Corps in 1863. and to the 2nd Corps in 1864. . . . — Map (db m12041) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Francis Channing Barlow — Major General U.S. Vols. — 1834 - 1896 |
| | In command of First Division Eleventh Army Corps at Gettysburg July 1, 1863.
Private Twelfth New York Militia April 29, 1861; First Lieut. May 2, 1861; honorably mustered out August 5, 1861. Lieut.-Colonel Sixty-First New York Infantry November 9, 1861; Colonel April 14, 1862; Brigadier-General U.S. Vols. Sept. 19, 1862; Major-General U.S. Vols. May 26, 1865. Resigned November 16, 1865. Commanding Sixty-First New York Infantry at Yorktown, Fair Oaks and the Seven Days Battles; Sixty-First . . . — Map (db m11372) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — George Sears Greene — Brevet Major General — United States Volunteers |
| | (Front):George Sears Greene Brevet Major General United States Volunteers 1801-1899This monument commemorates the services of General Greene and of the New York troops under his command comprising the 60th, 78th, 102d, 137th and 149th Regiments of Infantry forming 3d Brigade, Geary's 2d Division of Slocum's 12th Corps, and the 45th, 84th, 147th, and 157th Regiments sent to his support during the night of July 2-3, 1863, when assisted by the 6th Wisconsin, 32d Illinois and 61st Ohio. . . . — Map (db m14086) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war north to Pennsylvania. After more than three weeks of marching through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland, the Army of Northern Virginia reached Adams County and briefly occupied Gettysburg on June 26. Union Gen. George G. Meade led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit and approached this area from the south. As Lee concentrated his scattered forces . . . — Map (db m26410) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — John Cleveland Robinson — Brevet Major-General U.S. Army — 1817 - 1897 |
| | John Cleveland Robinson Brevet Major-General U.S. Army 1817 - 1897 Commanded Second Division First Army Corps at Gettysburg July 1-3. 1863. Cadet U.S.M.A. July 1, 1835. Second Lieut. Fifth U.S. Infantry Oct. 27, 1839. First Lieut. June 18, 1846. Captain August 12, 1850. Major Second Infantry Feb. 20, 1862. Colonel Forty-third Infantry July 28, 1866. Retired May 6, 1869. Colonel First Michigan Infantry Sept. 1, 1861. Honorably discharged April 25, 1862. Brigadier-General U.S.V. April 28, 1862. . . . — Map (db m15430) |
| South Carolina (Anderson County), Anderson — Anderson County Confederate Monument |
| |
[North]:
(Palmetto Tree)
(Crossed swords in scabbards with a laurel wreath - representing the cavalry.)
(Confederate Battle Flag)
"Though conquered, we adore it!
Love the cold dead hands that bore it!"
[West]:
(Furled Stainless Banner)
(Cannon wheel, cannon balls, cannon swabs - representing the artillery.)
1st Battle Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Caines' Mill, Frazier's Farm, Chickamauga, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Chancellorsville, Malvern Hill.
. . . — Map (db m10732) |
| Virginia, Richmond — Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart |
| | [Monument's east side]:
Commanding Cavalry Corps
Army Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
***
This statue erected by his comrades
and the City of Richmond
A.D. 1906
[Monument's south side]:
“Tell Gen. Stuart to act on his own judgement and do what he thinks best,
I have implicit confidence in him”
Gen. T. J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson in turning over the command of his troops to Gen. Stuart after being wounded at Chancellorsville, May 3, . . . — Map (db m9150) |
| Virginia, Richmond — William Smith |
| | (On front of granite base): William Smith.
Virginia.
Born Sep 6th 1797. Died May 18th 1887.
1836-40. 1841-42.
Member of Virginia Senate.
1846-49.
Governor of Virginia.
1841-43. 1853-61.
Member of United States Congress.
1861-62.
Member of Confederate States Congress.
1861-62.
Colonel 49th Virginia Volunteers.
1862-63.
Brig. General Confederate States Army.
1863-64.
Major General Confederate States Army.
1864-65.
Governor of Virginia.
(On . . . — Map (db m4712) |
| Virginia (Appomattox County), Appomattox Court House — Confederates Trapped — Appomattox Court House Nat’l Hist Park |
| | For most of the war, Lee and his army had tormented their Northern enemies – at Gaines’ Mill, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. But here, on April 9, 1865, the once-mighty Army of Northern Virginia found itself trapped. Lee faced the most difficult decision of his life. “… there is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.” Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA April 9, 1865 The tortuous final journey began with the . . . — Map (db m15526) |
| Virginia (Culpeper County), Culpeper — A.P. Hill's Boyhood Home |
| | Ambrose Powell Hill, who went by the name Powell, son of a prominent Culpeper planter and merchant, lived in this house from age 4 until he entered West Point at age 16. Named for an uncle and small in stature, the citizens of Culpeper knew him as "Little Powell" Hill. The 1847 graduate served in the Mexican War and in the Seminole uprisings in Florida. Hill entered the Confederate Army as a colonel but in May 1862, at age 36, he became the army's youngest Major General. His hard fighting . . . — Map (db m12684) |
| Virginia (Page County), Luray — Pass Run and Thornton Gap — Between Campaigns — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | Nearly three weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg, and in the wake of a sharp fight near Front Royal at Wapping Heights (Manassas Gap) on July 23, 1863, Confederate troops from Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s corps withdrew to the Page Valley. On July 25, Gen. Robert E. Rodes’ division camped near Bethlehem Lutheran Church (otherwise known as Brick Church) and along Pass Run. Gen. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson’s division camped near Rodes, while Gen. Jubal A. Early’s division spent the night . . . — Map (db m13111) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Southern Artillery — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell had five artillery batteries with him at Cross Keys. Four batteries and a 2-gun section (about 18 guns total) were massed on the ridgeline to your front. At the time of the battle on June 8, 1862, the ridge was mostly devoid of trees. Capt. Alfred Courtney’s Henrico Battery occupied the right of the Confederate position. Nineteen-year-old Lt. Joseph W. Latimer, who commanded a section of the battery, was later mentioned for his gallantry in Ewell’s report on . . . — Map (db m25550) |
| Virginia (Shenandoah County), Strasburg — Signal Knob — Key Observation Post |
| | Signal Knob, the northernmost point of Three Top Mountain, overlooks Strasburg and is 2110 ft. above sea level. During the Civil War, both sides used it as a signal station, but the Confederate signal corps occupied it almost continuously from 1862 to 1864. On October 19, 1864, Confederates there observed Union positions and directed the opening attack of the Battle of Cedar Creek. Other signal stations were established at Ashby Gap (east of Winchester), Burnt Springs (south in Fort Valley), . . . — Map (db m15176) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Fredericksburg — Battle of Fredericksburg — Winter War on the Rappahannock |
| | In November 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led his 115,000-man army southward toward Richmond, the Confederate capital. Delayed by tardy pontoon boats, Burnside was slow to cross the Rappahannock River, which allowed Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee time to block the Union advance with his 78,000 men near Fredericksburg. On December 13, Burnside launched a two-pronged attack, the first of which was made across these fields. Despite the prospect of success, Union troops ultimately suffered . . . — Map (db m21109) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Landmark in the Wilderness |
| | The building complex known collectively as Wilderness Tavern appeared in the early 19th century to serve the needs of travellers. Located on either side of the Fredericksburg-Orange Turnpike, the original roadbed of which survives today as the private dirt driveway to your right, Wilderness Tavern served meals, provided lodging, and included tailor's and blacksmith's shops and a store. The main buildings were two-story frame structures that sat on the north side of the Turnpike, in the . . . — Map (db m7499) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — The Forlorn Hope |
| | “A group of soldiers detached from the main group for a very dangerous mission.”
On December 11, 1862, from the north side of the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, the 7th Michigan Infantry led an amphibious assault against the City of Fredericksburg’s tenacious Confederate defenders. The mid-day attack across the river successfully dislodged the Confederate sharpshooters, gave the Union army a foothold on the opposite bank, and most importantly, allowed Union . . . — Map (db m23146) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — The Civil War at Ferry Farm |
| | George Washington's Ferry Farm, seen here from the opposite side of the river, was in the middle of the Union lines during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. On December 11th Union engineers began building a pontoon bridge at the ferry landing, but work was halted by sniper fire. Late in the day soldiers of the 89th New York crossed the river in pontoons and drove the Confederates back. The bridge was completed and artillery was stationed to cover the crossing of the Union army on . . . — Map (db m14458) |
| West Virginia (Berkeley County), Martinsburg — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m1975) |
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| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 34th New York Infantry |
| | (Front Side): Thirty-Fourth Regiment N.Y.S.V Col. James A. Suiter
Commanding Enlisted under President Lincoln's call, issued April 15, 1861, for 75,000 men, to serve two years. Mustered into the State service May 1, 1861 Mustered into the United States service June 15, 1861 Mustered out June 30, 1863 ———— First Brigade - Second Division Second Corps ———— The surviving members of the Regiment, aided by the County of Herkimer, and the . . . — Map (db m6902) |
| Michigan (Berrien County), New Buffalo — The Iron Brigade / The Twenty-Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
| | The Iron Brigade
The Iron Brigade became one of the most celebrated military units on the
American Civil War (1861–1865). Wearing distinctive black hats, they were
easily recognised by friend and foe alike. The five volunteer regiments in
the brigade were the 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin, the 19th Indiana and the
24th Michigan. These regiments ranked among the most gallant and effective
of the Union Army. U.S. 12, which intersects nearby, is named the
Iron Brigade Memorial . . . — Map (db m4117) |
| North Carolina (Johnston County), Bentonville — Confederate High Tide |
| | You are standing at the Morris farm, where part of the Union XX Corps arrived late in the afternoon on March 19,1865, to stop the main Confederate assault, which had crushed Carlin’s division of the XIV Corps at the Cole plantation. In the morning the Morris farmhouse was the XIV Corps field hospital, but it was abandoned and its wounded moved to the John Harper farm a half-mile west when Carlin’s men came streaming back and Confederate bullets began hitting the structure.
“The . . . — Map (db m5847) |
| North Carolina (Johnston County), Bentonville — Union Artillery at the Morris Farm |
| | A point approximately 400 yards in front of you marks the center of a line of Union cannons positioned on the Morris Farm on March 19, 1865. These massed guns played a significant role in blunting the final Confederate attacks on the first day of fighting at Bentonville. Four batteries (of four guns each) were arrayed on both sides of a ravine, north of the Goldsboro Road. These sixteen guns held commanding angles of fire across the open fields to your right and behind you. An additional . . . — Map (db m5851) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Cashtown — Cashtown Inn — Conference in the Road — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | (Top Sidebar): After a stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through Maryland into Pennsylvania, marching east to threaten Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The Army of the Potomac marched north from the capital, searching for Lee. On July 1-3, the armies collided at Gettysburg in one of the pivotal battles of the Civil War. Three days later, after a bloody defeat, the Confederates began retracing . . . — Map (db m27034) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment |
| | (Front):July 1, 1863. ———— 1st Corps Gen. J.F. Reynolds, Killed 1st Div. Gen. J.S. Wadsworth. 1st Brig. [Iron] Gen. S. Meredith, Wounded ———— Iron Brigade 2th, 6th, & 7th Wis. 19th Ind. & 24th Mich. Vols. Effective strength 1883. Killed, Wounded & Missing 1212. ———— (Left Side):19th Indiana Vol's July 1, 1863 Col. S.J. Williams. Lt. Col. W.W. Dudley, wounded Maj. J. M. Lindley Adj. J. E. Finney, missing Sergt. . . . — Map (db m12661) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 45th New York Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):45th N.Y. Infantry 1st Brig. 3rd Div. 11th Corps. July 1, 1863 (Left):The regiment went into action about 11.30 a.m. July 1st, 1863, by deploying four companies as skirmishers under Captain Irsch about one hundred yards to the rear of this monument. They advanced supported by the other six companies under Lt. Col. Dobke about five hundred and forty yards under a terrific artillery and sharpshooter's fire to a point indicated by marker in front. The regiment also assisted . . . — Map (db m11113) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 69th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers — Philadelphia Brigade — 2nd Division, 2nd Corps |
| | (Upper Front of Shaft):Phila. Brigade 2d. Division 2d. Corps 69th Regt. Penna. Vols. July. 2, 3, 1863. (Front):This position was held by the 69th PA. Vols., July 2nd and 3rd 1863. Late on the afternoon of the 2nd, this regiment assisted in repulsing a desperate attack made by Wright's Ga. Brigade. About 1 O'Clock, p.m. of the 3rd, these lines were subjected to an artillery fire from nearly 150 guns, lasting over one hour after which, Pickett's division charged this position, was . . . — Map (db m16142) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 6th New York Cavalry — (Ira Harris Guard) — 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps |
| | (Front):6th New York Cavalry (Ira Harris Guard) 2d Brigade. 1st Division. Cavalry Corps. (Back, Left Column):Regiment organized in New York City. Mustered into service September, 1861. Re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteers at Culpeper Court House, Va., Dec. 16. 1863. Mustered out of service June 17, 1865. Total number enlisted 1969. Total casualties, officers 34, men 382. Principle engagements: Barnett's Ford. - Wilderness. Seven Pines. - Todd's Tavern. Fair Oaks. - . . . — Map (db m15392) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Union Collapse at Barlow Knoll — July 1, 1863 - First Day |
| | "P.S. Tell them I was hit face toward them - no Reb saw my back." Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman, U.S.A. 17th Connecticut Infantry, Eleventh Corps Battlefield letter to his mother On July 1, 1863, Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard positioned two divisions of his Union Eleventh Corps across these fields. The 5,200 men formed a line from Oak Ridge on your left, to Barlow Knoll where you are standing, to the Harrisburg Road on your right. Two months earlier at Chancellorsville the Eleventh Corps had run from . . . — Map (db m11375) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Lemoyne — Fort Couch - General Couch - Fort Washington |
| | Left Panel Fort Couch was built as part of the emergency fortifications erected to defend Harrisburg and nearby bridges across the Susquehanna River during the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate forces. Fort Couch was built as an advance position to ensure the defense of Fort Washington located on a slightly lower hilltop to the east. Construction started on June 20th, 1863, by command of Major General Couch and on the advice of Federal Army engineer officers Fort Couch was . . . — Map (db m26529) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — From a Burying Ground to a Park |
| | “On motion made and seconded, resolved unanimously that the new burying ground be enclosed with brick….”
Council Minutes of July 6th, 1824
Robert Lewis, Mayor (Buried in the Masonic Lodge Cemetery)
In 1774, St. George’s Parish purchased the land that comprises Hurkamp Park today. It was to be a church cemetery, but in 1787, after the Revolution and disestablishment of the Anglican Church in America, the Corporation of Fredericksburg appropriated this land for . . . — Map (db m2700) |
| Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| | To commemorate the valor of the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, and in loving memory of its heroic dead this monument has been erected by Major General Daniel Butterfield, U.S.V., its commander on this field December 13th 1862.
Organized July 22, 1862, disbanded June 1, 1865.
Casualties 35708.
“Brave Companions Tried and True” —
Commanders:
Porter •
Hooker •
Butterfield •
Meade •
Sykes •
Warren •
Griffin.
(List of Battles)
Hanover . . . — Map (db m1677) |
| Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — “The Sickness is Upon Us” |
| | (During the Civil War, two railroads—the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria—intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy as a supply depot and for military transportation. Two of the war’s great battles were fought nearby. Diaries, letters, and newspaper articles documented the war’s effects on civilians as well as the thousand of soldiers who passed through the junction.)
In 1861, there were only 30 surgeons and 84 . . . — Map (db m2467) |
| Virginia (Dinwiddie County), Petersburg — “Our Line of Battle was so Thin” — The Breakthrough Trail — Pamplin Historical Park |
| | The Confederate troops who defended this portion of the works belonged to Brigadier General James H. Lane’s North Carolina Brigade. These Tarheels assumed responsibility here on March 30 after McGowan’s Brigade moved several miles west to plug a gap in the overstretched Southern defenses. Lane’s four regiments, perhaps 1,200 men on the morning of April 2, protected about half a mile of entrenchments, part of their old sector to the northeast plus McGowan’s former front. The soldiers stood some . . . — Map (db m15375) |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Atoka — Rector’s Crossroads — They Did Their Job — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | (Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 26, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. Their armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, . . . — Map (db m2785) |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Upperville — Battle of Upperville — “Thus Passes a Sunday in War” — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | (Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 28, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. The armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, . . . — Map (db m3754) |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Upperville — Lee Moves North Again — Screening Lee's Infantry — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | (Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 28, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. The armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, . . . — Map (db m3753) |
| Virginia (Loudoun County), Aldie — Battle of Aldie — The Fight Begins — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | (Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 28, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. The armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, . . . — Map (db m3742) |
| Virginia (Loudoun County), Aldie — Lee Moves North Again — Screening Lee's Infantry — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | (Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 28, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. The armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, . . . — Map (db m3750) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Occoquan — Occoquan — Bridge Between North and South — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 28, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. The armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, the defeated . . . — Map (db m7937) |
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| Connecticut (Fairfield County), Stratford — Stratford Civil War Memorial |
| | [ West Face ]
1776 Dedicated To The
Memory Of
Those Who Fought
For Liberty
And Saved The Union
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“Yet Loved Ones Have Fallen
And still where they sleep
A sorrowing nation shall
Silently weep,
and spring’s brightest flowers
with gratitude strew
o’er those who once cherished
the red, white and blue.”
Names Of Comrades Who Were Killed or Died of Wounds and Disease and Whose Remains Were Left in the Southland
Capt. Lewis . . . — Map (db m25782) |
| New York (New York County), New York — General Daniel Butterfield Statue — Sakura Park |
| | Daniel Butterfield (1831-1901) was born October 31, 1831. His father John was a leader in the express mail business, and helped found the American Express Company. Butterfield graduated from Union College in 1849, and became a merchant in New York City. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he served as a colonel in the 12th New York militia. Demonstrating leadership in military engagements on the upper Potomac in the Shenandoah Valley, Butterfield rose rapidly in the ranks to . . . — Map (db m19627) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 12th and 44th New York Infantry — 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps |
| | (Front Left Side Plaque): The 44th N.Y. Infantry, Lieut. Colonel Freeman Conner commanding, held position about 100 feet in advance of this monument, designated by a marker, from about 3 p.m. July 2, to about 11 a.m. July 3, 1863.Number engaged 313. Casualties. Killed, 2 officers, 24 enlisted men. Wounded, 5 officers (of whom one died), 75 enlisted men (of whom ten died). Total loss, 106.At noon of July 3rd, was placed in reserve at the right of Little Round Top where it remained until . . . — Map (db m15048) |
| Virginia (Fairfax County), Fairfax — The Battle of Ox Hill |
| | (Kiosk Panel): Ox Hill Battlefield Park & Interpretive Trail This small park is the last remnant of Fairfax County’s only major Civil War battlefield. The Battle of Ox Hill, also known as the “Battle of Chantilly,” lasted but a few hours on the afternoon of September 1, 1862. Here, some 6,000 Union troops encountered and attacked about 17,000 Confederates of General Stonewall Jackson. It was a “beastly, comfortless conflict” fought during a ferocious . . . — Map (db m15599) |
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| Connecticut (New Haven County), Derby — Derby and Huntington Civil War Memorial |
| | [ West Face ] In
Memory of The
Men of Derby and Huntington
Who Fell
In the Service of Their Country
In The
War of the Rebellion
1861 – 1865
As
Defenders of Liberty And
Nationality Gettysburg
[ South Face ] Roll of Honor Killed
Charles S. Munson, 1 Cav. June 15, 64 • Lucius B. Truesdale, 1 Art. Sept. 12, 64 • Thomas Hyland, 1 Art. June 27, 62 • Col. Elisha S. Kellogg, 2 Art. June 1, 64 • John Wilcox, 5 Regt. May 15, 64 • Frederick Miller, 6 . . . — Map (db m25384) |
| Virginia (Loudoun County), Leesburg — The North - Union Leaders at Ball's Bluff |
| | Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone As the overall commander of Union forces at Ball’s Bluff, Stone was a rising star in the Union army at the time of the battle. He become the scapegoat for the defeat. Stone was born September 30, 1824, in Greenfield, Massachusetts. An 1845 West Point graduate, he won two brevets for gallantry in Mexico. Early in 1861, he organized the defenses of Washington and oversaw security arrangements for President-elect Lincoln’s inauguration. Arrested on . . . — Map (db m2238) |
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