Field of Battle - Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP – Fredericksburg, VA
N 38° 17.692 W 077° 28.090
18S E 284156 N 4241413
This is one of several signs accessible from the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center: 1013 Lafayette Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. This is part of the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park.
Waymark Code: WMPM6X
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2015
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"This photograph, taken from the heights to your right-rear, shows the landscape in front of you as it appeared the year after the Battle of Fredericksburg. The town of Fredericksburg sits atop the ridge in the distance; the spire of St. George's Episcopal Church dominates the skyline (and it still does).
Before the war, much of the open ground in this view had been Fredericksburg's fairgrounds. Fences that once enclosed them and sheds that once dotted the fairgrounds were swept away during the December 1862 battle.
For eight hours on December 13, 1862 these open fields became a killing ground. After the war, the dead buried here were disinterred, and slowly the town grew westward. The neighborhood that now stands in front of you was built between 1890 and 1930."
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1013 LaFayette Boulevard
Fredericksburg, VA USA
22401
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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