Near Fredericksburg in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Chatham

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 17, 2021

1. Chatham Marker

Inscription. Chatham, a Georgian manor house, was completed in 1771 for planter William Fitzhugh and his wife, Ann Randolph. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were visitors here. Many enslaved African Americans worked on the plantation, and in Jan. 1805 a number of them rebelled against Fitzhugh's overseer. During the Civil War, Union Gen. Irvin McDowell set up headquarters at Chatham in Apr. 1862, and Pres. Abraham Lincoln met with him here, Walt Whitman and Clara Barton assisted physicians at the Union hospital established here after the Battle of Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862. Industrialist John Lee Pratt bequeathed Chatham to the National Park Service in 1975.

Erected 2016 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number J-60.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Architecture • Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1805.

Location. 38° 18.31′ N, 77° 27.145′ W. Marker is near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in Stafford County. It is at the intersection of Kings Highway and Naomi Road, on the right when

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traveling east on Kings Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18 Naomi Rd, Fredericksburg VA 22405, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area,

in Northern Virginia,

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fredericksburg (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Union Soldiers View (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fredericksburg Campaign (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Chatham (approx. 0.3 miles away); Beleaguered Town (approx. 0.3 miles

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 17, 2021

2. Chatham Marker

away); Beyond the Big House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bombardment (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredericksburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chatham (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has replaced the linked marker.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 16, 2016

3. Chatham

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 359 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on April 21, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.