Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Slaughter Pen Farm
The Walking Trail
Welcome to the American Battlefield Trust's Slaughter Pen Farm Battlefield. Here starts a 1Ύ-mile walking tour. Wayside exhibits provide information and orientation along the way. Allow at least 90 minutes if you plan to walk the entire trail.
Please stay on marked trails throughout your visit, keep your pets on leashes and watch for ticks and other wildlife. There are no restrooms or drinking facilities along the trail. We hope you have a meaningful and enjoyable visit here at the Slaughter Pen Farm. For more information about this and other sites saved by ABT, please visit www.battlefields.org.
"Beyond the road was a plowed field, now trampled into mud, the winter stubble crushed into it by hoofs of straining horses and heavy wheels of cannon and the slogging feet of hundreds of men." Lt. Abner Small, 16th Maine Infantry, USA
"We were posted on a chain of hills.... I could see fully half the whole Yankee army, reserves and all. It was a grand sight seeing them come in position this morning." "Ben," Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery, CSA
Erected by Virginia Civil War Trails; American Battlefield
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Civil War Trails series list.
Location. 38° 15.834′ N, 77° 26.492′ W. Marker is in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County. It is on Tessa Trail south of Tidewater Trail (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11232 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg VA 22408, 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, in the Mid-Atlantic, 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.
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Other markers no longer nearby. Slaughter Pen Farm (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Slaughter Pen Farm (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Civil War Preservation Trust (was within shouting distance of 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
