Near Woodford in Caroline County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
War Comes to Fairfield
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
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Photographed by Kevin W., November 3, 2007
1. War Comes to Fairfield Marker
War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army. When the Union army occupied Fredericksburg in 1862 many of Chandler’s slaves seized freedom, leaving the family without its customary workforce.
In December 1862 the Confederates established a major supply depot at Guinea Station, just a few hundred yards from Fairfield’s back door. Camps sprawled across the plantation. Stonewall Jackson himself camped here for a week, declining the Chandler’s offer to stay in the house. Instead he pitched a tent nearby.
By 1863 Chandler had had enough: he sold Fairfield. But before the Chandlers could move away, Fairfield’s most famous visitor would return yet again – this time not to camp but to die. Jackson’s death here propelled the plantation to a fame it had never known.
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Jackson arrived at Fairfield for the last time on May 4, 1863. By then the plantation was a vast camp, crowded with thousands of Union prisoners and Confederate wounded.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 10, 1863.
Location. 38° 8.89′ N, 77° 26.419′ W. Marker is near Woodford, Virginia, in Caroline County. It can be reached from Stonewall Jackson Road (Virginia Route 606) east of Guinea Station Road ( Route 634), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12019 Stonewall Jackson Road, Woodford VA 22580, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont and in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured
Photographed by Kevin W., November 3, 2007
2. "War Comes to Fairfield" and two other Markers
The farm office, the only surviving Civil War structure remaining on the plantation site, is in the background.
More about this marker. A recorded message about Jackson's last days at Fairfield is available immediately adjacent to this marker.
Photographed by Kevin W., November 3, 2007
3. Stone Marker identifying the site of Stonewall Jackson's death
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,857 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on April 18, 2026, by Anonymous of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 5, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
