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.
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.)
Location. 38° 18.31′ N, 77° 27.145′ W. Marker is near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in Stafford County. Marker is at the intersection of Kings Highway and Naomi Road, on the right when 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.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has replaced the linked marker.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 17, 2021
2. Chatham 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 149 times since then and 12 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.
