Horror on the Orange Plank Road - Chancellorsville, VA
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vhasler
N 38° 18.046 W 077° 42.567
18S E 263071 N 4242660
At this location, the US Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville fought over a key intersection which included a plank road.
Waymark Code: WMAXTQ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2011
Views: 14
Waymark location is the National Park Service sign at the intersection of Brock and Orange Plank Roads where Union soldiers dug in to stop the advancing Confederate troops. "Orange" is for the city to the west which is named in honor of William IV, Prince of Orange.
Sign inscription reads "Some of the Civil War's heaviest fighting occurred along the Orange Plank Road on May 5 and 6, 1864. One of two major roads passing through the Wilderness, the Plank Road became a magnet for both armies as they struggled to maneuver through the tangled forests. Battle lines surged up and down the Plank Road corridor, littering the roadside woods with fallen men. Fires scorched the forest, consuming the dead and wounded indiscriminately. Though violent and horrifying, the fighting here ended in stalemate."
Type: Plank Road
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