Brock Road/Plank Road Crossroads Compass - Wilderness VA
N 38° 18.067 W 077° 42.545
18S E 263104 N 4242698
A Civil War compass rose stands on the Wilderness Battlefield pointing to other key Civil War locations.
Waymark Code: WM8KV4
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2010
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A compass rose stands on the SW corner of the intersection of Brock Road and Plank Road in Spotsylvania County which is part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Union and Confederate troops clashed in the nearby woods during the Wilderness campaign of the Civil War. The compass indicates the direction and distance to other key locations of the Civil War.
N- Ely's Ford 4.5 M.
- Washington 58 M.
- Chancellorsville 4 M.
E- Spotsylvania C.H. 9.5 M.
- Todd's Tavern 4.2 M.
- Richmond 58 M.
S- Unfinished R.R. 1.2 M.
- Widow Tapp Farm 1 M.
- Parker's Store 3.2 M.
- Orange C.H. 23 M.
W- Turnpike-Ewell's Line 2.9 M.
- Culpeper C.H. 20 M.
- Federal Hdqrs. Area 1.9 M.